I saw the website for bzhive, and actually sent an email asking why they closed. The reply was simply "decided to move on", but I also didn't identify myself as someone looking to do the same thing so maybe they would have told me more, I don't know.
I agree that the renters would probably be drop-in more than full-time (25 hours a week?). Especially since most of the community I know already are working parents who freelance or consult and fit in work where they can, they won't likely need 5 days a week. A series of jellies will give much more insight. Now if I can figure out how to get those going ;) Thank you again for your thoughts and insights, I really appreciate it! Best, Kate On Oct 19, 1:14 am, Hillary Hartley <hhart...@gmail.com> wrote: > Another North Bay space that had to close: bzhive in San Rafael. > > I think coworking in the north bay/suburbs could work, but I'm pretty sure > the typical membership model would need to be tweaked. My gut tells me that > you'd rely much more on drop-in members than 5-days-a-week desk renters. > People seem to want a place that they can go and get shit done with the > amenities of an office... but the desk renters you see in cities are probably > fewer. Again, totally speculative on my part. > > Hillary > -former space owner and Marin resident > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 2:18 PM, "Kate@CO2" <katerb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello all! I've been poking around here for the last couple months, > > and finally joined and am staking my ground, as it were. I have done > > some preliminary research on the coworking market in the Bay Area, and > > find that while there are a lot of lovely spaces in San Fran and the > > East Bay, there is no such community here in the North Bay. As a > > freelancer with a lot of independent friends and acquaintances who > > don't want to commute into the city, I believe this could work well > > here, both as a community and as a business. This town has a > > population of 55,000, with other neighboring towns that might join in > > as well (20 minutes north there is a 100K plus city, an even longer > > commute from SF). I want to start working on a business plan to secure > > funding, but I'm partly not sure who to look at as a model -- the big > > spaces in the big city are much larger than we'd be... > > > If anyone has any advice or direction for me, I'd love to hear it. > > > Thank you! > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
