I'm tearing up over here Jamie :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Jamie Wright wrote: > Adrienne, > > Sure, I can explain how we built up the community. > > The answer is pretty easy, just get involved in the communities that > already exist and explain your problem. My problem was that I was sick of > being a lone developer on my projects. I have been living in my basement > working for over 5 years and it was time to come out, see the sun, and play > with others. > > Since I am a developer, seeking other developers, web designers, and other > creatives, I was already involved in their communities. I was involved in > some developer user groups but I got involved in some more. I did not just > get involved in Toledo, but surrounding areas as well such as Detroit, Ann > Arbor, and Columbus. The same people I would see in Toledo, I would see at > surrounding areas so don't limit yourself to just your local area. > > I also started a Code and Coffee group that met in the mornings to hack on > some software. We even had plans to start building some software to make our > space run more efficiently and more collaboratively. > > I started attending other types of events as well that did not just simply > involve software. I started going to a local entrepreneurs group, several > start up weekends, etc. > > ** > The point though is that I attended these groups and events not to just > "get members" but because I really wanted to be involved with them. I knew I > would find like minded individuals at these events and they may be interested > in coworking as well since many of them are independents. If we were "like > minded", I knew we would gel on a day to day basis in Seed. > ** > > The other advice I have is to get partners that share your vision. This > would not be as successful as it is today without my two other partners Don > Miller and Gene Powell. Don is another developer and Gene is a web designer > and user experience guru. They each have their own groups and friends that > gel as well. We all started working together at coffee shops and bars and we > knew that we would all love to work together in a space that is productive. > > I hope I answered your question. If you have anything further, let me know. > > -- Jamie > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:25:58 AM UTC-4, Adrienne N wrote: > > Hey Jamie, > > Can you explain further on how you created your community before you got > > the space? What actions did you take? Jellies? > > > > Adrienne > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 8:06 AM, Jamie Wright <jwright...@gmail.com > > (mailto:jwright...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > > Hello all. > > > > > > I want to first introduce myself. I have been a long time stalker in this > > > group and I have learned a lot from each of you. Thank you for your > > > contributions. > > > > > > I am software developer from Toledo, Ohio and I have visited several > > > coworking spaces over the last few years. These include Workantile and > > > Tech Brewery in Ann Arbor, Sandbox in Columbus, OpenSpace in > > > Charlottesville, and The Coop in Chicago. > > > > > > I fell in love with the idea of coworking several years and I have since > > > been working on building the community locally. My partners and I are > > > proud to announce that Toledo will finally be opening it's first > > > coworking space in about a month. We are calling it Seed. > > > (http://seedcoworking.com). > > > > > > The space is almost completely renovated and the interest has been great. > > > The biggest lesson that Alex Hillman (his coworking class rocked) is to > > > build the community first and the space will follow. That is exactly what > > > we have been doing over the past few years and we already may have a > > > waiting list. > > > > > > I will hopefully have a lot more to contribute over the coming months as > > > we learn some lessons of our own. > > > > > > Thank you again. > > > > > > -- Jamie > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Coworking" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/gw94-4jSIBIJ. > > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com > > > (mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com). > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > (mailto: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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/n30fR-lwL5cJ. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com > (mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > (mailto: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. 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