Karen, Congrats on your space and getting to 30% pre-opening. After this, your worst nightmares will be related to the printer as Bill half-joked at GCUC :-)
Here's a post on some mistakes you want to avoid with your architect: http://everythingcoworking.com/10-things-your-architect-might-screw-up-on-your-coworking-space-design/ that might also be helpful. Jamie On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 5:35:00 PM UTC-7, Karen Ruane wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback, Andy, Alex and Ramon. I will definitely check out > that handbook! > > We are currently taking applications for our space and have reached about > 30% of our planned starting capacity, with an August 1 opening! We'll > continue to network and advertise, as this seem crucial to a successful > start-up. > > Thanks again, for the wisdom. And please keep it coming! > > Karen > > On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 10:26:52 AM UTC-7, Karen Ruane wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> My two partners and I are about to open a creative coworking space in >> Bend, OR. It will be the first of it's kind in this area, but not the only >> coworking space in our population of 80k. We are a sort of hybrid between >> art studio space and business desk rental. We have both resident >> spaces/desks to rent, as well as drop-in memberships at hot desks/tables. >> >> Here's my question for you all: >> >> What's one thing you learned quickly *after* opening that you wish you'd >> known and planned for *before* opening? >> >> It'd be great to get a few nuggets of wisdom to potentially save us from >> mistakes! >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> Karen >> > -- 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.
