Hi Michael, Thanks a lot for starting this great thread. There are definitely a lot of companies in your position who are interested in figuring out the best way to host coworkers in their existing office. Alex, Jonathan, Linda, and Jerome have already made some great suggestions.
I thought it might also be worth it for you to check out Loosecubes<https://www.loosecubes.com/>! We're a peer-to-peer workspace sharing community that helps business owners (like you) connect with freelancers and entrepreneurs in need of a flexible place to work on a daily basis. Through our platform, you'll be able to host relevant professionals on an ongoing basis (and it's totally free). Let me know if you're interested in joining the site. Feel free to e-mail me at anth...@loosecubes.com or give me a call at 347-449-0771. Talk to you soon, Anthony On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Jerome Chang <jer...@blankspaces.com>wrote: > Just to clarify: there are 3 current dedicated desks plus a 4th open? > > If so, this would be a very small community. I would think that you would > have to program events and such. > > Jerome > http://wew.BLANKSPACES.com > > On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Graham <j...@bizcasual.co> wrote: > > Have you ever though about joining an existing coworking community? It > could be a great place to meet other folks and might even be cheaper than > your rent. > > On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Alex Hillman wrote: > >> I'm especially unsure how to create the small community without making >> the existing people feel uncomfortable. >> >> Can you explain a bit more about what you're concerned about here? >> >> It sounds like you've got some fears that are holding you back from >> creating something potentially great. Lets get those fears out in the open >> so we can get rid of them! :) >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Michael Hopkins wrote: >> >> Hi, my company (2 people) shares office space with another company (1 >> person.) The space is open floor plan. We keep the extra desk/couch/table >> area open in the spirit of co-working. Two people use it semi-regularly. >> >> We would really like to see a *few* more people use it and grow a very >> tight, entrepreneurial co-working community out of it. We have absolutely >> no plans to make money off of it so long as our companies can keep paying >> the rent, although we'd consider splitting rent with someone who wanted to >> work there full-time. >> >> How should we proceed effectively here? I'm especially unsure how to >> create the small community without making the existing people feel >> uncomfortable. Happy to answer any follow-up questions. >> >> Michael >> >> P.S. One more caveat: we had a full-fledged co-working space in our city >> close a year ago, and we're "refugees" from that. There's no bad blood but >> we do not want to undertake any kind of aggressive campaign to publicize >> this. >> >> -- >> 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/-/g8cvAnuGdW0J. >> 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. >> > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
