Hi Mark, I'm not sure this is an either/or question. We've found that if you're doing smaller spaces (under 10,000 s.f.) in smaller cities and towns, we build a non-homogenous community based on location as well as interest groups. If you go with community first, you're too dependent on that initial group. That said, we start with meetups and community connections as soon as we decide on a location. I guess I'm trying to say that you're safest if you do both!
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8:49:50 AM UTC-7, Mark wrote: > > Hi all, > > As someone who is relatively new to the world of coworking (I only > realised it existed about 6 months ago!) I was curious to hear people's > views on community vs corporate coworking spaces. > > As someone who is looking to setup a coworking space there appear to be > two distinct views as far as I can see. > > One side - community - seems to come from the side of most commonly > associated with the original view of coworking - start a community first, > figure out what they want and then create a space to suit the community. > > The other side - corporate - looks like it takes the view, create some > amazing spaces and "they will come". I'm thinking specifically about WeWork > and the other companies that are like them. For example, I could be wrong, > but I'm not sure that WeWork necessarily invest massive amounts of > resources in creating a community in an area before they launch a new space? > > Is this simply a question of things moving on or is there evidence to > suggest that the community method is preferable and therefore more > sustainable? > > My hunch would be that there are more "community" minded people in this > forum which might make things a little biased bit I'd be interested to hear > regardless. > > I'm in the process of looking at launching a dedicated coworking space in > a city in the UK that doesn't have any spaces yet, and so (again) my hunch > would be that community first is the way to go in order to quantify the > demand. > > Thanks again! > > Mark > -- 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.
