Re: [Coworking] A universal symbol for coworking

[Coworking Merignac Bordeaux]

Well, i am agree with Ramon

Why W,

it will be better to use CW

Best regards



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2015-01-13 8:38 GMT+01:00 Ramon Suarez :

> Why W instead of C or CW?
>
> Who will own the copyright of the symbol?
>
> Who will have the right to use it?
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Re: [Coworking] A universal symbol for coworking

[rachel young]

For the record, this was accepted by some as the universal symbol for
coworking:
http://wiki.coworking.org/w/file/91218246/old%20coworking%20logo.jpg

And (apologies to its creator) it's terrible. It only shows coffee and
wifi, which could be a cafe, a hotel lounge, or any other place that offers
both. It doesn't say coworking at all, just two of the amenities of a
space. Nothing about the core values, nothing about the people.

I like the idea of having something to unite us. It will be tough though.
We don't all agree on the hyphen or the definition of coworking, so an
image would be quite difficult too, I'm sure.
r.





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On 13 January 2015 at 03:00, Coworking Merignac Bordeaux <
coworkingmerig...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, i am agree with Ramon
>
> Why W,
>
> it will be better to use CW
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> *José Louis QUIROS *
>
> http://youtu.be/w8L1t03Pvg0
>
> Fondateur
> *AquiWork Center  Coworking Mérignac* 
> 80 Avenue de la Libération 33700 Mérignac CAPEYRON
> Tél: 00.33.(0)5.33.48.44.46   Mobile  : 00.33 (0)6.16.54.75.55 et
> (0)6.71.47.52.12
> Email: coworkingmerig...@gmail.com 
>
> Viadeo Jose Quiros 
>
> Facebook Coworking   
> Viadeo
>  , Twitter
> Google Plus
> Youtube
> 
>
> 
> http://www.coworking-merignac.com/  Profil LinkedIn
> r.linkedin.com/in/joselouisquiros
> 
>
>  *- Si  vous ne
> souhaitiez plus recevoir ce genre d'informations, merci de me le signaler
> par retour de mail */annulation-abonnement
> 
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> 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés),
> vous pouvez exercer votre droit  d'accès aux informations et le cas échéant
> votre droit de rectification ou de retrait des informations vous concernant
> en contactant directement notre espace.
>
> 
>
>
>
> 
>
> 2015-01-13 8:38 GMT+01:00 Ramon Suarez :
>
>> Why W instead of C or CW?
>>
>> Who will own the copyright of the symbol?
>>
>> Who will have the right to use it?
>>
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Re: [Coworking] A universal symbol for coworking

[Chad Ballantyne]

I’m with Rachel - no likey!

The universal symbol for coworking is not a logo, it’s a vibe.  Hard to draw a 
vibe.  It’s like trying to "smell the colour 9."



> On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:27 AM, rachel young  wrote:
> 
> 
> For the record, this was accepted by some as the universal symbol for 
> coworking: 
> http://wiki.coworking.org/w/file/91218246/old%20coworking%20logo.jpg 
> 
> 
> And (apologies to its creator) it's terrible. It only shows coffee and wifi, 
> which could be a cafe, a hotel lounge, or any other place that offers both. 
> It doesn't say coworking at all, just two of the amenities of a space. 
> Nothing about the core values, nothing about the people.
> 
> I like the idea of having something to unite us. It will be tough though. We 
> don't all agree on the hyphen or the definition of coworking, so an image 
> would be quite difficult too, I'm sure.
> r.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> rachel young
> rac...@camaraderie.ca 
> 
> We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor
> (between Bloor and Roncesvalles)
> 
> Chat with me via 10KCoffees 
> 
> 
> Find us online:
> Website/blog  and Newsletter 
> , Twitter 
> , 
> Facebook , Google+ , 
> Yelp , and LinkedIn 
> 
> 
> We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto , 
> CoworkingOntario , and CoworkingCanada 
> !
> 
> 
> On 13 January 2015 at 03:00, Coworking Merignac Bordeaux 
> mailto:coworkingmerig...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Well, i am agree with Ramon
> 
> Why W, 
> 
> it will be better to use CW 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> 
> 
> José Louis QUIROS 
> 
> http://youtu.be/w8L1t03Pvg0 
> 
> Fondateur
> AquiWork Center  Coworking Mérignac 
> 80 Avenue de la Libération 33700 Mérignac CAPEYRON 
> Tél: 00.33.(0)5.33.48.44.46   Mobile  : 00.33 (0)6.16.54.75.55 et 
> (0)6.71.47.52.12
> Email: coworkingmerig...@gmail.com  
> 
> 
> Viadeo Jose Quiros 
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> 
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> directement notre espace.
>  
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 2015-01-13 8:38 GMT+01:00 Ramon Suarez  >:
> Why W instead of C or CW?
> 
> Who will own the copyright of the symbol?
> 
> Who will have the right to use it?
> 
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Re: [Coworking] A universal symbol for coworking

[Jerome Chang]

Accessibility isn't a logo, it's a condition or situation. It's also not 
relegated to a wheelchair. A logo really won't blind people much. 

Jerome

> On Jan 13, 2015, at 7:10 AM, Chad Ballantyne  wrote:
> 
> I’m with Rachel - no likey!
> 
> The universal symbol for coworking is not a logo, it’s a vibe.  Hard to draw 
> a vibe.  It’s like trying to "smell the colour 9."
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:27 AM, rachel young  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> For the record, this was accepted by some as the universal symbol for 
>> coworking: 
>> http://wiki.coworking.org/w/file/91218246/old%20coworking%20logo.jpg
>> 
>> And (apologies to its creator) it's terrible. It only shows coffee and wifi, 
>> which could be a cafe, a hotel lounge, or any other place that offers both. 
>> It doesn't say coworking at all, just two of the amenities of a space. 
>> Nothing about the core values, nothing about the people.
>> 
>> I like the idea of having something to unite us. It will be tough though. We 
>> don't all agree on the hyphen or the definition of coworking, so an image 
>> would be quite difficult too, I'm sure.
>> r.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> rachel young
>> rac...@camaraderie.ca
>> 
>> We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor
>> (between Bloor and Roncesvalles)
>> 
>> Chat with me via 10KCoffees
>> 
>> Find us online:
>> Website/blog and Newsletter, Twitter, 
>> Facebook, Google+, Yelp, and LinkedIn
>> 
>> We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto, 
>> CoworkingOntario, and CoworkingCanada!
>> 
>> 
>>> On 13 January 2015 at 03:00, Coworking Merignac Bordeaux 
>>>  wrote:
>>> Well, i am agree with Ramon
>>> 
>>> Why W, 
>>> 
>>> it will be better to use CW 
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> José Louis QUIROS 
>>> 
>>> http://youtu.be/w8L1t03Pvg0
>>> 
>>> Fondateur
>>> AquiWork Center  Coworking Mérignac
>>> 80 Avenue de la Libération 33700 Mérignac CAPEYRON 
>>> Tél: 00.33.(0)5.33.48.44.46   Mobile  : 00.33 (0)6.16.54.75.55 et 
>>> (0)6.71.47.52.12
>>> Email: coworkingmerig...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> Viadeo Jose Quiros
>>> Facebook Coworking   Viadeo , Twitter   Google PlusYoutube
>>> 
>>> http://www.coworking-merignac.com/  Profil LinkedIn 
>>> r.linkedin.com/in/joselouisquiros
>>> 
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>>> le signaler par retour de mail /annulation-abonnement
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>>> 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés), vous pouvez 
>>> exercer votre droit  d'accès aux informations et le cas échéant votre droit 
>>> de rectification ou de retrait des informations vous concernant en 
>>> contactant directement notre espace.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 2015-01-13 8:38 GMT+01:00 Ramon Suarez :
 Why W instead of C or CW?
 
 Who will own the copyright of the symbol?
 
 Who will have the right to use it?
 
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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Liane Jackson]

The Noun Project has a couple of coworking symbols that are free to use:

http://thenounproject.com/search/?q=coworking

There was another one cool one there that I don't see anymore, that I 
uploaded more than a year ago that has two people typing with a shelter 
over them.  You can take a look at it in my Dropbox link here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mj618q5h35ci45/Coworking%20Symbol.pdf?dl=0

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 4:17:08 PM UTC-6, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently 
> done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>  
> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
> propose something better.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> 
>
>

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Re: [Coworking] My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Elliott Williams]

Sorry for being late in this conversation. I just wanted to add a few
types/subtypes:
2.1 unsustainable but with unlimited funds (usually connected with some
sort of govt initiative).
5 - coworking spaces as feeders for real estate. These are spaces that will
never be sustainable, but the owner of the building doesn't care because
the owner is just trying to get these companies to grow to get an "actual"
office.

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Alex Hillman 
wrote:

> Turns out that surveys are terrible for collecting this kind of
> information :) I’ve had to do a lot of more hands on work to find real,
> valuable information.
>
>  I’ve used some of my findings to help fuel other articles, like this one
> in the Philadelphia Biz Journal (I pubilished the full interview to
> suppliment the piece): 
> *http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/07/behind-the-scenes-of-a-front-page-interview-coworking-any-old-space-wont-do/
> *
>
> The issue is that *demand for space* is a red herring for success in
> coworking, and worse, it’s a magnet for opportunism.
>
> Take a look at every corner of the “sharing economy”…and you’ll find the
> same thing. Utopian sharing quickly devolves into mass exodus. There’s a
> bigger problem in doing the research, though…and that’s collecting
> information from founders/leaders.
>
>  Founders and leaders of failed spaces (generally) won’t talk, and when
> they do, it’s platitudes or outright lies. Because let’s be honest, nobody
> likes facing their failures. There are, of course, a couple of exceptions
> and they’ve written about their experiences here on the Google Group.
>
> The *best* sources of insight have been former members and former staff.
> The problem is that THEY generally don’t respond well to being approached
> out of the blue (I’ve learned first hand).
>
>  We see that coworking spaces are opening at accelerating rates, but
> what’s not as obvious is that the vast majority of them are dealing with
> high turnover and/or burn rates that make their business model completely
> unsustainable. Because of the nature of these businesses, it’s very hard to
> see the effects of these problems until “reality” sets in about 2 years
> after the start.
>
> There’s clues before then (a mix of highly visible ones, and others that
> are much more subtle), but any coworking space younger than 2 years old
> really should be focusing on getting GREAT at one thing: knowing their
> members.
>
> We’re going to see a lot more closings in the near future. I’d say that
> most coworking spaces open today fall into one of four categories:
>
> 1- they’re generally unsustainable, and will die within 2 years.
> 2 - they’re generally unsustainable, but somebody is pumping cash into
> them to extend the 2 year life expectancy. Some will right the ship, but
> many will not before the cash dries up.
> 3 - they’re growing sustainably
> 4 - they’re growing unsustainably
>
> I’d say that 80%+ of coworking spaces I encounter fall into unsustainable
> categories 1 and 2. ~18% (maybe a bit less)  are safely in category 3, and
> less than 2% in category 4.
>
> -Alex
>
> --
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>
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Farhan Abbasi 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Glad you did this survey in 2012. Any chance you still have the results?
>> Farhan
>> On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 09:19:57 UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote:
>>>
>>>  Excellent suggestion on location data, and the little formatting fix.
>>> On their way.
>>>
>>> I've got a dozen or so submissions overnight. Keep 'em coming people.
>>>
>>> --
>>> /ah
>>> indyhall.org
>>> coworking in philadelphia
>>>
>>>  On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 8:45 AM, rachel young wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for starting this, Alex. I'm curious about the results too.
>>>
>>> I suggest adding mandatory fields for City, Province/State, and Country
>>> so that you can easily search and sort by region. The two entries I just
>>> sent were from Toronto, ON Canada.
>>>
>>> Also you copied the notes ("It doesn't have to be a eulogy...") from the
>>> second last question to the last question. Just a formatting thing.
>>> r.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Fernando Aguirre]

Guys, thanks for the feedback.

The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a 
universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?

Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. 
If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other 
meanings.

Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. 
Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the 
attached file.

Responding to Ramon:
I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. 
Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use 
anywhere.





On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently 
> done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>  
> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
> propose something better.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> 
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: Advertising

[Gretchen Bilbro]

Hi Jason,
 Congratulations on starting your space! I am opening mine next week. Gulp! 

I have spent the last few months trying to get the word out a few different 
ways. 
- create a metope group on MeetUp.com
- join the Chamber of Commerce (my local one is large and very active. This 
has helped me a lot)
- Join local downtown business associations and be active in your community
- I also joined a local young professional network group that is working 
well. 

Luckily what I am doing seems to be working pretty well for me. I have had 
two newspapers contact me for articles this week and have signed up 6 
members before opening. Hope this helps!
Gretchen
www.cultivatecoworking.com


On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 6:18:23 AM UTC-6, Jason Epstein wrote:
>
> Hello everyone!  I am opening a coworking space soon in Downtown Denver. 
>  I would like to start pre-leasing before I finish the build-out of my 
> space.  Does anyone have suggestion of creative and cheap ways for me to 
> get the word out on my space?  Please also link old posts in this group 
> that have already discussed this topic.  My website is launching soon. 
>  Thank you in advance for your help!
>
> -Jason
>
> Europa Collaborative 
> europa...@gmail.com 
>

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[Coworking] Member board/photos

[Gretchen Bilbro]

Hi all,
 What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old metal 
sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with brief 
write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have done 
something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an instant 
camera for this purpose? I seem to recall hearing at GCUC last year that 
the instant camera idea was not the best option but can't remember why or 
who said that. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Gretchen

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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Fernando Aguirre]

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently 
> done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>  
> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
> propose something better.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> 
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Anderson Costa]

I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling.


On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>
> Guys, thanks for the feedback.
>
> The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a 
> universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?
>
> Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. 
> If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other 
> meanings.
>
> Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. 
> Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the 
> attached file.
>
> Responding to Ramon:
> I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. 
> Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use 
> anywhere.
>
>
> 
>
>
>
> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>>
>> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
>> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
>> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>>
>> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As 
>> recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>>  
>> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>>
>> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
>> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
>> propose something better.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Randall Arnold]

I like your ideas... and I'm inspired by this conversation to try my hand at it
as well.

> On January 13, 2015 at 10:05 AM Fernando Aguirre
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> 
> > > Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a
> > > universal symbol for coworking. So you can easily identify
> > > coworking spaces in general. As there is with pharmacies, schools,
> > > police, etc.
> > 
> > I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As
> > recently done with the Bug Heartbleed:
> > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
> > 
> > as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
> > 
> > The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a
> > quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer
> > can propose something better.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> 
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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Cadu de Castro Alves]

Anderson, I think "people" are already represented in the world symbol. 
Isn't it, Fernando?

I agree with the other folks about the "C" or "CW".

I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like 
this one:
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294

Best regards,

Cadu de Castro Alves
CEO & Co-founder
www.deskovery.net

Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa 
escreveu:
>
> I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling.
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>>
>> Guys, thanks for the feedback.
>>
>> The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a 
>> universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?
>>
>> Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means 
>> coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us 
>> other meanings.
>>
>> Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. 
>> Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the 
>> attached file.
>>
>> Responding to Ramon:
>> I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. 
>> Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use 
>> anywhere.
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
>>> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
>>> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>>>
>>> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As 
>>> recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
>>> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>>>  
>>> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>>>
>>> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a 
>>> quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer 
>>> can propose something better.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>

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Re: [Coworking] My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Alex Hillman]

Elliot - 




Both of those scenarios – while they sound troubling in lots of ways – don’t 
strike me as the actual reason for the closure of a space. Symptoms, but not 
causes, ya know?




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On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Elliott Williams 
wrote:

> Sorry for being late in this conversation. I just wanted to add a few
> types/subtypes:
> 2.1 unsustainable but with unlimited funds (usually connected with some
> sort of govt initiative).
> 5 - coworking spaces as feeders for real estate. These are spaces that will
> never be sustainable, but the owner of the building doesn't care because
> the owner is just trying to get these companies to grow to get an "actual"
> office.
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
>> Turns out that surveys are terrible for collecting this kind of
>> information :) I’ve had to do a lot of more hands on work to find real,
>> valuable information.
>>
>>  I’ve used some of my findings to help fuel other articles, like this one
>> in the Philadelphia Biz Journal (I pubilished the full interview to
>> suppliment the piece): 
>> *http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/07/behind-the-scenes-of-a-front-page-interview-coworking-any-old-space-wont-do/
>> *
>>
>> The issue is that *demand for space* is a red herring for success in
>> coworking, and worse, it’s a magnet for opportunism.
>>
>> Take a look at every corner of the “sharing economy”…and you’ll find the
>> same thing. Utopian sharing quickly devolves into mass exodus. There’s a
>> bigger problem in doing the research, though…and that’s collecting
>> information from founders/leaders.
>>
>>  Founders and leaders of failed spaces (generally) won’t talk, and when
>> they do, it’s platitudes or outright lies. Because let’s be honest, nobody
>> likes facing their failures. There are, of course, a couple of exceptions
>> and they’ve written about their experiences here on the Google Group.
>>
>> The *best* sources of insight have been former members and former staff.
>> The problem is that THEY generally don’t respond well to being approached
>> out of the blue (I’ve learned first hand).
>>
>>  We see that coworking spaces are opening at accelerating rates, but
>> what’s not as obvious is that the vast majority of them are dealing with
>> high turnover and/or burn rates that make their business model completely
>> unsustainable. Because of the nature of these businesses, it’s very hard to
>> see the effects of these problems until “reality” sets in about 2 years
>> after the start.
>>
>> There’s clues before then (a mix of highly visible ones, and others that
>> are much more subtle), but any coworking space younger than 2 years old
>> really should be focusing on getting GREAT at one thing: knowing their
>> members.
>>
>> We’re going to see a lot more closings in the near future. I’d say that
>> most coworking spaces open today fall into one of four categories:
>>
>> 1- they’re generally unsustainable, and will die within 2 years.
>> 2 - they’re generally unsustainable, but somebody is pumping cash into
>> them to extend the 2 year life expectancy. Some will right the ship, but
>> many will not before the cash dries up.
>> 3 - they’re growing sustainably
>> 4 - they’re growing unsustainably
>>
>> I’d say that 80%+ of coworking spaces I encounter fall into unsustainable
>> categories 1 and 2. ~18% (maybe a bit less)  are safely in category 3, and
>> less than 2% in category 4.
>>
>> -Alex
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Farhan Abbasi 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> Glad you did this survey in 2012. Any chance you still have the results?
>>> Farhan
>>> On Wednesday, 19 September 2012 09:19:57 UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote:

  Excellent suggestion on location data, and the little formatting fix.
 On their way.

 I've got a dozen or so submissions overnight. Keep 'em coming people.

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  On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 8:45 AM, rachel young wrote:


 Hi,

 Thanks for starting this, Alex. I'm curious about the results too.

 I suggest adding mandatory fields for City, Province/State, and Country
 so that you can easily search and sort by region. The two entries I just
 sent were from Toronto, ON Canada.

 Also you copied the notes ("It doesn't have to be a eulogy...") from the
 second last question to the last question. Just a formatting thing.
 r.



>

[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[M.E. Ralph]

Fernando,
What an awesome idea! So, who comes up with universal logos? Is it a 
government agency/department of some kind? If a designer created something 
like that, what would it take for everyone to adopt it or make it official? 
I think this is worth pursuing...


On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 3:17:08 PM UTC-7, Fernando Aguirre wrote:

> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently 
> done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>  
> as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
> propose something better.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> 
>
>

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Re: [Coworking] Member board/photos

[Jacob Sayles]

We used to use an old classroom sized chalkboard but then we outgrew it and
now have a large chalkboard painted on the wall.  We also used to go to
Wallgreens on the corner and have them printed for about $.08/print but at
some point along the way switched to a Canon Selphy printer to the tune of
about $.28/print but we don't have to order them and walk up to the
store.  I wouldn't recommend this printer as it is kind of a pain but I'm
not sure what else is out there.  We have 180 members and we also put dog
photos up there so it's a lot of photos.

The other thing to think about is how you make sure the right photos are up
there, and that exiting members come down.  We use Nadine to alert us to
take new member photos and when they leave it reminds us to take them
down.  Otherwise it's easy to end up with old members that are on there
forever.

Oh and we started a New Member board where we keep photos for one month.
That has been well received.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Gretchen Bilbro 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>  What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old metal
> sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with brief
> write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have done
> something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an instant
> camera for this purpose? I seem to recall hearing at GCUC last year that
> the instant camera idea was not the best option but can't remember why or
> who said that. Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
> Gretchen
>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Randall Arnold]

ANYone can come up with a logo proposal.  Adoption, though, is another matter
entirely.  Commonly there's a legal entity (foundation, et al) that manages
identity for something like this and its directors would determine a selection
method.  I know there's advocacy groups for coworking but don't know offhand of
a single umbrella org.  In that case, selection can get more organic... various
participating entities would select the logo that appeals most to them and over
time one may come to dominate.


If I've overlooked an existing umbrella org, mea culpa!


Randy

> On January 13, 2015 at 11:01 AM "M.E. Ralph"  wrote:
> 
> Fernando,
> What an awesome idea! So, who comes up with universal logos? Is it a
> government agency/department of some kind? If a designer created something
> like that, what would it take for everyone to adopt it or make it official? I
> think this is worth pursuing...
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 3:17:08 PM UTC-7, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> 
> > > Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a
> > > universal symbol for coworking. So you can easily identify
> > > coworking spaces in general. As there is with pharmacies, schools,
> > > police, etc.
> > 
> > I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As
> > recently done with the Bug Heartbleed:
> > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
> > 
> > as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
> > 
> > The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a
> > quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer
> > can propose something better.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> 
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[Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Fernando Aguirre]

Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very 
difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things.

But I think also is not very "formal". I encourage other designers to try 
to create an option.

On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote:
>
> Anderson, I think "people" are already represented in the world symbol. 
> Isn't it, Fernando?
>
> I agree with the other folks about the "C" or "CW".
>
> I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like 
> this one:
> http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294
>
> Best regards,
>
> Cadu de Castro Alves
> CEO & Co-founder
> www.deskovery.net
>
> Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa 
> escreveu:
>>
>> I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling.
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys, thanks for the feedback.
>>>
>>> The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a 
>>> universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?
>>>
>>> Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means 
>>> coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us 
>>> other meanings.
>>>
>>> Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start 
>>> it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the 
>>> attached file.
>>>
>>> Responding to Ramon:
>>> I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. 
>>> Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use 
>>> anywhere.
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:

 Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol 
 for coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As 
 there is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.

 I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As 
 recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
  
 as well as the W3C made with HTML5.

 The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a 
 quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented 
 designer 
 can propose something better.

 What do you think?


 



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Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Fernando Aguirre]

Randall and Ralph, really is a big challenge. As stated, have the idea is
easy. People adopt is difficult. Therefore my main question is not whether
the symbol is good or not. The main question is: We need a universal symbol?

>From this response we can work forward.

I do not know if we have enough maturity to create a company or
organization to manage the symbol. I think there may be something informal,
to test whether people adopt. Who manages the symbols of WIFI or Wheelchair?
ᐧ

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Fernando Aguirre <
ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br> wrote:

> Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very
> difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things.
>
> But I think also is not very "formal". I encourage other designers to try
> to create an option.
>
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote:
>>
>> Anderson, I think "people" are already represented in the world symbol.
>> Isn't it, Fernando?
>>
>> I agree with the other folks about the "C" or "CW".
>>
>> I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like
>> this one:
>> http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Cadu de Castro Alves
>> CEO & Co-founder
>> www.deskovery.net
>>
>> Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa
>> escreveu:
>>>
>>> I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote:

 Guys, thanks for the feedback.

 The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need
 a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?

 Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means
 coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us
 other meanings.

 Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start
 it. Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the
 attached file.

 Responding to Ramon:
 I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free.
 Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use
 anywhere.


 



 On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol
> for coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As
> there is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
>
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As
> recently done with the Bug Heartbleed: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
> 2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-
> household-name.html as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
>
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a
> quick study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented 
> designer
> can propose something better.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Matija Raos]

Hi everybody,

It think universal symbol is a good idea and its great that Fernardo started 
this topic and proposed the solution but I also think it should be done via 
coworking wiki open call which everybody could distribute and call out 
designers to come up with creative solution. 

Then global coworking community could then vote on best symbol or shortlist it. 
Participation & community approach is important part of coworking so I think 
this process although it takes more effort will be more democratic & opened and 
also it will make some "new connections" and "global content" to share and to 
collaborate on.

Cheers from Zagreb,
Matija
 


 
> On 13 Jan 2015, at 18:36, Fernando Aguirre  
> wrote:
> 
> Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe. It is a very 
> difficult to be created symbol. It should represent many things.
> 
> But I think also is not very "formal". I encourage other designers to try to 
> create an option.
> 
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote:
> Anderson, I think "people" are already represented in the world symbol. Isn't 
> it, Fernando?
> 
> I agree with the other folks about the "C" or "CW".
> 
> I think that a symbol showing people together would work very well, like this 
> one:
> http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Cadu de Castro Alves
> CEO & Co-founder
> www.deskovery.net 
> 
> Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson Costa escreveu:
> I think i miss people in this icon. Just a feeling.
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> Guys, thanks for the feedback.
> 
> The first thing I think when creating this post is to discuss: We need a 
> universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the movement?
> 
> Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent all that means coworking. If 
> we create one, we need to be selective. Other media help us other meanings.
> 
> Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an initial proposal to start it. 
> Someone else can do better. But you can see how to build my idea in the 
> attached file.
> 
> Responding to Ramon:
> I believe that the symbol should not have an owner. It should be free. 
> Distributed by a free license such as Creative Commons. Anyone can use 
> anywhere.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC, Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> Hello. I'm thinking it would be interesting to be a universal symbol for 
> coworking. So you can easily identify coworking spaces in general. As there 
> is with pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
> 
> I believe a symbol can be useful to better spread the concept. As recently 
> done with the Bug Heartbleed: 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
>  
> 
>  as well as the W3C made with HTML5.
> 
> The idea is a universal symbol, distributed free of copyright. In a quick 
> study made a proposal. Is attached. Maybe some more talented designer can 
> propose something better.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
>  
> 
> 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: A universal symbol for coworking

[Randall Arnold]

Ah, good question Fernando!  There's another alternative besides the one I
mentioned in another email: getting just the logo (assuming a single one
emerges) adopted by a graphics standards body such as ISO.


Here are some examples of symbol sets and the responsible ISO standard:
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/graphical_symbols.htm


There's a submissions process that shouldn't be too difficult.  I have some
experience here and will be glad to dig further.


Of course submitting anything requires adoption of a single logo beforehand ;)


Randy

> On January 13, 2015 at 11:43 AM Fernando Aguirre
>  wrote:
> 
> Randall and Ralph, really is a big challenge. As stated, have the idea is
> easy. People adopt is difficult. Therefore my main question is not whether the
> symbol is good or not. The main question is: We need a universal symbol?
> 
> From this response we can work forward.
> 
> I do not know if we have enough maturity to create a company or
> organization to manage the symbol. I think there may be something informal, to
> test whether people adopt. Who manages the symbols of WIFI or Wheelchair?
> ᐧ
> 
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Fernando Aguirre <
> ferna...@fernandoaguirre.com.br  >
> wrote:
> 
> > > Yes Cadu and Anderson, people can be represented by globe.
> > > It is a very difficult to be created symbol. It should represent
> > > many things.
> > 
> > But I think also is not very "formal". I encourage other designers
> > to try to create an option.
> > 
> > On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:46:52 PM UTC, Cadu de Castro Alves
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > > > Anderson, I think "people" are already
> > > > > represented in the world symbol. Isn't it, Fernando?
> > > 
> > > I agree with the other folks about the "C" or "CW".
> > > 
> > > I think that a symbol showing people together would work very
> > > well, like this one:
> > > http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/223294
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Best regards,
> > > 
> > > Cadu de Castro Alves
> > > CEO & Co-founder
> > > 
> > > Em terça-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2015 14:13:13 UTC-2, Anderson
> > > Costa escreveu:
> > > 
> > > > > > > I think i miss people in this
> > > > > > > icon. Just a feeling.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 1:48:32 PM UTC-2,
> > > > Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Guys, thanks for the
> > > > > > > > > feedback.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The first thing I think when creating this post is
> > > > > to discuss: We need a universal symbol? It is a good idea? Help the
> > > > > movement?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Second: It is impossible in one symbol represent
> > > > > all that means coworking. If we create one, we need to be selective.
> > > > > Other media help us other meanings.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Third: I am not a Brand Designer. I made an
> > > > > initial proposal to start it. Someone else can do better. But you can
> > > > > see how to build my idea in the attached file.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Responding to Ramon:
> > > > > I believe that the symbol should not have an
> > > > > owner. It should be free. Distributed by a free license such as
> > > > > Creative Commons. Anyone can use anywhere.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:17:08 PM UTC,
> > > > > Fernando Aguirre wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Hello. I'm
> > > > > > > > > > > thinking it would be interesting
> > > > > > > > > > > to be a universal symbol for
> > > > > > > > > > > coworking. So you can easily
> > > > > > > > > > > identify coworking spaces in
> > > > > > > > > > > general. As there is with
> > > > > > > > > > > pharmacies, schools, police, etc.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I believe a symbol can be useful to better
> > > > > > spread the concept. As recently done with the Bug Heartbleed:
> > > > > > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-28/the-branding-of-a-bug-how-heartbleed-became-a-household-name.html
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > as well as th

[Coworking] Re: Three Case Studies on Joint Ventures with Landlords

[Christian M. Macy]

Jaime,

We've been doing a pretty interesting venture here in Boulder which might 
fit really well with the conversation on joint ventures.

I realize this was a few days ago, but if you're still looking for 
info/examples I'd be glad to share what we're doing at The Riverside 
.


On Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:04:09 PM UTC-7, Jamie Russo wrote:
>
> LEXC (League of Extraordinary Coworking Spaces) is hosting a webinar on 
> joint ventures with landlords starting at 3 pm CST today.
> Please join  us!
>
> Meeting ID: 27252294
>
> Join Online Meeting: http://fuze.me/27252294
>
> Join by phone:
> Dial phone number and enter the Meeting ID when prompted
> - Toll: +1 201-479-4595
>

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