[Coworking] GCUC Ticket for Sale

[Colin Loretz]

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately it is not looking like I am going to be making it out to GCUC 
NYC this year but I have a $600 ticket available (they are currently for 
sale for $800). If anyone is interested, please reach out directly 
co...@renocollective.com.

Thank you!
Colin

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[Coworking] Coworking Market Research - Startup

[Murat GOLCU]

Dear Co-workers;
I am working on market research about co-working business for my new 
startup. First of all let me introduce myself.
- I have been working 8 years as a Product Manager. 
- What is my focus? I have been develop different product all around the 
Mobility. i have developed Smartphones, Mobile apps and SaaS products. 
- Currently i am working on my own startup to develop a product for 
Co-workers.

Let me tell you about what i did till now!... What is the next? 
*Stage 1: Start to Research;*
1. I have started search coworking spaces in my country and there are few 
new spaces. There are 4-5 coworking spaces open since 2012. The business 
model almost the same but is more private office focused spaces exist in 
market. So i have check global market and USA market are growing very fast 
therefore i buy a ticket and come SF to start market research (If someone 
interested in open new coworking space my country please send me pm)

2. Arrived SF on month ago... So have visited 10 different spaces till now. 
Each coworking spaces has different way to solve their problems but %80 
problem are the same. I had a interview coworking  space  operation manager 
and owners as well. Finally i have information which is bigger then 
nothing...

*Stage 2: Analysis and documentation*

1. I have created a report about coworking spaces main problems (%80). This 
research cost me a lot but it will be most valuable data on my hand before 
i start. I am working on a document which is brainstorm to real product 
features right now. 
2. I am not a dreamer so i believe numbers for instance i need carefully 
about prioritize the features which can solve co-workers problem in a 
unique way. Finally i decided to build a module based solution which help 
us to move fast into the market. There are 5 category (module) to adresed 
solve coworkers problem. 
3. *Right now!* i just started to create a pitch deck for my own startup. 
(that's really stressfull)  Please help me to find out more data or share 
with me your own information via private message (we can sign NDA)

*What i need? [FINANCIAL INFORMATION]*
1. What is per customer LTV?
2. What's avg. occupancy in the for each coworking place?
3. What's market size(volume)? There are few information but it's just 
about how many coworking spaces opened till know and market forecast? I 
need to know what is the  coworking Target market size?
4. How much cost for acquire per user (private office, shared desk, 
dedicated desk)?
5. How much spend for coworking operations and management? For example: 
 You gain $400/month(avg.) per a member so %2 spend for service + %2 for 
management + %25 for operation)

*Stage 3: What is next?*
1. Start develop and execute the product with strong team.
2. Test run with early users. (within 3 months)
3. Beta test(MVP) with who subscribe in our system (1 months after test run)
4. Official release will be available for world wide (Language: ENG)
Welcome to join the survey:* https://goo.gl/forms/CocoR2Y14F2LhzUH3

p.s.: I am really open to discuss everything so please leave your email in 
survey i will contact with you to share more information.
***BONUS: I can give the product 6 months for free who can help me and 
share comments.

Thanks...
MURAT 

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[Coworking] Re: Hi from Shanghai

[Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking]

Hey Fan,

I would love to take a look at your Chinese version of coworking.org. Can 
you please post the link to it?

A few months ago I was in Shanghai doing some coworking work. It's such an 
interesting place that we (english speakers in this group) don't really 
know anything about because the communication is all in Chinese and doesn't 
show up on our radar. The coworking scene in China is different than the US 
or Europe because the economy and people move and change so fast and have 
different needs. It's exciting and ripe with opportunity. 

Are you involved with a specific space?

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in a shopping mall?

[Patricia Spicuzza]

Will, Can you share what type of space you went to instead?  Or did you not 
go into opening a space?

On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 2:30:23 PM UTC-4, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
wrote:
>
> I didn't end up doing it, so can't report anything useful. :)
>
> On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 6:35:29 PM UTC+1, Patricia Spicuzza wrote:
>>
>> Hey Will, 
>> I was just looking for an update on this, particularly in light of the 
>> retail apocalypse happening now.  
>>
>> What's the word?
>>
>> Patricia 
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 6:15:05 AM UTC-4, Will Bennis, Locus 
>> Workspace wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Recently a shopping mall realtor approached me about opening a coworking 
>>> space in their closed gaming zone/internet cafe. I'd love to hear opinions 
>>> about this, pros and cons. Before you completely ignore this post as coming 
>>> from someone who is clearly not from the same coworking planet, here is why 
>>> I'm even considering it:
>>>
>>> (1) *With respect to the fact that mall real estate goes for a premium: 
>>> *At least where I am, a lot of shopping malls are trying to build in 
>>> community/space quality features that make going to the mall (which lets 
>>> face it, most people in urban areas sometimes do) a more human experience: 
>>> space-taking areas like open art galleries, free indoor playgrounds, 
>>> exhibition space, gardens, etc. These spaces add value/traffic to the mall 
>>> as a whole, making the rentable space more valuable. This means that the 
>>> mall owner may be willing to partially fund a coworking space if it adds 
>>> value to the mall as a whole. 
>>>  
>>> (2) *With regard to the importance of community and quality of the work 
>>> environment: *Sure, malls are horrific. But they're also a reality. 
>>> Wouldn't creating coworking spaces in the horrific reality of a shopping 
>>> mall make malls a little less horrific? To the extent you could contribute 
>>> to the reinvention of malls as more human, community-focused spaces, 
>>> wouldn't it be a good thing to promote the development of a coworking space 
>>> in a mall?
>>>
>>> (3) *With respect to the objection that it wouldn't be sustainable; the 
>>> kind of people drawn to coworking would not want to do it in a mall: *The 
>>> malls where I am right now have many fast food restaurants (McDonalds, KFC, 
>>> etc.) with free bad wifi and people working away on their laptops or in 
>>> business meetings, or higher end cafes where laptop workers aren't as 
>>> welcome and places to work aren't comfortable or well suited for meaningful 
>>> work or quality meetings. I would guess many of the people who work in the 
>>> area or who are just there while their partners are shopping or their kids 
>>> are at the movies would love a more human space to work. Yes, they're not 
>>> the people traditionally drawn to coworking, but is there room for 
>>> something in between?
>>>
>>> My big question I guess is whether there would be a way to do this that 
>>> would create more than the equivalent of a hotel "business center" or an 
>>> internet cafe? Would there value or demand for a community-focused 
>>> workspace in a mall? 
>>>
>>> Clearly this couldn't be an ideal community-focused and community-driven 
>>> coworking space. But is there room for something between the ideal and the 
>>> "business center" in a shopping mall (or airport or highway 
>>> gas-station/restaurant off-ramp for that matter)? Something that would help 
>>> build the sense of community and humanity in these largely community-less 
>>> spaces? Could it bear the *coworking *name? 
>>>
>>> I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. 
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Will
>>>
>>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

and this little zinger from that blog post I just shared,

"As the community manager, I had nothing left to give the people of 
Cothere. My usual zest for connection and energy to give and listen was 
tapped out. My arms, my heart, my brain, were overwhelmed by TRYING to 
figure out how hold a container that didn’t actually belong to me. To us."

On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 11:01:16 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> If you think this conversation is awkward nowhere's the kind of 
> scenarios you need to think about:
>
> You're not growing your membership fast enough to satisfy them. They 
> decide something needs to change. What options do they have that you might 
> not want? What kind of conversations are you going to have to have with 
> them when you say "no, we don't want to do X, that's the wrong way for us 
> to grow the membership."
>
> *How do you respond, then?*
>
> It sounds like this couple is nice, and has the best of intentions. That's 
> a big step in the right direction from some of the craziness 
>  I (and I know 
> others) have experienced. 
>
> Here's how I'd think about proceeding. 
>
> *First: remember that this space is not your only option. No space is 
> perfect, no deal is perfect. Don't treat this option as precious. *
>
> *Second: *I'd start with getting the numbers you need to be autonomous. 
> If you don't even know what the lease *would* be, and what the fit-out 
> *would* cost, you're not really negotiating...you're just letting them 
> drive, ya know? How much of that fit-out is gonna need to be done for any 
> tenant, vs stuff that's special for you?
>
> Once you have those numbers, I'd crunch them to figure out what it'd take 
> to run this autonomously. Figure out your membership rates 
> ,
>  
> and how many members at each level you need to make it work, and be 
> sustainable. 
>
> Take that information back to your community. Say "hey, here's what we 
> need to make this work. who's in?"
>
> Assess how close you are to being able to make it work with the community 
> you already have. Is closing that gap achievable on your own? Brainstorm 
> with the members. You don't have to get them involved in the negotiation, 
> but every time I share a specific problem with our community and invite 
> ideas, I get back the most amazing stuff: example 1 
> ,
>  
> example 2 
> ,
>  
> example 3 
> 
>
> Then, you can start weighing those options against the version where the 
> landlord basically owns you. ;)
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org
> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Kevin Haggerty  > wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> I appreciate your input massively, but I must admit, I now feel terribly 
>> torn and conflicted. I have to meet with these folks tomorrow evening, and 
>> I am not sure how to proceed. I know you don't want to be responsible for 
>> what I do or what anyone else does, but if you were in my shoes, you'd walk 
>> away from this completely? Do you not see any upside or ways I can 
>> structure it in my favor? What if I got them to agree to give us six months 
>> regardless so that it's in writing that they can't kick us out prior to 
>> that? What if it was also in the agreement that I had complete control over 
>> how I ran my business and how the downstairs was put together and organized?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

"If you think this conversation is awkward now"

and I will add, any awkwardness you are facing now will get 1,000x worse 
once money starts getting thrown around. Of COURSE this sounds like a great 
deal to the building owner. You are doing all the work and they get an 
updated building and all your revenue for maybe 6 years. 

The building is merely a container. It's not a magic button. I would press 
a big PAUSE button right now on all of this and do due diligence on other 
spaces as you continue to build up awareness and community. Also brace 
yourselves for when that building owner starts their own coworking space 
and maybe beats you to it. Says the lady whose landlord forced her out and 
started his own "coworking" space.

Space is impermanent, people are forever.

Angel

ps. and for a revealing look at how I didn't listen to my intuition for 
Cohere's 2nd space read more here. http://coherecommunity.com/blog/failure



On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 11:01:16 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> If you think this conversation is awkward nowhere's the kind of 
> scenarios you need to think about:
>
> You're not growing your membership fast enough to satisfy them. They 
> decide something needs to change. What options do they have that you might 
> not want? What kind of conversations are you going to have to have with 
> them when you say "no, we don't want to do X, that's the wrong way for us 
> to grow the membership."
>
> *How do you respond, then?*
>
> It sounds like this couple is nice, and has the best of intentions. That's 
> a big step in the right direction from some of the craziness 
>  I (and I know 
> others) have experienced. 
>
> Here's how I'd think about proceeding. 
>
> *First: remember that this space is not your only option. No space is 
> perfect, no deal is perfect. Don't treat this option as precious. *
>
> *Second: *I'd start with getting the numbers you need to be autonomous. 
> If you don't even know what the lease *would* be, and what the fit-out 
> *would* cost, you're not really negotiating...you're just letting them 
> drive, ya know? How much of that fit-out is gonna need to be done for any 
> tenant, vs stuff that's special for you?
>
> Once you have those numbers, I'd crunch them to figure out what it'd take 
> to run this autonomously. Figure out your membership rates 
> ,
>  
> and how many members at each level you need to make it work, and be 
> sustainable. 
>
> Take that information back to your community. Say "hey, here's what we 
> need to make this work. who's in?"
>
> Assess how close you are to being able to make it work with the community 
> you already have. Is closing that gap achievable on your own? Brainstorm 
> with the members. You don't have to get them involved in the negotiation, 
> but every time I share a specific problem with our community and invite 
> ideas, I get back the most amazing stuff: example 1 
> ,
>  
> example 2 
> ,
>  
> example 3 
> 
>
> Then, you can start weighing those options against the version where the 
> landlord basically owns you. ;)
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org
> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Kevin Haggerty  > wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> I appreciate your input massively, but I must admit, I now feel terribly 
>> torn and conflicted. I have to meet with these folks tomorrow evening, and 
>> I am not sure how to proceed. I know you don't want to be responsible for 
>> what I do or what anyone else does, but if you were in my shoes, you'd walk 
>> away from this completely? Do you not see any upside or ways I can 
>> structure it in my favor? What if I got them to agree to give us six months 
>> regardless so that it's in writing that they can't kick us out prior to 
>> that? What if it was also in the agreement that I had complete control over 
>> how I ran my business and how the downstairs was put together and organized?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

[Jacob Jay]

For the device MAC to user account association I wrote a simple ARP scan script 
which is thus vendor independent. The user does need to hit a local webserver 
(could just be a simple HTTP port handler with the ARP script) which then uses 
the ARP table to lookup their MAC address from their LAN IP, redirecting the 
request to the management app with the MAC as a param to record the initial 
association. If the user is already signed into the app, this process is (or 
could be) completely transparent to them. The script obviously also 
transparently checks-in newly connected MACs, and checks them out when they 
disappear.

Of course the initial HTTP redirection needs to be performed somehow, such as 
by a captive portal, which means updating its whitelist with the MAC once 
checked in…

I never however used a captive portal for this, preferring instead to chivvy 
users to the authoritative website (or 'set them up' when they first visit) -- 
not of course appropriate if complete checkin coverage is needed, but in 
combination with RFID almost all users are covered thus adequate for my 
purposes at least.

It's good to hear the RouterBoards can handle so many devices, although that's 
not really the metric that concerned me but is/was rather the latency they can 
add, especially without extensive knowledge of network tuning in bandwidth 
restricted scenarios. For the average setup, out of the box solutions like 
Ubiquiti have been a better choice even though the AP controller system is 
rather opaque (that API browser is neat though!).

Actually just had a look at the latest RouterBoards, the CloudCore line sound 
pretty good for busier spaces, is this what you've had experience with? I'd 
probably be happy running captive portal and QoS queues on it, and make up the 
difference in cost (against Ubiquiti) with simpler APs :) Seems like setting up 
for roaming and so on still isn't as easy as with UniFi APs though…



> On 18 Apr 2017, at 9:42 pm, Adrian Palacios  wrote:
> 
> @Alex, slight side-answer. Unify controllers have a great API that exposes 
> every imaginable piece of data about connected clients and your network. Docs 
> from Ubiquiti are pretty poor but this project and its source provides a 
> quick way to get started accessing that data 
> https://github.com/malle-pietje/Unifi-API-browser. A small service reading 
> event data or connected clients every a few minutes can easily be used to 
> check members in and out.
> 
> @Jacob Jay. We currently connect to a range of hotspot/captive portal 
> devices, some of them incredibly capable. My personal favourite? Mikrotik. 
> They are the underdog out of all of the ones we connect to but they have 
> nothing to envy to the big boys. We have seen plenty of success cases and 
> networks with over 2K devices, or more during events, running just fine + the 
> play nice with Uniquity APs, which I think are unbeatable. Members only need 
> to check in the first time they use a new device, we will remember them from 
> that moment on. Unlike  many of the ones we've worked with, their built-in 
> scripting engine and events system makes it really easy to build integrations 
> with other systems without having to rely on the infamous RADIUS!
> 
> @Steve Suard. If you plan to build your own RFID tool, this reader is pretty 
> reliable and comes with SDKs for a good number of programming languages. 
> Building a tool that reads a card and compares that to a local database 
> should not be too difficult, if you have access to a coder. That ugly thing 
> is the most reliable we've found out of the ones we have tested.
> 
> @Sarah. There are plenty of options to facilitate check-ins when using NX 
> (front-desk ipads, desktop readers, door readers/access control, wifi/network 
> tracking, ...). A bit depends on budget, feel free to reach out to discuss. 
> This will also give you the basic options without going into too much 
> technical detail: 
> http://www.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/292950659/the-art-of-checking-members-in-and-out
> 
> Adrian

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[Coworking] Coworking Spain Conference 2017

[manuel zea - coworkingspain.es]

Hola a todos

Simplemente queremos recordar que la Coworking Spain Conference 2017 tendrá 
lugar en Sevilla los días 11-12 de Mayo
Toda la info en http://coworkingspainconference.es/

Esperamos vuestras recomendaciones y comentarios.

Gracias por compartir

Manuel Zea
#CwSC


Hi everyone

We just want to remember that the Coworking Spain Conference 2017 is going 
to in Seville, May 11t,12th
All the info at http://coworkingspainconference.es/

We wait your recomendation and comments

Thanks for sharing

Manuel Zea
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