Re: [Coworking] Digest for coworking@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 3 Topics

2013-11-27 Thread Becky H Smith, Ed.D. 
How would the open source work in coworking?  I would like to hear more.

We currently have a membership business model through Cobot and offer two
conference room rental options as well. What do you need for the graduate
work?
Becky H. Smith, Ed.D., Founder Blue Ocean Innovation Center


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:09 AM,  wrote:

>   Today's Topic Summary
>
> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics
>
>- Open Source Business Plan for Coworking 
> Space<#142989b4f010064c_group_thread_0>[2 Updates]
>- "Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of
>hell" - Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian<#142989b4f010064c_group_thread_1>[1 
> Update]
>- Looking for coworking spaces in 
> Bangalore<#142989b4f010064c_group_thread_2>[1 Update]
>
>   Open Source Business Plan for Coworking 
> Space
>
>Kevin Ilardi  Nov 25 02:50PM -0800
>
>Dear all,
>
>I am trying to understand and to study the Business Model of Coworking
>Space within a collaborative thesis. I am reading some books, but I'd
>like
>your opinion, because you are directly confronted to a Business Model.
>Do
>you use a proper Business Model? If you want to share it with me, I
>will
>put my thesis online soon and we can build together a base for a
>Coworking
>Space's BM.
>
>Best,
>Kevin Ilardi
>
>**about me: My name is Kevin Ilardi, international student actually at
>Saxion University, Enschede, The Netherlands. I am based in Grenoble
>for 4
>years ago now, and I am involved in the collaborative economy thanks
>to
>OuiShare community. I am writting my thesis about Business Model of
>Coworking Space (and FabLab) within a collaborative document because I
>am
>aware that I don't have all the knowledge, so share with you is more
>interesting.
>
>Thank you
>
>
>
>
>Jacob Sayles  Nov 26 09:50AM -0800
>
>Kevin,
>
>I love the idea of an open source coworking business plan! I've talked
>with folks before about ways to go about this and have it on the list
>for a
>possible Open Coworking/Coworking Wiki project. We should coordinate
>so we
>can get the most traction and visibility. Let me know how we can help.
>
>Jacob
>
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>
>
>
>
>   "Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of
> hell" - Oliver Burkeman, The 
> Guardian
>
>MarcusTrugilho  Nov 26 05:32AM -0800
>
>We have an open-plan office here at Pto de Contato (www.pto.ec) and
>sometimes (rarely actually) the issue of noise level comes up. We then
>talk
>to the noisy coworkers and it's done.
>
>Of course open-plan offices are not for everybody, as aren't cubicles,
>home
>office, vault closed offices (sic), or any other offices that might
>exist
>now or in the future. Our world has more than 6 billion people and
>each and
>every one has he's way of living and he's preferences of working space.
>
>One thing we know for sure, because we have been living it for the
>past 5
>years. Most of the workers (be them freelancers or corporate workers
>that
>were dying in their own cubicles) that have passed through here were
>very
>glad and claimed to be more productive than their previous situation.
>
>And we have many success cases of cross work, where one coworker makes
>a
>project with another, and some we know that wouldn't happen in other
>conditions.
>
>We use to say that coworking (and open-plan offices by the way) are
>not
>substitutes to regular offices, but they are a complement and spaces
>where
>you can meet people you wouldn't in a usual work routine and that can
>contribute a lot to your own project.
>
>As for privacy, one can know in 5 minutes sitting close to someone if
>they
>are paying attention to what you are talking, and in this case, we
>have
>other 49 seats where you can change to. Or meeting rooms and other
>more
>private areas if you need to openly discuss a sensitive subject. It's
>just
>a matter of getting used to a new environment.
>
>It's sad to see that are still that many people (and influent ones)
>with
>such a short mind.
>
>Cheers to you all and long live open-plan offices.
>
>Marcus Trugilho
>
>Pto de Contato
>A place of ideas for Entrepreneurs
>
>On Thursday, November 21, 2013 7:56:29 AM UTC-2, Will Bennis, Locus
>Workspace wrote:
>
>
>
>   Looking for coworking spaces in 
> Bangalore
>
>Ashley Johnson  Nov 26 01:53AM -0800
>
>Hello,
>I run a coworking management software tool for coworking spaces called
>Gala

[Coworking] Re: Open Source Business Plan for Coworking Space

2013-11-27 Thread Cristina Santamarina 
Hi all, 
Nice! There's already a page about business plans and some templates in the 
coworking wiki - http://wiki.coworking.com/w/page/16583286/Business%20Plans
Feel free to add info or edit what is there already.
Cheers,
Cristina Santamarina
Cobot  & Coworking Wiki 

On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:50:10 PM UTC+1, Kevin Ilardi wrote:
>
> Dear all, 
>
> I am trying to understand and to study the Business Model of Coworking 
> Space within a collaborative thesis. I am reading some books, but I'd like 
> your opinion, because you are directly confronted to a Business Model. Do 
> you use a proper Business Model? If you want to share it with me, I will 
> put my thesis online soon and we can build together a base for a Coworking 
> Space's BM. 
>
> Best, 
> Kevin Ilardi 
>
> **about me: My name is Kevin Ilardi, international student actually at 
> Saxion University, Enschede, The Netherlands. I am based in Grenoble for 4 
> years ago now, and I am involved in the collaborative economy thanks to 
> OuiShare community. I am writting my thesis about Business Model of 
> Coworking Space (and FabLab) within a collaborative document because I am 
> aware that I don't have all the knowledge, so share with you is more 
> interesting. 
>
> Thank you
>

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[Coworking] Re: Open Source Business Plan for Coworking Space

2013-11-27 Thread Tom Dixon 
Hi Kevin,

Do let me know when you get your first draft online... we have been 
building and co-ordinating a network of independently owned and operated 
coworking spaces in Devon, UK, and although we have not opensourced the 
business plans (as they are not ours to opensource) we have been publishing 
resources such as design and marketing toolkits with creative commons 
licenses - available at http://www.devonworkhubs.co.uk/ 

Right now we are trying to get a fablab off the ground with a 
collaborative, opensource approach, as ever the challenge is the revenue 
side of things, but everything to date is on 
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6523124 - you would be welcome to get 
involved in the process if you wished?

Best wishes,

Tom


On Monday, 25 November 2013 22:50:10 UTC, Kevin Ilardi wrote:
>
> Dear all, 
>
> I am trying to understand and to study the Business Model of Coworking 
> Space within a collaborative thesis. I am reading some books, but I'd like 
> your opinion, because you are directly confronted to a Business Model. Do 
> you use a proper Business Model? If you want to share it with me, I will 
> put my thesis online soon and we can build together a base for a Coworking 
> Space's BM. 
>
> Best, 
> Kevin Ilardi 
>
> **about me: My name is Kevin Ilardi, international student actually at 
> Saxion University, Enschede, The Netherlands. I am based in Grenoble for 4 
> years ago now, and I am involved in the collaborative economy thanks to 
> OuiShare community. I am writting my thesis about Business Model of 
> Coworking Space (and FabLab) within a collaborative document because I am 
> aware that I don't have all the knowledge, so share with you is more 
> interesting. 
>
> Thank you
>

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