Every coworking space and community I've visited has a different vibe. Also, many people have different vibes they are attracted to.
Indy Hall has been able to be great for the people it's great for because it doesn't try to be everything to everybody. The result of that, of course, is some percentage of people who come and it simply doesn't work for them. Rather than simply say "coworking must not be for you!", I'm always on the lookout for another place to send them that might be a better fit for their preferences. If there's more than one tribe present, then there's room for more than one community coworking space. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Rob Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Although there aren't any spaces anywhere near where we're opening > (hopefully next two months), we do share the same focus on community > development. We're actually building an online community to exchange > personal and professional skills for individual use and to support local > civic organizations and nonprofits just like you've outlined; it's called > Karmagora (http://karmagora.org). We're planning on launching it in our > city and in our space for some testing; if you'd like your more than welcome > to try it out as well! > > - Rob > > ShareSpace|Rochester > ShareSpaceRochester.com > > On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:25 PM, John Wilker wrote: > > > I can't offer much more than angel but I can say we're opening ours 2 > > blocks from another her and in Denver there's at least 5 coworking > > spaces in the metro area. > > > > Sent from my iPhone, plese excuse the type-o's > > > > Twitter: jwilker > > johnwilker.com | 360conferences.com |ignitedenver.org > > > > On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> It's super hard to say since we're not in that area. The other shared > >> office space (sort of a coworking hybrid) is located just 2.5 blocks > >> from us and we're both on a wait list so it can clearly work in some > >> markets however our physical spaces are very different and attract > >> very different types of coworkers so we really don't compete at all. > >> Sorry I don't have any magical advice! > >> > >> On Jun 25, 1:35 am, Drew Poland <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> So I'm in Downtown San Jose, and NextSpace just opened a space there. > >>> It looks very impressive and I can only congratulate them! > >>> > >>> Unfortunately for me, I was looking at a space about 2 blocks away > >>> from where they opened to open my own in San Jose.. > >>> > >>> I guess I need to re-evaluate if there is room for another coworking > >>> space so close together (distance and timeframe!). > >>> > >>> My space would have been much smaller. Another thing that > >>> diffirentiates my would-be space is that I would like to build a > >>> coworking space that we work together in our spare time to help non- > >>> profits and small organizations in our area. > >>> > >>> For example.. I am a web developer.. someone could create a design and > >>> I could code it and create a web presence for say.. an animal shelter > >>> that doesn't have enough funds for something like that, maybe we have > >>> a writer who coworks there to create some content for them. Just > >>> anything we can do or would like to do as a community project between > >>> everyone at the space. > >>> > >>> All opt-in of course... not expected or frowned upon if someone > >>> doesn't want to participate. > >>> > >>> Thoughts? > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
