We are located at Curitiba. It is a city with 2MM inhabitants, 400 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 2:02:47 PM UTC-3, Chris Cooley wrote: > > Marcos, where are you located? I'm finding a very different mentality / > approach to this between countries... > > Also, check out what The Commons has done in Wisconsin. It's not a > coworking space but they use a unique blend of industry, 24+ universities > and coworking models (utilizing spaces) to generate a benefits that have > become highly successful (and financial viable) for all... > > http://www.thecommonswi.com > > > On Aug 20, 2017 12:30 PM, "Marcos Schwartz" <mschwa...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Actually, they are planning to open a coworking space inside the campus >> and I am looking for examples in other countries to offer a different >> perspective if they build a partnership with an actual space. I have a >> coworking space and was wondering how a partnership with them could be >> complimentary to my community and the other way around too. >> There is another University here that did the same, but they have barely >> empty spaces without a soul with few teams incubated. They called that >> coworking...:( >> >> On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 11:25:36 AM UTC-3, >> ch...@thecoworkconsultant.com wrote: >>> >>> This is a super conversation! >>> >>> I have worked on a couple of projects that involved interaction and >>> partnerships with universities. It's a tough but to crack because many of >>> them believe they have everything they need for their students on campuses >>> (in many cases they do!)...also, why would they want students to leave >>> campus to utilize an outside coworking space (students spend alot off money >>> on campus!). Remember, these universities are businesses so unless you give >>> them a good financial reason to create or partner with coworking...they >>> won't see the benefits. >>> >>> I wanted to understand this conversation from a students' perspective >>> and below is a link to what I found when I interviewed a grad student who >>> utilized one of the spaces I co-founded... >>> >>> http://thecoworkconsultant.com/college-students-think-coworking/ >>> >>> He actually didn't find enough variety in the interactions he had with >>> other students at the University. Very interesting stuff! >>> >>> I second the idea about collaborating with industries and having >>> coworking spaces act as a hub to partner with universities (I've seen this >>> before VERY successful). Regardless, be create when you approach higher >>> education but ALWAYS focus on the business aspect...they are making money, >>> alot of it, and are built in that. >>> >>> If anyone is interested in connecting more about this please send me an >>> email (ch...@thecoworkconsultant.com) and we can set up a time to chat. >>> I'm happy to share my experience in all this:) >>> >>> Btw, are all of you in this thread operating, managing and creating >>> co-working spaces? >>> >>> -- >> 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/laIKNKOjqNY/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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.
