Oh, Tomoya, I meant to link to this when I netioned the "need to fill seats to pay the bills":
http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/tips-for-building-community-after-opening-a-coworking-space/ -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Dec 31, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tomoya, > > Welcome! > > It sounds like you have some goals and dreams of your own - do you know of > other people with similar aspirations nearby that you might be able to begin > to gather as the early stages of a community? The good news is that you can > avoid a common problem in the fact that the coworking space that opened isn't > yours, so you don't have the stress of needing to fill seats in order to pay > the bills looming over you and you can focus on the community. In the end > this could end up being a positive, symbiotic relationship between you and > the owner of the space, but I highly recommend that the two of you make sure > that you're on the same page beyond him "being a nice guy" and him "wanting > to make the space community driven". These are both easy things to say, but > much harder in practice. Get your goals out on on the table and see if you > can figure out what working together will be like. > > The other good news is that even if he and his space end up not being the > right fit, you can still work on building the community. The space part is > easy once you've got that part right :) > > There's a TON of stuff that I've gathered and written myself on community > building, etc - http://masterclass.indyhall.org/recommended-reading.html > > Enjoy, and good luck! > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Dec 30, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Tomoya Shimaguchi <sma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello everyone! >> >> I'm a programmer who is living in Asahikawa, Japan. >> A week ago, the first coworking space in our city opened. >> >> The coworking space is in a bit lucklaster building in the city street; City >> center itself is lucklaster. >> Lots of the office rooms in the building are empty. >> And then, a management consultant man started the coworking space; He is >> really a nice guy. >> If the coworking space become vibrant place, the adjacent office rooms will >> be expanded as a part of coworking space. >> >> I'm a independent contractor. I always work at home. >> And I'm a wantrepreneur who want to start a startup in the future. >> I've been dreaming to start hackerspace in Asahikawa city. >> But I didn't know much about coworking space and its history. >> So I've just learned about coworking space with coworking.com >> >> Obviously, the coworking space didn't start from community. >> But the consultant man wants to make the space community driven place. >> >> Any of you, have a similar experience? >> Can you suggest a possible problem with this kind of coworking space? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
