[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Florianópolis - Brazil

2011-09-16 Thread Justin Dowling
Well done! Keep us posted how things go. Wishing you all the best! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/AzzlcOxcrXIJ. To post to this group, send emai

[Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread d...@cocomsp.com
Best line in here: "This cost us some more existing and potential members, to be sure, but they were the kind who breeze in on clicky heels, march into a conference room to meet with clients for three hours, and march out without saying howdy- do to anyone." Yes, we know those breezy, clicky heels

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Alex Hillman
> > I'm glad to say that some of our dearest members first come to us as > mere consumers of space. It's all they know. But at some point they > have a conversion. I haven't figured out what the magic moment is, the > words that are spoken, that causes the change of heart, but it's good > to keep i

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Northern Texas

2011-09-16 Thread chrisjdavis
Things are moving forward nicely. It looks like we are opening our doors on October 1st. On Sep 3, 2:49 pm, chrisjdavis wrote: > The space we are looking at is in Northern Plano, and it is move in > ready, if not pretty yet. I will keep things updated here as we move > forward! > > On Aug 28, 4:0

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
Corporate execs trying out coworking spaces... I like the idea and add the caveat that they can't just spend a day in a space... passing time in a coworking space in the customer/renter/outsider mentality won't get anyone very far. Understanding that very line, the one between customer and member

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Alex Hillman
No, no - you missed my point. I'm talking longer-term. I'm not asking a current exec to try out a coworking space. For a day, or ever. I'm talking about the fact that one of the hundreds of people who work at Indy Hall might run one of the most powerful companies in the world someday. 10 years fr

RE: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Veel Hoeden
Jacob- I've loved this train of thought you've been discussing. Well done. I have a friend who works with companies on employee onboarding and performance management. When speaking of employee types, he uses the terms "owners" and "renters". One (and the preferred) has taken ownership of the

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Jacob Sayles
The Coworking Effect I like it. Thanks for persisting. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > No, no - you missed my point. I'm talking longer-term. > > I'm not asking

Re: [Coworking] Re: Airing a Bit of Dirty Laundry

2011-09-16 Thread Alex Hillman
I've got a bit more about "The Coworking Effect" (I'll be using that) here: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/07/i-dont-think-were-solving-a-cubicle-problem/ -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > The Coworking Effect I like