Pete, you can visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out?hl=en-US, provide your email address, and it'll let you remove yourself from this list (and any other lists).
-Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia pre-order the new eBook, "the business of community (http://book.businessofcommunity.com/?ref=email)" On Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Pete Sloan wrote: > Alex…how do I get off the coworking discussion train? > > From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Alex Hillman > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:49 AM > To: coworking@googlegroups.com (mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com) > Cc: coworking > Subject: Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group > > Brilliant observation Jacob, 100% agreed. > -- > > /ah > > indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) > > coworking in philadelphia > > Got Community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org > > > > On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com > (mailto:ja...@officenomads.com)> wrote: > > Keeping expectations in check is key! It's hard to know how many spaces > > that have closed are because they expected huge returns or blew their > > budget building infrastructure that didn't pan out. These are not examples > > of how coworking isn't profitable but it's hard to sort that kind of thing > > out from only headlines. > > > > > > Jacob > > > > --- > > Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation > > http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > > <baut...@gmail.com (mailto:baut...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > I do think the coworking business model is immature but proven to work. The > > coworking world has many successful stories and many failures, but we are > > within the failure and success rates of any other business and in many > > cases doing better. What I think the coworking business model does need to > > explore is additional revenue sources beyond just memberships that benefit > > the members. There have been several previous discussions in this groups > > about alternative sources - sponsorships, classes, add ons like mail or > > printing - but these models and the process of launching them have not > > fully developed. I think these need to explored more in the open because I > > don't think a lot of us share these stories. > > > > > > I also think keeping new spaces expectations in check and doing a proper > > cost and revenue analysis combined with proper runway funding would be the > > biggest benefit to discuss. My gut instinct is that a coworking space is > > many space owners first time taking on a large sum of fixed expenses versus > > having a service based company and can have new challenges. > > > > > > I'm finishing up a book right now and Alex is working on one as well that > > discusses the business aspect of coworking to address some of these > > problems. I would be happy to contribute some of the spreadsheets and > > pricing models and insights that will be in the book to the conversation. > > > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > Creative Density > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
