+1 to Trevor and Susan. Coworking is something that works well for people looking for a collaborative environment. I don't think an incubator space is the right fit once they want to build their own culture though. At that point companies should be looking to lease their own office space.
-Fletcher *PivotDesk * On Tuesday, July 8, 2014 1:37:05 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: > > +1 to everything Susan said. > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Susan Dorsch <su...@officenomads.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I think that she (not he - worth noting!) pinpoints a lot of elements >> that are worth taking note of. Over the years I've noticed that members >> come to coworking spaces not to be sold things, but usually to fulfill more >> emotional needs. I heard a lot of that frustration in Rebekah's article, >> and it's worth taking note of instead of simply shrugging off. Because the >> emotional stuff is complicated and tough to put your finger on sometimes. >> But paying attention to it is critical to ensuring the sustainability of >> your coworking community. >> >> Sure, we can shrug and say that she should have kept looking for the >> right space (and I'd recommend that she keep looking - sounds like she >> hasn't found the right spot yet). But there are a lot of lessons in there >> that we can glean as well. She specifically calls out that the space was >> organized in such a way that it was nearly impossible to build a culture. >> We should be listening to feedback like that - even in spaces where we feel >> like we've got the culture "right." I read this article and dove right away >> into reviewing our systems here at Office Nomads to be sure that we >> encourage our members to build the culture here as much as they want to. >> >> Again, it's easy to shrug off articles like this and point holes in this >> individual's experience, but look closer and you'll find there is a lot to >> be learned from her experience. >> >> S >> >> >> >> __ >> Office Nomads >> officenomads.com >> 206-323-6500(o) >> 206-484-5859(m) >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Aaron Cruikshank <aa...@cruikshank.me >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Sounds to me like this is not the kind of guy who should be in a >>> coworking space. >>> I used to get these kinds of guys all the time at the space I used to >>> run and I would always re-direct them to local tech incubators. Not that >>> they're any less noisy or chaotic... >>> It sounds like what he needed was a private office but all he could >>> afford was hotdesking. >>> >>> Aaron Cruikshank >>> Principal, CRUIKSHANK >>> phone: 778.908.4560 >>> e-mail: aa...@cruikshank.me <javascript:> >>> web: cruikshank.me <http://www.cruikshank.me> >>> twitter: @cruikshank <https://twitter.com/cruikshank> >>> book a meeting: doodle.com/cruikshank <http://www.doodle.com/cruikshank> >>> linkedin: in/cruikshank <http://www.linkedin.com/in/cruikshank> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Susan Dorsch <su...@officenomads.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Out in the New York Times (h/t to Steve King >>>> <http://www.twitter.com/smallbizlabs> - I caught the article via his >>>> Twitter Feed): >>>> http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/why-i-ditched-my-co-working-space/ >>>> >>>> There is so much I could say about this article, but I'll just start >>>> with saying how useful I think this piece is for any >>>> owner/cultivator/tummler out there. Lots of food for thought in there. >>>> >>>> S >>>> __ >>>> Office Nomads >>>> officenomads.com >>>> 206-323-6500(o) >>>> 206-484-5859(m) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
