That’s awesome - looking forward to reading and learning! On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 at 19:42, Bernie J Mitchell <ber...@berniejmitchell.com> wrote:
> We are making this survival guide with you in mind :-) > > > https://included.co/been-to-a-coworking-conference-contribute-to-the-survival-guide/ > > > 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 Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 17:32, Mark van Keulen <markvankeu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 😍 >> >> 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 this—they 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. > > -- > 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. 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