[Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town
Wow! I can't believe how eerily similar our stories are! I'm going into my third year now and my biggest challenge has been educating my community on what coworking is and how it can benefit them. The town I live in is about 32,000 in population with a strong history in the mining industry. There is a small group of bright and forward thinking individuals , though, that want to see our economy here revitalized by other industries. At times, there seems to be a strong sentiment against these ideas and how quickly technology is advancing. There is the fear that this small laid back town will end up like the dreaded big city just an hour east of us. Because I currently have no members, I supplement my income with another part time job and teaching one on one computer classes. Someday, this will make sense to these people. Meanwhile, I press on. Isn't this what makes up pioneers? On Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 10:36:42 AM UTC-7, AltamontCowork wrote: All: I wrote about my experience at AltamontCowork the past five years. I still believe that coworking is a wonderful concept, but, I also, now, believe that it will still take time to catch on everywhere. The millenials will make it happen everywhere.us old folks who can't grasp the open collaborative nature of the new office just need to step aside. COWORKING in a Small Town: Lessons Learned - http://wp.me/p4w4ad-14L -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
Re: [Coworking] Abridged summary of coworking@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 5 topics
We have a coworking space in beautiful Bozeman, MT, great air service, and lots of independent professionals, a large tech community because of Oracle who bought out RightNow Technologies...Greg, the former CEO is my neighbor. We have 12 pods, a large great room with tables, a private office, a consult room or office, a nice conference room, couch area, kitchen... I skied 3 times this last week at Bridger and Big Sky. Today, I am doing my every 2 week chemo maintenance. Let us give you a tour (as Alex mentioned in his audio on Trello and Zapier) or visit blueoceaninnovationcenter.com - we are working on the tips Alex gave on helping people know what action to take next...Becky On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:13 AM, coworking@googlegroups.com wrote: coworking@googlegroups.com https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics Google Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email/#!overview https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email/#!overview Today's topic summary View all topics https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics - My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_0 - 1 Update - NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_1 - 1 Update - Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this? #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_2 - 3 Updates - Are you the Founder of a rural or tiny coworking space? #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_3 - 4 Updates - Google Location Verification #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_4 - 1 Update My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/d0396507f0965f2c?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Melissa Mesku em...@melissamesku.com: Feb 02 09:01PM -0800 Alex, Is there such a thing as a coworking Pulitzer? Let me know if New Worker Magazine -- or lil' ol' me -- can be of help on this particular topic. Melissa Melissa Mesku ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/8384d86ae897d9d?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/ab0504fe17ee4105?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Melissa Mesku em...@melissamesku.com: Feb 02 08:53PM -0800 We just wrote about this at New Worker Magazine. I had the producers of the first coworking show, the reality show CoWORK (based out of HuB Sarasota) comment on the upcoming NBC show. ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/e559347c70ad2f63?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this? http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/2dae841c2960083f?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email NODO Cowork tam...@nodocowork.com: Feb 02 07:08PM -0800 Hello people, so we are starting to host a lot of different events that come from our community. Some are proposed from people inside our coworking space but most of them proposed by people ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/d8166206e32e41af?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com: Feb 02 07:10PM -0800 Start with a basic event fee and explain you need to pay for cleaning and staffing. Perhaps $50-75? Feel that out and then go from there. JEROME CHANG WEST: Santa Monica 1450 2nd Street ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/f5630f309c361a01?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com: Feb 02 07:13PM -0800 Do you know why the people who want to use your space haven’t joined your community yet? -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/90e0ffdd6673edbd?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top Are you the Founder of a rural or tiny coworking space? http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/cb421716bd0f96fb?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Fabrizio Tarará fabriziotar...@gmail.com: Feb 02 05:47AM -0800 If you're still looking Frontal Lobe fits this bill, let me know. Fabrizio Tarara Frontal Lobe Coworking www.WorkFrontalLobe.com On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 11:23:33 AM UTC-5, Angel ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/fcc7517fa969fe50?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Linda Mitchell mitchellodes...@gmail.com: Jan 30 04:44AM -0800 Hello! I am researching coworking and came upon this site. I have been a freelancer, either full time or part time, since 1998. A graphic designer /art director by trade and artist in the space ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/59739112451c260?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Alex Ahom alexandera...@gmail.com: Feb 01 06:44AM -0800
Re: [Coworking] Three Case Studies on Joint Ventures with Landlords
Thank you Jerome, this is really helpful! I've run a few versions of a PL with a 50/50, 30/70 and other scenarios that work (or don't) and I have enlisted a commercial agent and attorney to keep me tethered to reality. Now I have to put a pitch together and see what happens. In the mean time, Cross Campus is opening a spectacular location here in a few weeks and I'm looking forward to them introducing coworking to Pasadena! ~Loren On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11:06:31 AM UTC-8, Jerome wrote: Hi Loren. I see you’ll be @GCUC - great! FYI, I don’t think any of the SM spaces have joint ventures - all are standard lease arrangements, including ours. It would take more info to understand if the 50/50 would work. Off the cuff, if you’re operating expenses don’t total the same as the rent, then the 50/50 wouldn’t be fair. As you currently have it, the landlord should earn 2/3 of your upside profit. That said, regardless of the split, your landlord would indeed earn some rent, as long as you have incoming revenue - that rent would likely not be the full rent until a year. I believe Regus forecasts 1-3 month to break-even on an operating basis. Coworking spaces seem to forecast 6-12 months, based on anecdotal evidence. 12 months is conservative, but not sexy - find a way to be closer to 6 months. As for rents, keep in mind that most other cities use annual rates, so your $2/sf/mo would be $24/year, to compare apples-to-apples with others. 15k sf is a large space, so $30k is just what the math yields. SM spaces are much more, so yes, we all pay proportionally…and list proportional rates on our end. There is a reason that most metro cities on the East and Left Coasts charge about $500/mo per desk. As for the contract, I would not trust any template. Any biz lawyer can draft this up - get one w/ lease experience. Keep it simple: the landlord provides the hardware (space), you provide the software (community). *JEROME CHANG* *WEST: Santa Monica* 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401 ph: (310) 526-2255 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire* 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 ph: (323) 330-9505 *EAST: Downtown* 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | Los Angeles CA 90013 ph: (213) 550-2235 http://www.yelp.com/biz/blankspaces-los-angeles https://twitter.com/BLANKSPACES https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339 https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLANKSPACES/132257631339 http://www.linkedin.com/company/blankspaces?trk=top_nav_home http://vimeo.com/blankspaces http://vimeo.com/blankspaces On Jan 21, 2015, at 12:04 AM, Loren Tripp laver...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Thank you to everyone who participated in this webinar- it was a great introduction to the idea of joint-venturing with a landlord. It also shed some light on how the large spaces in NYC and Santa Monica may afford to run out of those gorgeous buildings. I've been building my community for CoStudio Pasadena for a few years and for this cooperative art studio concept to work I'll need a lot of space. I have a historic building in mind with 15,000 sq ft of glorious warehouse space- the landlord is on board with my idea, the rent is good for this expensive city ($2sf/month), and he will even let me runway the build-out; but no matter how I finesse my PL estimates, it's just too dang much rent. (By my cautious PL estimate, rent would be 2/3rds of my revenue! One bad month and I'd be in big trouble.) It didn't occur to me to actually partner with him. So here are my questions: How does the 50/50 partnership actually work- would I really propose he give me the space rent-free in exchange for half my revenues? How could I pitch this to him knowing it will take a year+ to get to capacity and for him to actually* get* any revenue? Are there any examples of contracts with landlords that someone could share? Problems to look out for? (ie: My potential landlord prefers month-to-month- is that a big risk or a good escape route?) Finally, I keep reading in this group about nice big spaces in suburbs and smaller cities with rents that run $2,000 to $5,000, which would cover a small office here; are there any coworking places that pay more like $20,000 and up per month and how does that formula work? Many thanks for the webinar and the ideas! ~Loren On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 8:13:30 AM UTC-8, Jerome wrote: Hi all. The webinar is available on the event listing. http://lexc.org/event/lexc-webinar-joint-ventures-wlandlords/?instance_id=91 (link is at the bottom of the page) *JEROME CHANG* *WEST: Santa Monica* 1450 2nd Street (@Broadway) | Santa Monica CA 90401 ph: (310) 526-2255 *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire* 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | Los Angeles CA 90036 ph: (323) 330-9505 *EAST: Downtown* 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square)
Re: [Coworking] Abridged summary of coworking@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 5 topics
I just re-read to see if I could connect the dots, and saw the note about chemo. Oh no. :( Sending you good vibes! -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Becky H Smith, Ed.D. bsmith...@gmail.com wrote: We have a coworking space in beautiful Bozeman, MT, great air service, and lots of independent professionals, a large tech community because of Oracle who bought out RightNow Technologies...Greg, the former CEO is my neighbor. We have 12 pods, a large great room with tables, a private office, a consult room or office, a nice conference room, couch area, kitchen... I skied 3 times this last week at Bridger and Big Sky. Today, I am doing my every 2 week chemo maintenance. Let us give you a tour (as Alex mentioned in his audio on Trello and Zapier) or visit blueoceaninnovationcenter.com - we are working on the tips Alex gave on helping people know what action to take next...Becky On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:13 AM, coworking@googlegroups.com wrote: coworking@googlegroups.com https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics Google Groups https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email/#!overview https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email/#!overview Today's topic summary View all topics https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email#!forum/coworking/topics - My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_0 - 1 Update - NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_1 - 1 Update - Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this? #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_2 - 3 Updates - Are you the Founder of a rural or tiny coworking space? #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_3 - 4 Updates - Google Location Verification #14b4e806eabaa518_group_thread_4 - 1 Update My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/d0396507f0965f2c?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Melissa Mesku em...@melissamesku.com: Feb 02 09:01PM -0800 Alex, Is there such a thing as a coworking Pulitzer? Let me know if New Worker Magazine -- or lil' ol' me -- can be of help on this particular topic. Melissa Melissa Mesku ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/8384d86ae897d9d?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/ab0504fe17ee4105?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Melissa Mesku em...@melissamesku.com: Feb 02 08:53PM -0800 We just wrote about this at New Worker Magazine. I had the producers of the first coworking show, the reality show CoWORK (based out of HuB Sarasota) comment on the upcoming NBC show. ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/e559347c70ad2f63?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this? http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/2dae841c2960083f?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email NODO Cowork tam...@nodocowork.com: Feb 02 07:08PM -0800 Hello people, so we are starting to host a lot of different events that come from our community. Some are proposed from people inside our coworking space but most of them proposed by people ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/d8166206e32e41af?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com: Feb 02 07:10PM -0800 Start with a basic event fee and explain you need to pay for cleaning and staffing. Perhaps $50-75? Feel that out and then go from there. JEROME CHANG WEST: Santa Monica 1450 2nd Street ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/f5630f309c361a01?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com: Feb 02 07:13PM -0800 Do you know why the people who want to use your space haven’t joined your community yet? -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/90e0ffdd6673edbd?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Back to top #14b4e806eabaa518_digest_top Are you the Founder of a rural or tiny coworking space? http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/cb421716bd0f96fb?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Fabrizio Tarará fabriziotar...@gmail.com: Feb 02 05:47AM -0800 If you're still looking Frontal Lobe fits this bill, let me know. Fabrizio Tarara Frontal Lobe Coworking www.WorkFrontalLobe.com On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 11:23:33 AM UTC-5, Angel ...more http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/msg/fcc7517fa969fe50?utm_source=digestutm_medium=email Linda Mitchell
[Coworking] How would you take advantage of this?
I have either a great opportunity or a terrible threat coming my way. I see it as an opportunity, and I want to get ideas from you to see how you'd take advantage of this situation. Quick background set up: We're located in a 70,000 person city and in the main part of the historic district downtown. Lacking in downtown for over a decade is any hotel. We do have a couple bed and breakfasts though. The city has been exploring the idea of putting a convention center and hotel in the downtown. Not huge, around 200 rooms and 14,000 sq ft meeting/convention space. The studies have been conducted, recommendations made and the project was awarded to the local Marriott franchise. Here's where I come in: The spot they chose for this project is across the street from Cowork Frederick. I had a brief meeting with the Marriott owner, explained what Cowork Frederick is, and welcomed him to the neighborhood with hopes that our businesses will compliment each other. My question to you is: what ideas do you have for creating a win-win relationship with my new neighbors? I'm exploring the somewhat obvious ideas of day passes, perhaps at a discount, or rental of our meeting spaces. I think I'm too close to the situation, so I'd like to know what you'd do or if any of you had similar experiences? Thanks, --- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com @CoworkFrederick http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
[Coworking] Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw
Hi! I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool that will help. - I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2 resources (rooms) for appointments. - I need to be able to send the entire group notifications about special things that are happening either in the house or at our other venue. - Needs to work on mobile devices obv. - Free or under $50 for 1 week of use. Thanks! Angel -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
[Coworking] Re: Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw
Thanks Glen! On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1:26:59 PM UTC-7, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: Hi! I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool that will help. - I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2 resources (rooms) for appointments. - I need to be able to send the entire group notifications about special things that are happening either in the house or at our other venue. - Needs to work on mobile devices obv. - Free or under $50 for 1 week of use. Thanks! Angel -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
Re: [Coworking] Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw
I was just looking at tools for meeting room scheduling, although for a different use case. Try youcanbook.me or acuity scheduling.com Group messaging: there's a mobile app called GroupMe and there's Gather by MailChimp that uses SMS (https://gather.mailchimpapp.com) Hope to see you at SXSW. --- Glen Ferguson Cowork Frederick 122 E Patrick St Frederick, MD 21701-5630 +1 (301) 732-5165 www.coworkfrederick.com @CoworkFrederick http://twitter.com/CoworkFrederick On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool that will help. - I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2 resources (rooms) for appointments. - I need to be able to send the entire group notifications about special things that are happening either in the house or at our other venue. - Needs to work on mobile devices obv. - Free or under $50 for 1 week of use. Thanks! Angel -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
Re: [Coworking] Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this?
Yes, one of the big problemas is that this city is divided in two. The north and the center. In the center there are a lot of turists and the local people from the north that can pay for the space don´t like to come down. So I hade to choices a) move of space but this was a lot of money or b) focus on the people that live around the space and start focusing on nomads and turists and expats that like to come to mérida for a month or two. This is were we are now. The events are always full of local people as they only have to come for one day not every day. Most of the people that come to NODO are expats that like coworking, have heard of it or have tried it. Or even if they don´t know about the concept they are very interested but they live close to the space. This has been a bit of a problem as we have to change all the communication to another sector but without forgeting the locals. For me, my goal is to have a mix of cultures in the space. El lunes, 2 de febrero de 2015, 21:14:02 (UTC-6), Alex Hillman escribió: Do you know why the people who want to use your space haven’t joined your community yet? -Alex -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 10:08 PM, NODO Cowork tam...@nodocowork.com javascript: wrote: Hello people, so we are starting to host a lot of different events that come from our community. Some are proposed from people inside our coworking space but most of them proposed by people outside the CW. We are hosting events like illustration night, online business meet up and the last one that has come up is Enterpreneur Poker night. (Take a look at the rules are really cool http://www.strongbeard.se/entrepreneur-poker/ ) But My question is, how do you owners of a space charge for this? Do you rent the space? Charge an entrance? Only sell the bears? Personally I have a problem dealing with charging. This is something I need to change but as i make strong bonds with everyone in the CW is hard for me to charge them. I know i have to change this. But any advice on dealing with this is will appreciate it. =) Have a good day you all, Tam Tam -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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 javascript:. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- 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.
