Doesn't sound dumb at all! It's an excellent idea to look for ways to get people together BEFORE you even start seeking space. People will say "oh a coworking space that sounds great" but a very small % of them will actually show up. And if you can't get them to show up BEFORE you have a dedicated space...having the overhead of a space isn't gonna magically make that easier.
You're totally on the right track here Daron. This is great. Start getting that community involved with seeking space too. Go out and pound pavement together (or in small teams) to find stuff that isn't in MLS listings. It can be fun and the people who pitch in will feel WAY more connected to the space once you do have it. >From there, you can figure out how much you need to get this off the ground, and look at various ways to pull that money together. Turn to your community for help as early and often as possible. If you've built a community up until this point and you're approaching things as you're describing them here, you're off to a GREAT start. Oh man I'm excited to see what you do here. Please keep this list posted! -Alex On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Daron Jenkins <djenk...@scenepr.com> wrote: > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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 >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%2bunsubscr...@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 the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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