something to consider. in our Jelly! yesterday the lone attendee told us what we were trying to do wouldn't work because people who work from home are doing so for a reason. then he said based on our fees they could just go to Regus or some other executive suite provider. They could get the business development workshops/information from SCORE.
all of this is true, but they can't get community, collaboration, innovation, and creativity in those places. SCORE is great but it is "dry." The space they provide is essentially incubator space and not a long-term solution. AND, they are not conveniently located for everyone. while many people start out with the dream of "working at home" they can begin to feel isolated. their goal is more about owning a business than "working at home." if they had a better alternative they'd definitely consider it. at least that's my perspective. i'm still a little green. :-) TH On Mar 27, 6:39 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's a whole smattering of directories just for coworking, so I really > just see this as the inevitable intersection of the industries. > > I pointed out an inherent problem in all this, though, in this > post<http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/finding-coworking/> > : > > The problem I see is that today, there are far more people that have NO > > > > > > > > >> impression of coworking than any impression of what they might want. And > >> as Carsten > >> points > >> out<http://www.deskmag.com/en/the-future-of-coworking-and-its-spaces-155>, > >> people can and will vote with their feet. > > >> But finding coworking shouldn’t mean finding desks. It should mean > >> finding people. This is far easier for the initiated – the people who have > >> already found and love coworking. They know what to look for when searching > >> for coworking online. They know the value of camaraderie, of being > >> surrounded by smart, interesting, creative people. > > >> But for the vast majority masses, they find a page full of pictures of > >> empty desks and price tags next to them. They visibly associate the value > >> of coworking with desks, and walk in the door of any coworking space with > >> that as the basis of their expectations. > > I'm seeing this as more of a long term problem than a short term problem. > Further, I see it as more of a problem for coworking communities that > haven't yet found their identity in keeping them from ever finding it while > they're buried along side real estate listings. > > Just something to think about when you're adding yourself to these > directory sites. You may get renters from them, you might even get members > from them. But for a very small finite potential return, there's an > unmeasurable and potentially large negative impact you're having on your > long term success as you position yourself closer to workspaces that aren't > *actually* your competition. > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:03 PM, OC Houston > <t...@theofficeconnexion.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Someone in a Facebook group just posted about 42floors.com an hour > > ago. I have a listing onhttps://www.sharedbusinessspace.com/, which > > is pretty much the same. No calls from it, but it's there. :-) > > > Toni Hogan > > > On Mar 27, 5:58 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > There's a new startup for commercial real estate finding that's currently > > > only limited to the bay area but aspires, as all internet startups do, > > for > > > world domination. > > > >http://42floors.com > > > > One interesting thing of note: they let you filter listings based on > > > leases, shared office, and *coworking*. > > > > I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more of this in commercial > > > real estate listing tools as time goes on. I'm curious if/how 42floors is > > > differentiating between shared offices and coworking spaces: my guess is > > a > > > shared office would be a company who has a lease and more space than they > > > need. > > > > That said, there's no need to freak out. If you're running a coworking > > > space, the things that differentiate you have never been more important > > > than they are now, and is only going to get more important as time goes > > on. > > > :) > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > > indyhall.org > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
