Hi Alex, Glad you did this survey in 2012. Any chance you still have the results? Farhan On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 09:19:57 UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Excellent suggestion on location data, and the little formatting fix. On > their way. > > I've got a dozen or so submissions overnight. Keep 'em coming people. > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 8:45 AM, rachel young wrote: > > > Hi, > > Thanks for starting this, Alex. I'm curious about the results too. > > I suggest adding mandatory fields for City, Province/State, and Country so > that you can easily search and sort by region. The two entries I just sent > were from Toronto, ON Canada. > > Also you copied the notes ("It doesn't have to be a eulogy...") from the > second last question to the last question. Just a formatting thing. > r. > > > > *____________________ rachel young*rac...@camaraderie.ca <javascript:> > > *Find us in person:* > Camaraderie > 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor > Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 > (647) 861-4350 > > *Find us online:* > Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and Newsletter > <http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> > Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, Twitter > <http://twitter.com/camaraderie>, Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and > LinkedIn <http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> > > *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * > *Continue the conversations you started on May 27* > *at FLCTO2 by joining the LinkedIn group <http://linkd.in/FLCTO>.* > > *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * > *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program > <http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012>* > *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* > > > > > On 18 September 2012 22:46, Alex Hillman <dangerous...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Thanks Chris. Great idea on opening up the closure dates to the future. I > don't expect to close the form so we can continue to collect data over time. > > I've removed the "required" part of the date fields to allow for more > flexible entry and updated the intro. > > More suggestions and sharing welcome :) > > -Alex > > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > build amazing communities: masterclass.indyhall.org > > On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Chris DiFonzo wrote: > > Alex - > > Props for starting this thread. I think the information will be valuable > and hopefully help some current owner/operators succeed in spite of > adversity. > > I think you will get more responses, and perhaps salvage more existing > cases, if you include owners/spaces that fear or outright anticipate > failure in the next 12 months. > > Btw, If you like we will tweet survey tomorrow. > > Best, > Chris > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerous...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I'm sure I'm not the only person on this group who has google alerts set > up for the words "coworking" and, sigh, "co-working". > > Between the number of new space announcements that show up in those > alerts, Deskmag's reporting on coworking growth trends, and many amazing > success stories that we've all been privy to seeing unfold, there's no > doubt in any of our minds that coworking isn't disappearing any time soon. > > But speckled in the success stories are sadder ones. Coworking spaces who > struggled and failed. > > Another one hit my Google Reader tonight, in St Louis. Hence this email > and this project being spurred right now. > > On one hand, the *business of coworking *is susceptible to all of the > rules of starting a new business - there's going to be a failure rate. Not > every business is meant to be. The rate at which I hear about closings is > increasing, but it's hard to tell if it's growing in or out of proportion > of openings. > > Between coworking spaces that struggle to keep the lights on and coworking > spaces that have closed (for good or bad reasons), there's patterns in > closures that I personally find very interesting, far more interesting in > "new hotness variations" on the coworking models. > > The pattern-watcher that I am, I see *some *things, but I need more > information to start building a hypothesis that can be proven or disproven. > > I can't do this alone. If you've started and closed a coworking space, > been a member of a coworking space that struggled and failed, or are simply > a passionate observer who saw an unfortunate closing, please take a few > minutes to help fill out this survey: > > https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/coworking-space-closings/ > > This information is personal and potentially sensitive. I don't expect all > of the replies to include names or all of the details. Many people on this > list have shared their personal stories before, and we should all be > thankful for that. > > The best solution I could come up with is to choose how anonymous you > would like to be. > > *1) The name and email address fields are optional and will ONLY be used > to reconnect with the submitter for more information.* > *2) The final required question asks for your consent to share the data > you enter, beside the optional name/email fields which are anonymous by > default. In case you have an alternate preference, you can specify it in > "other".* > > There's researchers on the list, so if there's other fields that you think > I should include (or better ways to collect the same data), I'm all ears. > > *Even if you're not aware of closings you can share about, I need help > getting the word out about this project. *I'm hoping for some assistance > from Steve King & Team Deskmag since I know this stuff is already on their > radar. If there's anyone else already studying this (all of the quiet grad > students on this list, I'm looking at you), I'd love to share work > reciprocally. > > My goal is to organize this information and share some hypothesis that we > all study together and share back again, overall helping the ecosystem not > just learn from successes but also avoid repeating historic failure > patterns. > > My hope is to be buried under a mountain of responses and have to recruit > some of you to help me dig myself out :) > > Thanks y'all. > > -Alex > > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > build amazing communities: masterclass.indyhall.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowo...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 cowo...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 cowo...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 cowo...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > >
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