[Coworking] Re: CoWorking Architecture
Hi Jerome, Thanks for your comments on architects and their willingness to join CoWorking spaces. On Aug 10, 8:19 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: Yes, you'd think coworking would be ideal, but they'd rather isolate themselves in a hole than pay any money for overhead. Such is the reality in GENERAL. I wonder what is the blind spot that they are not aware of? Bringing all the different entrepreneurs (architects are for sure amongst them) together definitely will offer new work offers, especially as personal relationships with potential clients can be built in much more sustainable fashion. Bringing different views together will have always have beneficial effects on the outcome:-) What has to be offered in what way so that architects are highly attracted to CoWorking spaces? Cheers, Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] When did your space double?
I am aware that there have been a number of spaces, including Indy Hall, Cubes Crayons and Citizen Space has expanded in the last 9 months. With that in mind, what has been your timeline from start to expansion, in terms of length? Thanks, Jodi Dean OurSpace Fort Wayne www.ourspacefortwayne.wordpress.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: CoWorking Architecture
I think the following, which we don't necessarily have in our biz model: 1. 24/7 access 2. permanent desks/offices 3. very affordable, even though at say, $500/month only translates to about 1-2 billable hours per week 4. large plotter. It'll be tough to justify providing this unless you get many more who'd need it. 5. a place for their books and product library, and even storage. This is a pretty large real estate footprint that they might not end up paying for. 6. large workspace for their model building, large drawings, etc. While they might be very digital, a lot is still on paper, and very large paper at that. I would say that collaboration, bringing people together, and all that feel-good stuff is ideal and beneficial. I just think that of all the office workers, architects will consume relatively the most amount of real estate and resources, and will typically pay the least for that. Video editors might be up there, too, but at least you could upcharge them on their technology requirements like bandwidth, etc. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 12, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Ralf Lippold wrote: Hi Jerome, Thanks for your comments on architects and their willingness to join CoWorking spaces. On Aug 10, 8:19 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: Yes, you'd think coworking would be ideal, but they'd rather isolate themselves in a hole than pay any money for overhead. Such is the reality in GENERAL. I wonder what is the blind spot that they are not aware of? Bringing all the different entrepreneurs (architects are for sure amongst them) together definitely will offer new work offers, especially as personal relationships with potential clients can be built in much more sustainable fashion. Bringing different views together will have always have beneficial effects on the outcome:-) What has to be offered in what way so that architects are highly attracted to CoWorking spaces? Cheers, Ralf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Questions about spaces
Here is a Google Notebook I had set up, which might answer some of your questions: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04887481489646328325/BDRmeIwoQ-6OmwMQj Christian On Aug 12, 12:39 am, Cadu de Castro Alves cadudecastroal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people! I'm going to do some research on coworking spaces around the world to get some idea on what I should do before opening my own space. I'll be glad if you could help me. =) Here's the questions: - How much (office) space should I have to allocate up to 15 people comfortably? - How do you decide how much space are dedicated to monthly members and daily members? - Should I create an online community about this space before open this one (to talk about the location, the space size etc)? - My Marketing Research is focusing on people from my own city, because I'm going to research about the best location, rates and so on. How could I get information about people coming from other locations? Should I do a different research? - Finally, talking about the furniture, how can I decide which is the best choice: buy or lease? Thanks in advance! Cadu de Castro Alves Web Developer Blue Factory Solutions Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Questions about spaces
Great series of QA. I'd love to see an editable version of this! -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful: www.unstick.me visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Christian gamesa...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a Google Notebook I had set up, which might answer some of your questions: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04887481489646328325/BDRmeIwoQ-6OmwMQj Christian On Aug 12, 12:39 am, Cadu de Castro Alves cadudecastroal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people! I'm going to do some research on coworking spaces around the world to get some idea on what I should do before opening my own space. I'll be glad if you could help me. =) Here's the questions: - How much (office) space should I have to allocate up to 15 people comfortably? - How do you decide how much space are dedicated to monthly members and daily members? - Should I create an online community about this space before open this one (to talk about the location, the space size etc)? - My Marketing Research is focusing on people from my own city, because I'm going to research about the best location, rates and so on. How could I get information about people coming from other locations? Should I do a different research? - Finally, talking about the furniture, how can I decide which is the best choice: buy or lease? Thanks in advance! Cadu de Castro Alves Web Developer Blue Factory Solutions Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Questions about spaces
Great summary. Really impressive. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Christian wrote: Here is an editable version in Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXS7OZmo58hvZGZwbWR0NGpfN2NrbXo4ZGc1hl=en Enjoy! On Aug 12, 11:37 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Debatable. :) But that sounds like a good place to start! Thanks again for putting this together. -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Christian gamesa...@gmail.com wrote: I can take some time later and see about adding it to the coworking wiki. I assume that would be the best medium? On Aug 12, 10:57 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Great series of QA. I'd love to see an editable version of this! -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Christian gamesa...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a Google Notebook I had set up, which might answer some of your questions: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04887481489646328325/BDRmeIwoQ- . .. Christian On Aug 12, 12:39 am, Cadu de Castro Alves cadudecastroal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people! I'm going to do some research on coworking spaces around the world to get some idea on what I should do before opening my own space. I'll be glad if you could help me. =) Here's the questions: - How much (office) space should I have to allocate up to 15 people comfortably? - How do you decide how much space are dedicated to monthly members and daily members? - Should I create an online community about this space before open this one (to talk about the location, the space size etc)? - My Marketing Research is focusing on people from my own city, because I'm going to research about the best location, rates and so on. How could I get information about people coming from other locations? Should I do a different research? - Finally, talking about the furniture, how can I decide which is the best choice: buy or lease? Thanks in advance! Cadu de Castro Alves Web Developer Blue Factory Solutions Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Need a replacement guest in :30 minutes ... help!
Hi Coworking gang, This is Andy from OnCoworking.com and we just had a last minute scheduling conflict, which means we currently don't have a guest for the show tonight... which by the way starts in less than 30 minutes! Ideally, it would be great to get a guest who hasn't been on the show yet, but because of timing, we are open. Please email me ASAP at cow...@landist.org and let me know if you would like to be a guest on the show. The show runs Wednesday at 7pm Eastern and lasts between 30 - 60 minutes (max). The call-in number is 724-444-7444, (call id: 50025). Sorry for the last minute plea, but without an exec. producer, things get messy sometimes. Cheers, Andy . --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Need a replacement guest in :30 minutes ... help!
Hey Andy - not tonight - but count us in for another time. www.thecreativespace.caChadOn 12-Aug-09, at 6:37 PM, @OnCoworking wrote:Hi Coworking gang,This is Andy from OnCoworking.com and we just had a last minutescheduling conflict, which means we currently don't have a guest forthe show tonight... which by the way starts in less than 30 minutes!Ideally, it would be great to get a guest who hasn't been on the showyet, but because of timing, we are open.Please email me ASAP at cow...@landist.org and let me know if youwould like to be a guest on the show.The show runs Wednesday at 7pm Eastern and lasts between 30 - 60minutes (max). The call-in number is 724-444-7444, (call id: 50025).Sorry for the last minute plea, but without an exec. producer, thingsget messy sometimes.Cheers,Andy.--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group.To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.comTo unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comFor more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en-~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- Chad Ballantyne705.252.2423c...@rhubarbmedia.cawww.rhubarbmedia.caüPlease consider the environment before printing this email.
[Coworking] Re: Questions about spaces
I have shortened the official link. You can now get to the document at: http://bit.ly/Mi3L8 This should help! I will try to post an update in a thread when I add any information to the document. On Aug 12, 2:07 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote: Great summary. Really impressive. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work wide open www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Christian wrote: Here is an editable version in Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXS7OZmo58hvZGZwbWR0NGpfN2NrbXo4ZGc... Enjoy! On Aug 12, 11:37 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Debatable. :) But that sounds like a good place to start! Thanks again for putting this together. -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Christian gamesa...@gmail.com wrote: I can take some time later and see about adding it to the coworking wiki. I assume that would be the best medium? On Aug 12, 10:57 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: Great series of QA. I'd love to see an editable version of this! -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Christian gamesa...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a Google Notebook I had set up, which might answer some of your questions: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/04887481489646328325/BDRmeIwoQ- . .. Christian On Aug 12, 12:39 am, Cadu de Castro Alves cadudecastroal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people! I'm going to do some research on coworking spaces around the world to get some idea on what I should do before opening my own space. I'll be glad if you could help me. =) Here's the questions: - How much (office) space should I have to allocate up to 15 people comfortably? - How do you decide how much space are dedicated to monthly members and daily members? - Should I create an online community about this space before open this one (to talk about the location, the space size etc)? - My Marketing Research is focusing on people from my own city, because I'm going to research about the best location, rates and so on. How could I get information about people coming from other locations? Should I do a different research? - Finally, talking about the furniture, how can I decide which is the best choice: buy or lease? Thanks in advance! Cadu de Castro Alves Web Developer Blue Factory Solutions Mobile: +55 21 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Questions about locations, finding a community, etc (West Chicago Suburbs)
This information was added to the Coworking Catalyst Guide @ http://bit.ly/Mi3L8 . On Aug 11, 3:20 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: More on the topic of why we believe coworking spaces need communities first:http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2008/09/02/the-importance-of-a-club... http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2008/05/16/on-civic-entrepreneurship/ http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/06/02/coworking-201-where-are-all-o... http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/04/18/indyhall-201-communities-of-t... http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/04/07/indyhall-201-the-iterative-pr... http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/06/its-not-coworking-if-you... -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote: we had 9 months of community development under our belts before signing a lease. almost 12 months from the first time I shared the idea out in the open to the day we signed a lease. we attribute nearly ALL of our success to having a community's buy-in before opening the space. and we succeeded at that twice now. -Alex -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Kurt Mackey mrk...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of cool people group did you guys have before you actually opened? Were they involved with finding space, etc etc? How much success do all of you space owners attribute to the community you had *before* opening? -Kurt On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: What other features do people like to see? Cool People. Period. The rest is gravy. Amen and amen. -- - -- - Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: a...@weknowhtml.com helpful:www.unstick.me visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com local:www.indyhall.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Eric Marden eric.mar...@gmail.comwrote: What other features do people like to see? Cool People. Period. The rest is gravy. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
