Well..that's exactly what I thought. I have a massive community having been powering the indie film community in NYC for more than 12 years.
So I assume you're talking about getting a number of pre founding members signed up...we are working on assembling an content incubator pre launch as a way to engage with the community pre launch and also a way to gather service providers that early adopters can take advantage of in advance of the physical space. Sound dumb? On Sep 30, 2015 10:13 AM, "Alex Hillman" <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hidden option C: you find a community in need, or start building your own. > :) > > Without people, you're opening an empty room. Not only does that mean > eating costs for a while, it means that people are less likely to want to > join because it's an empty room and if they wanted an empty room they could > stay home or work from any other isolating location. > > Not to mention that if you're considering crowdfunding, you've gotta have > a crowd to start with :) > > NYC is particularly difficult with high rents and an already huge and > growing set of Coworking options. Who do you think isn't being served that > needs YOUR Coworking space, wherever it ends up being? > > -Alex > > P.s. This is probably my most popular blog post, and it talks more about > this quandary. You're FAR from alone in asking! > http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ > > > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Daron Jenkins <djenk...@scenepr.com> > wrote: > >> Ok..so I have never looked at real estate (outside of renting an >> apartment) so I have what possibly could be a dumb question. >> >> We're looking at real estate currently for a coworking space in NYC...Do >> you find the space/location first or do you find/raise the money first? >> Kind of a chicken or the egg question. >> >> My thoughts when I originally came up with this idea was to look at >> spaces that fit our need first to get an idea of how much $$$ we're needing >> to raise and to get an idea of what the sq footage looked like, THEN, raise >> the funding (crowdfunding, private raise, sponsors, etc.). >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- > > ------------------ > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/yIaVj6HDluM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
