Here’s an incomplete and in-no-particular order of things that I’ve seen kill coworking spaces. Many of them aren’t unique to coworking, but often take unique or different “forms” in the context of coworking.
- Membership turnover - Hiring mistakes - Leadership burnout - Top-heavy membership - Losing a large ‘anchor’ member company - Overspending - Investor pressure - Poor partnerships - Over-reliance on sponsors - Identity crisis - Mismatched audience - Landlord disputes - Rent increases I know for a fact there are others that I’m not thinking of off the top of my head! -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 Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Shailesh Deshpande <shailes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alex, Stacy & Others, > Stumbled upon this discussion thread while researching coworking. I > recently started a coworking space called 'Indieloft' in Nagpur (India) and > looking to promote it locally and build a strong community. > It'd be really interesting to understand why some of the other coworking > spaces before us failed while we think we can make a go of it. I can > already see how a coworking space might struggle if it doesn't have a core > group of startups/entrepreneurs/freelancers who are engaging and > collaborating on a regular basis. What were some of the other reasons? > Really appreciate what you guys are doing to make this phenomenon > successful globally. > Cheers, > Shailesh > /shailes...@gmail.com//@indieloft//www.facebook.com/indieloft// > On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:18:29 UTC+5:30, Alex Hillman wrote: >> >> Hey Stacey, welcome to the discussion! :) >> >> Hit me up off list, I'll catch you up on what I've found so far and some >> leads that might be worth following. I agree that there's a ton of value in >> better understanding the patterns in the mistakes made and problems >> encountered. >> >> -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 Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Stacy Kessler <st...@platform53.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Hey Alex and Others, >>> >>> Long time lurker, first time poster :) I started Platform 53 >>> <http://www.platform53.com/>, a coworking space in Cincinnati, >>> OH/Northern Kentucky this past September, so still really fresh, but have >>> been doing research and pop-up coworking events around the region since >>> 2012, hence the long-time lurking... >>> >>> I just ran across this conversation thread and found it fascinating. I >>> know most of the collection was done a few years ago and it didn't sound >>> like it was as helpful as hoped, but sounds like there's still a lot of >>> interest around it. I think understanding this topic is extremely >>> important. I'm a market researcher by trade (both qual and quant), so if >>> there's a passion for picking back up the effort or digging into other >>> coworking questions, let me know--I'd be happy to help and ready to start >>> being more active in the broader coworking community. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Stacy Kessler >>> Co-Founder & Chief Visionary Officer >>> Platform 53 >>> >>> PS. Thanks for all you do for the coworking community, Alex. Love your >>> dedication to having open conversations about coworking through this Google >>> Group and elsewhere. Really refreshing to be a part of a collaborative >>> industry after coming from the cut-throat corporate world. >>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
