When I’m referring to hot-desks, I’m not actually talking about what the coworking space calls it…I’m actually talking about the “come in and use a desk” members compared to the “participate and get connected to the community” members.
"coworking in smaller areas can be very difficult to sustain" I never said that. :) Correlation is not causation. > “...where there is an incredibly high intersection between property value and > density of workers.” People crave a sense of belonging everywhere. If people only join your coworking space when they need a desk to work, that’s a much bigger clue about your sustainability than the intersection of property value and density. -Alex ------------------ The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Connor Provines <con...@bureauxapartager.com> wrote: > Actually, while I agree that mega-coworking spaces do obviously skew the > results, we do have to take into consideration the fact that the majority > (At least in the U.S) of coworking spaces are in fact located in cities. If > you're to take the top 10 coworking cities, NYC, SF, Houston, Los Angeles, > Denver, Boulder, Boston, Seattle, Phoenix, Portland you've accounted for > roughly 50% of the coworking spaces in the United States, with another 20 > cities or so accounting for another 30% of total U.S coworking spaces. > We find that in smaller cities we have a spread of makers spaces, or small > coworking spaces, but they account for a very, very small percentage of > total spaces. I can't speak heavily to hot desks, but I can confirm that in > these major cities "hot desk" coworking is rather uncommon, with most > spaces only dedicating a few seats daily to hot desks. Generally these > places switch to "sub-memberships" (1-3 days a week) instead of hot desks. > I guess the take-away is that as Alex said, coworking in smaller areas can > be very difficult to sustain, however I would argue that those mega-cities > are in fact the norm, not the exception, and perhaps these are the areas > best suited for coworking, where there is an incredibly high intersection > between property value and density of workers. > -- > 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. -- 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.
