Thanks Bernie - funnily enough I'd just been listening to those podcasts! Do you know if there are anymore after episode 57? They seem to just stop?
Also - FYI I took you up on your advice - I'll see you at the Copass Camp! On 13 October 2017 at 21:30, Bernie J Mitchell <ber...@berniejmitchell.com> wrote: > Mark this is a good podcast about how to start via a meet up - > https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2016/03/we-almost-sold- > out-on-our-principles-before-we-even-started/ > > I got LOADS out of this episode đ > > Have a remarkable day > > Bernie J Mitchell > 0777 204 2012 > > www.berniejmitchell.com <http://berniejmitchell.com/> > > Sent from my mobile device > > *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. > > On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 20:57, Alex Linsker <alexlins...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tony, I love how you wrote that. Made me smile to read. > > On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 11:50:53 AM UTC-7, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> Welcome to the party! >> >> It can be a bit tricky to understand the nuances of these two camps as >> you define them. We're all still getting a handle on it ourselves! >> >> Here's another way of looking at it: >> >> *1. You can organize a coworking community without ever having a >> business. * >> >> Go on Meetup, start a group, meet at a cafe. Hooray, you're coworking, >> without any money involved! >> >> >> *2. You can build a workspace without doing coworking.* >> >> There's a whole industry of serviced offices that has been around for a >> while. Raise some money, get a space, rent bits of that space out to >> companies for a margin. >> >> There's lots of established competition in this world, and it's entirely >> transactional. No emotional relationship between the space and the >> customer. If you want to step into that arena, godspeed! >> >> >> *3. You can build a workspace with coworking in mind. * >> >> Coworking exists regardless of office space; physical workspaces just >> happen to be a handy delivery vehicle. >> >> Many in the business center industry are scrambling to change their >> spaces to catch the trend. Many of them think they can get away with >> offering open plan memberships and fancy decor, but that misses the point. >> >> *The point here is that lots of people don't need workspace, but they do >> need each other. * >> >> If you can build something that facilitates real connections between >> people, then you can do something really exciting and fun and impactful. >> >> Even WeWork knows thisâthey try very hard to build community. But they >> are always going to be hamstrung by the fact that their approach is one of >> being a provider to consumers, and it's hard to get consumers to care about >> you or the other consumers. >> >> You, by contrast, are a human, with hopes and dreams. >> >> If you find others who share those hopes and dreams in your city, and you >> invite them to conspire with you to build something that can help lots of >> other people find the belonging and support they need, you just might be on >> your way to starting something that will bring both profit and fulfillment. >> >> Tony >> *---* >> *New Work Cities <http://nwc.co/consulting> * >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Alex Linsker <alexl...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Figure out your main "why", then market that. If it is "money and >>> status", or "community of like-minded people" or "community of people doing >>> a variety of work", those seem to be the big areas of "coworking". And then >>> make your place embody that fully. The others can happen in the same place >>> over time, but they are 3 different ways to start from what I've seen. >>> >>> -Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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. > > -- > 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/lGPKXlrhSts/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. > -- 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.
