[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Nathan Daum]

Thanks Leah, we'll try getting into the code to see if we can hack out a 
customization for that. Speaking of which, I've been trying to use the 
document template tool to no avail. I'd like to have an easier way to look 
at and share the new applicants as they come in, and document templates 
seems to be the way to do it. Does anyone have a template they use for this 
that you could share?

On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 5:44:16 AM UTC-7, Leah M. wrote:
>
> We tried self-service recurrent bookings in our previous booking software 
> and it created more problems that it solved! While many members easily 
> understand recurrent bookings, many other didn't. We ended up having to 
> explain a lot of charges they didn't anticipate and had many of our rooms 
> booked but vacant. One of the elements that we like most about Nexudus is 
> the simplicity of their member portal, we don't have to train new members 
> how to use it and the options are limited to those that make sense for most 
> users.
>
> Nexudus supports recurrent bookings made by admins, and that's how we deal 
> with when one is required. We know what we are doing when making a 
> recurrent booking and that prevents any billing issues down the month or 
> over booking.
>
> Having said that, I understand your needs and member base may be 
> different. One of the greatest things about the member portal system, is 
> that you have full access to all the files in it and they use a neat 
> scripting language to easily extend it. So I'm sure you could build support 
> for recurrent bookings yourself, the back-end already supports it, so I'm 
> pretty sure it is possible bring that to the front-end. 
>
> On Sunday, 31 July 2016 13:59:06 UTC+1, Nathan Daum wrote:
>>
>> One shortcoming we've struggled with is the inability for our members to 
>> make recurring bookings. We try to handle those for them but it has been 
>> hard to learn this one exception to our otherwise self-serve system of 
>> rules. I also think it hinders adoption of the tool for room bookings, in 
>> general. I can send "help me help you" gif emails with the best of them but 
>> our time would be better served recruiting mentors, organizing events, etc. 
>> Have you found this to be a shortcoming as well? If you have ever wanted 
>> Nexudus to allow your members to set up recurring room bookings, it would 
>> be great if you shared that feedback with Adrian. He has told us that 
>> "is something no one else has requested so its very low priority on the 
>> list."  
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Nate
>>
>> On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 4:34:30 AM UTC-7, Adolfo Taylhardat wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> I am Adolfo from TamboWorks in Miami.
>>> We have been using for over a year.
>>> Our evaluation of the tool:
>>> it provides everything that you need and more in terms of space 
>>> management, member management and admin support.
>>> user interface is far from great. not easy to get around and find / 
>>> setup the things you need. This UI limitation is compensated by an 
>>> excellent user support. Carlos is always there to help.
>>> I would say that we only use 30% of the resources provided by the system
>>> The newly released mobile app is a great tool for members and resource 
>>> reservations.
>>> We recenty reviewed other coworking software but decided to stick to 
>>> Nexudus and do an effort to better understand the tool
>>>
>>> Best.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 9:57:13 AM UTC-4, Ender Baykal wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone, 
>>>>
>>>> We're still in progress of seeking a platform which meets all our needs 
>>>> at once. However, it's kind of hard to find a platform like that, because 
>>>> we would like to:
>>>>
>>>> *1.* manage all the membership payment transactions (charge users, 
>>>> accepting new members(coworkers), canceling memberships etc.)
>>>>
>>>> *2.* track their check-ins to our space (we don't want to check them 
>>>> in manually, we already have a HID card reader system that allows people 
>>>> to 
>>>> check-in at the front desk, however this card reader application is 
>>>> integrated with Cobot and if we use another platform instead of Cobot, we 
>>>> are not sure that we will be able to use our current HID system with the 
>>>> new platform)
>>>>
>>>> *3.* We would like to see our members can interact each other on a 
>>>> single platfo

[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Nathan Daum]

One shortcoming we've struggled with is the inability for our members to 
make recurring bookings. We try to handle those for them but it has been 
hard to learn this one exception to our otherwise self-serve system of 
rules. I also think it hinders adoption of the tool for room bookings, in 
general. I can send "help me help you" gif emails with the best of them but 
our time would be better served recruiting mentors, organizing events, etc. 
Have you found this to be a shortcoming as well? If you have ever wanted 
Nexudus to allow your members to set up recurring room bookings, it would 
be great if you shared that feedback with Adrian . He 
has told us that "is something no one else has requested so its very low 
priority on the list."  

Thanks!
Nate

On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 4:34:30 AM UTC-7, Adolfo Taylhardat wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> I am Adolfo from TamboWorks in Miami.
> We have been using for over a year.
> Our evaluation of the tool:
> it provides everything that you need and more in terms of space 
> management, member management and admin support.
> user interface is far from great. not easy to get around and find / setup 
> the things you need. This UI limitation is compensated by an excellent user 
> support. Carlos is always there to help.
> I would say that we only use 30% of the resources provided by the system
> The newly released mobile app is a great tool for members and resource 
> reservations.
> We recenty reviewed other coworking software but decided to stick to 
> Nexudus and do an effort to better understand the tool
>
> Best.
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 9:57:13 AM UTC-4, Ender Baykal wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone, 
>>
>> We're still in progress of seeking a platform which meets all our needs 
>> at once. However, it's kind of hard to find a platform like that, because 
>> we would like to:
>>
>> *1.* manage all the membership payment transactions (charge users, 
>> accepting new members(coworkers), canceling memberships etc.)
>>
>> *2.* track their check-ins to our space (we don't want to check them in 
>> manually, we already have a HID card reader system that allows people to 
>> check-in at the front desk, however this card reader application is 
>> integrated with Cobot and if we use another platform instead of Cobot, we 
>> are not sure that we will be able to use our current HID system with the 
>> new platform)
>>
>> *3.* We would like to see our members can interact each other on a 
>> single platform by posting events, chatting each other, posting something 
>> that they find interesting, or even posting job ads etc.
>>
>> *4.* manage our printer system (may be by giving our members some 
>> credits in order to use the printers in our coworking space)
>>
>> *5.* we want our coworkers(members) can easily book our meeting rooms as 
>> well as other resources like phone booths.
>>
>>
>> Besides all these, the user interface of the platform/software should be 
>> extremely simple. It shouldn't be complicated, it needs to look really 
>> simple to people to encourage them to use it. 
>>
>> As I mentioned above, we're still in progress of finding a platform like 
>> this. We came up with Nexudus, but I am not sure if it's going to be 
>> helpful and meet our needs. If anyone who already uses Nexudus can give us 
>> a feedback, we would appreciate that. In addition, we also appreciate if 
>> you suggest us other softwares.
>>
>> *P.S.: We think Project Management softwares (Basecamp, Podio etc.) can't 
>> help us since they're quiet expensive and kind of complicated and not very 
>> user friendly. They have a lot of apps to allow you to customize it based 
>> on your needs, but these are not as simple as other softwares.*
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>> *Indiegrove Team*
>>
>> * *
>> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ *
>>
>

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[Coworking] phonebooths

[Nathan Daum]

We have 15 phone booths, 7 meeting rooms. 150-200 on site users. There are 
times (maybe once a week) when every "in use" indicator light is on, but they 
go out after 10 minutes of inactivity and I have never looked through the glass 
doors to see if it was really the case. Gotta have ample meeting/focus spaces! 
We get high marks on this from our members and I know it is a frustration some 
of them had at other places. There are definitely times the conference rooms 
get oversubscribed. Always liking for ways to mitigate the demand for those. 
They're on an online booking system with allowance/credits depending on 
membership level and a member price (discounted) for any use thereafter. The 
phone booths are first come first served. We don't have a reservation system 
for those. 

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[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Nathan Daum]

Hey Lisa sorry for the delay, but yes, as others have indicated, Adrian is 
awesome and the product is constantly improving. It is really comprehensive so 
you can do just about everything with it if you're willing and able to spend 
the time to customize it. I know some folks pay to have systems built or 
customized for them and I can say from experience if you DIY fitting it into 
free time scattered around the work day/week, that customization/adoption could 
take many months. We started with the have to haves (billing and room booking) 
and that's been a huge upgrade from what we were doing before. The 
"nice-to-haves" are getting done over time and honestly that's fine with me. 
Everytime we make a small improvement it makes us pretty happy. :) and, we 
didn't shell out for the big contract (our vendor wasn't ready for us and we 
decided to go for it ourselves rather than seek out someone else). One piece of 
advice I got from Marnee at Works Progress I would urge you to adopt is to do 
this incrementally. Trying to do it all at once is too much for your members to 
handle and there will inevitably be some configurations that don't work exactly 
as intended so limit the variables as you build it our little by little is the 
way to go. Even if you don't have any members yet, I wouldn't try to do too 
much with it until you really get the hang of it. Good luck!

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[Coworking] Has anyone else used RoomZilla for conf rooms/phone rooms?

[Nathan Daum]

I know you want insight into roomzilla and I have none but you said something 
really interesting there. You're obviously employing some system other than 
economics to ensure room availability. If you've ever blogged or podcasted your 
philosophy on that, could you share a link? I'm intrigued!

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[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Nathan Daum]

Thanks! I will take a look and take you up on your offer!

Sincerely,
Nate

On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 11:52:35 AM UTC-8, Bernd Rützel wrote:
>
> Hi Nathan,
>
> I am running Coworking4You in Germany based on Nexudus. We use it mainly 
> for our tariffs, bookings of our meeting areas, member directory and 
> internal communication with the dashboard.
> For public we have also integrated parts of Nexudus in our public web page 
> (Member directory and bookings calendar)
>
> Based on Nexudus I have automated almost everything, so I don't need 
> additional staff for managing the space.
>
> Our web presence: https://coworking4you.de/
> The way we use Nexudus: https://coworking4you.spaces.nexudus.com/de
>
> Sorry - it is in German, but I still think I may give you some ideas.
>
> Feel free to contact me, if you have special questions.
>
> Am Samstag, 30. Januar 2016 22:02:11 UTC+1 schrieb Nathan Daum:
>>
>> Is there a list somewhere of coworking spaces that use Nexudus? We're 
>> using it for basics like billing and room booking but planning to do more 
>> as time goes on. We have a small staff and can't exactly shut down and 
>> build it all at once. Would love to get ideas from others who are using it, 
>> especially any folks who are doing more than just the basics like we are.
>>
>> Thanks! 
>> Nate
>> Startup Hall http://www.startuphall.org/
>> http://startuphall.spaces.nexudus.com/
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 6:57:13 AM UTC-7, Ender Baykal wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone, 
>>>
>>> We're still in progress of seeking a platform which meets all our needs 
>>> at once. However, it's kind of hard to find a platform like that, because 
>>> we would like to:
>>>
>>> *1.* manage all the membership payment transactions (charge users, 
>>> accepting new members(coworkers), canceling memberships etc.)
>>>
>>> *2.* track their check-ins to our space (we don't want to check them in 
>>> manually, we already have a HID card reader system that allows people to 
>>> check-in at the front desk, however this card reader application is 
>>> integrated with Cobot and if we use another platform instead of Cobot, we 
>>> are not sure that we will be able to use our current HID system with the 
>>> new platform)
>>>
>>> *3.* We would like to see our members can interact each other on a 
>>> single platform by posting events, chatting each other, posting something 
>>> that they find interesting, or even posting job ads etc.
>>>
>>> *4.* manage our printer system (may be by giving our members some 
>>> credits in order to use the printers in our coworking space)
>>>
>>> *5.* we want our coworkers(members) can easily book our meeting rooms 
>>> as well as other resources like phone booths.
>>>
>>>
>>> Besides all these, the user interface of the platform/software should be 
>>> extremely simple. It shouldn't be complicated, it needs to look really 
>>> simple to people to encourage them to use it. 
>>>
>>> As I mentioned above, we're still in progress of finding a platform like 
>>> this. We came up with Nexudus, but I am not sure if it's going to be 
>>> helpful and meet our needs. If anyone who already uses Nexudus can give us 
>>> a feedback, we would appreciate that. In addition, we also appreciate if 
>>> you suggest us other softwares.
>>>
>>> *P.S.: We think Project Management softwares (Basecamp, Podio etc.) 
>>> can't help us since they're quiet expensive and kind of complicated and not 
>>> very user friendly. They have a lot of apps to allow you to customize it 
>>> based on your needs, but these are not as simple as other softwares.*
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone!
>>>
>>> *Indiegrove Team*
>>>
>>> * <http://goog_1954297332>*
>>> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ <http://indiegrovejc.com/>*
>>>
>>

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[Coworking] Re: Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.

[Nathan Daum]

Thanks for the heads up Marnee - Matt, you're my new hero for doing this. 
Thanks!

Nate 
Startup Hall http://www.startuphall.org/

On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote:
>
> Hey everyone. 
>
> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at 
> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still 
> losing money. 
>
> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of 
> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order 
> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please 
> take a read:
>
>
> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why
>
> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! Thanks!
>
> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: Any Feedback from People Who Use Nexudus Coworking Software?

[Nathan Daum]

Is there a list somewhere of coworking spaces that use Nexudus? We're using 
it for basics like billing and room booking but planning to do more as time 
goes on. We have a small staff and can't exactly shut down and build it all 
at once. Would love to get ideas from others who are using it, especially 
any folks who are doing more than just the basics like we are.

Thanks! 
Nate
Startup Hall http://www.startuphall.org/
http://startuphall.spaces.nexudus.com/

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 6:57:13 AM UTC-7, Ender Baykal wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, 
>
> We're still in progress of seeking a platform which meets all our needs at 
> once. However, it's kind of hard to find a platform like that, because we 
> would like to:
>
> *1.* manage all the membership payment transactions (charge users, 
> accepting new members(coworkers), canceling memberships etc.)
>
> *2.* track their check-ins to our space (we don't want to check them in 
> manually, we already have a HID card reader system that allows people to 
> check-in at the front desk, however this card reader application is 
> integrated with Cobot and if we use another platform instead of Cobot, we 
> are not sure that we will be able to use our current HID system with the 
> new platform)
>
> *3.* We would like to see our members can interact each other on a single 
> platform by posting events, chatting each other, posting something that 
> they find interesting, or even posting job ads etc.
>
> *4.* manage our printer system (may be by giving our members some credits 
> in order to use the printers in our coworking space)
>
> *5.* we want our coworkers(members) can easily book our meeting rooms as 
> well as other resources like phone booths.
>
>
> Besides all these, the user interface of the platform/software should be 
> extremely simple. It shouldn't be complicated, it needs to look really 
> simple to people to encourage them to use it. 
>
> As I mentioned above, we're still in progress of finding a platform like 
> this. We came up with Nexudus, but I am not sure if it's going to be 
> helpful and meet our needs. If anyone who already uses Nexudus can give us 
> a feedback, we would appreciate that. In addition, we also appreciate if 
> you suggest us other softwares.
>
> *P.S.: We think Project Management softwares (Basecamp, Podio etc.) can't 
> help us since they're quiet expensive and kind of complicated and not very 
> user friendly. They have a lot of apps to allow you to customize it based 
> on your needs, but these are not as simple as other softwares.*
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> *Indiegrove Team*
>
> * *
> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ *
>

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