[Coworking] Re: Niche coworking spaces

[Steve King]

Allwork has an article covering 15 niche coworking spaces 
.
 
We cover some other niche spaces in this article on our blog 
.
 
And this recent Time Magazine article 
 focuses on women 
oriented spaces, but has a number of niche examples.

Niche and specialized spaces have become so common we can't even keep with 
them. 

Steve


On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 9:29:52 AM UTC-7, Kevin Whelan — Everspaces 
wrote:
>
> Just curious - does anyone run a niche coworking space? 
>
> For example, a space that caters to one specific target market (i.e. 
> architects or artists)?
>
> I'm looking for a few examples of niching done well. 
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin C. Whelan
> *Everspaces.com *
>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Steve King]

t;>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure I'm not the only person on this group who has google alerts 
>>>>> set up for the words "coworking" and, sigh, "co-working". 
>>>>>
>>>>> Between the number of new space announcements that show up in those 
>>>>> alerts, Deskmag's reporting on coworking growth trends, and many amazing 
>>>>> success stories that we've all been privy to seeing unfold, there's no 
>>>>> doubt in any of our minds that coworking isn't disappearing any time soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> But speckled in the success stories are sadder ones. Coworking spaces 
>>>>> who struggled and failed. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Another one hit my Google Reader tonight, in St Louis. Hence this 
>>>>> email and this project being spurred right now. 
>>>>>
>>>>> On one hand, the *business of coworking *is susceptible to all of the 
>>>>> rules of starting a new business - there's going to be a failure rate. 
>>>>> Not 
>>>>> every business is meant to be. The rate at which I hear about closings is 
>>>>> increasing, but it's hard to tell if it's growing in or out of proportion 
>>>>> of openings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Between coworking spaces that struggle to keep the lights on and 
>>>>> coworking spaces that have closed (for good or bad reasons), there's 
>>>>> patterns in closures that I personally find very interesting, far more 
>>>>> interesting in "new hotness variations" on the coworking models.
>>>>>
>>>>> The pattern-watcher that I am, I see *some *things, but I need more 
>>>>> information to start building a hypothesis that can be proven or 
>>>>> disproven.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't do this alone. If you've started and closed a coworking space, 
>>>>> been a member of a coworking space that struggled and failed, or are 
>>>>> simply 
>>>>> a passionate observer who saw an unfortunate closing, please take a few 
>>>>> minutes to help fill out this survey:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/coworking-space-closings/
>>>>>
>>>>> This information is personal and potentially sensitive. I don't expect 
>>>>> all of the replies to include names or all of the details. Many people on 
>>>>> this list have shared their personal stories before, and we should all be 
>>>>> thankful for that. 
>>>>>
>>>>> The best solution I could come up with is to choose how anonymous you 
>>>>> would like to be. 
>>>>>
>>>>> *1) The name and email address fields are optional and will ONLY be 
>>>>> used to reconnect with the submitter for more information.*
>>>>> *2) The final required question asks for your consent to share the 
>>>>> data you enter, beside the optional name/email fields which are anonymous 
>>>>> by default. In case you have an alternate preference, you can specify it 
>>>>> in 
>>>>> "other".*
>>>>>
>>>>> There's researchers on the list, so if there's other fields that you 
>>>>> think I should include (or better ways to collect the same data), I'm all 
>>>>> ears.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Even if you're not aware of closings you can share about, I need help 
>>>>> getting the word out about this project. *I'm hoping for some 
>>>>> assistance from Steve King & Team Deskmag since I know this stuff is 
>>>>> already on their radar. If there's anyone else already studying this (all 
>>>>> of the quiet grad students on this list, I'm looking at you), I'd love to 
>>>>> share work reciprocally. 
>>>>>
>>>>> My goal is to organize this information and share some hypothesis that 
>>>>> we all study together and share back again, overall helping the ecosystem 
>>>>> not just learn from successes but also avoid repeating historic failure 
>>>>> patterns.
>>>>>
>>>>> My hope is to be buried under a mountain of responses and have to 
>>>>> recruit some of you to help me dig myself out :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks y'all.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> /ah
>>>>> indyhall.org
>>>>> coworking in philadelphia
>>>>> build amazing communities: masterclass.indyhall.org
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[Coworking] Coworking and Shared Space Survey - Please Take:)

[Steve King]

Instant Offices and HLW International are doing a survey on the future of 
Flexible Workspaces and coworking 
. 
Pete Bacevice is the researcher behind the survey. For those who don't know 
Pete, he's affiliated with the University of Michigan and done interesting 
coworking research in the past. He knows his stuff. 

Please help out by taking the survey yourselves and asking your members to 
take it. I think the results will be quite useful.

Click here to go to the survey landing page 
.

Thanks,
Steve

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking 2.0, SPaaS and the Future of Coworking

[Steve King]

This thread, to me, reflects the continuing evolution of the coworking 
ecosystem. Coworking has been expanding, evolving and hybridizing since its 
beginnings. This has led to a growing variety in space types and services 
offered. In most cases, this is driven by customers who are looking for 
different types of spaces and space experiences, including different types 
of community. 


It seems clear at this point there are multiple coworking market segments. 
These different segments attract different types of customers. Some 
customers are very focused on community, others less so. For example, our 
research shows independent workers, on average, are more involved with and 
assign a greater value to a coworking space's community than corporate and 
startup employees who work in coworking spaces. 


Organizations also have different interests in adopting coworking. Some see 
the "space as a service" benefits as described in the article as the 
important pieces and care little about community or see it as a bonus. For 
others, community is the key.  Most larger organizations (at least today) 
fall into the category of caring more about the "space as a service" 
features than community. 


Given that more large organizations (and traditional small and mid-size 
firms) are starting to move to coworking, it makes sense that spaces that 
focus on the "space as service" attributes will be able to find customers. 
At the same time, independent workers and others looking for community 
first spaces will continue to drive the growth of community focused spaces.


In other words, there’s room for both.

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[Coworking] Great Description of the Trends Driving Coworking

[Steve King]

The Back Channel article The Work From Home Dream Doesn't Work 

 
is one of the best descriptions of the drivers of coworking I've read. 
Everyone interested in shared workspaces should read it.

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[Coworking] Our coworking forecast - 3.8 million members and 26,000 spaces by 2020

[Steve King]

We released our 2016 global coworking forecast today 
.
 
As I point out in the post, the coworking industry has become a complex and 
difficult industry to keep up with. You guys are simply growing, mutating, 
creating and innovating way too much:) So this forecast is at best our best 
guess (even the historical data is more of an estimate than we would like). 

We are forecasting the global industry will grow from roughly 11,000 spaces 
this year to a bit over 26,000 in 2020. This is a compounded annual growth 
rate of 23.8%. We're forecasting member growth at a 41% CAGR and 3.8 
million members in 2020. See the article for more details.

In other words, we are saying coworking is big and going to get a lot 
bigger. 

The members of this and the broader coworking industry should stop for a 
few minutes and reflect on what's been accomplished. 

This industry has truly been built by a grassroots community - which is 
very rare. Yes, big money and bigger firms have moved in, but they are 
simply extending the grassroots efforts. And the impact of the coworking 
industry is much broader than the numbers reflect because coworking work 
styles are being widely adopted by organizations of all types.

Congratulations to all of you! 



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[Coworking] Fascinating Academic Paper on Coworking

[Steve King]

The Social Economy of Coworking Spaces: A Focal Point Model of Coordination 
 suggest that 
coworking facilities provide "a focal (Schelling) point for finding people, 
ideas and other resources when you lack the information necessary for 
coordination."


While an academic paper, it's mostly pretty easy to read and follow. It 
does a nice job of providing a solid set of theories on the value of 
coworking as "micro social economies". 

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[Coworking] Coworking in Italy in the 15th Century

[Steve King]

HBR's The Innovative Coworking Spaces of 15th-Century Italy 
 
covers the “bottegas” of that era. These were the "workshops of 
15th-century Florence, in which master artists were committed to teaching 
new artists, talents were nurtured, new techniques were at work, and new 
artistic forms came to light with art."
Fun article. 

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[Coworking] HBR on working together, coworking

[Steve King]

There's nothing in HBR's If Work is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the 
Office? 
 
that everyone in this group doesn't already know. But it's nicely written 
and having HBR say it's so is always useful.

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[Coworking] Re: Deloitte's Swiss Workplace of the Future Report Stresses Role of Coworking Spaces

[Steve King]

My partner noticed the report has "cowering space" instead of "coworking 
space" in one instance. We've all been there. Those darn spell checkers:).

On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, Steve King wrote:
>
> Interesting report. 
> <http://www2.deloitte.com/ch/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/workplace-of-the-future.html>
>  
> I didn't know Switzerland had 50 coworking spaces.
>

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[Coworking] Deloitte's Swiss Workplace of the Future Report Stresses Role of Coworking Spaces

[Steve King]

Interesting report. 

 
I didn't know Switzerland had 50 coworking spaces.

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[Coworking] Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview - Interesting Academic Study on Coworking

[Steve King]

Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview 
 is a very 
thorough and interesting academic study on coworking. Kudos to the authors.

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[Coworking] HBR's Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive sounds like Coworking

[Steve King]

I was catching up on my reading and came across Proof That Positive Work 
Cultures Are More Productive 
 
on 
the Harvard Business Review site. The focus of the article is on how bosses 
and big companies can create more positive work cultures. 

But I was struck by how much this article describes coworking facilities. 
Key quote on creating a positive culture.

Creating a positive and healthy culture for your team rests on a few major 
principles. Our own research (see here 

 and here 
) on 
the qualities of a positive workplace culture boils down to six essential 
characteristics:


   - Caring for, being interested in, and maintaining responsibility for 
  colleagues as friends.
  - Providing support for one another, including offering kindness and 
  compassion when others are struggling.
  - Avoiding blame and forgive mistakes.
  - Inspiring one another at work.
  - Emphasizing the meaningfulness of the work.
  - Treating one another with respect, gratitude, trust, and integrity.
   
Another key quote is on what bosses can do to improve their culture - 
 sounds a whole lot like what community managers do:

1. Foster social connections.

2. Show empathy.

3. Go out of your way to help.

4. Encourage people to talk to you – especially about their problems.


 

 

 


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[Coworking] Grind and Verizon Partner on Space

[Steve King]

Congratulations to Grind on their deal with Verizon 
.
 
As analysts looking at the industry from the outside, we think this is a 
very big deal. Corporations and commercial building owners are trying to 
figure out what to do with excess space. There's been a lot of discussion 
about turning this space into coworking spaces, but the real estate 
industry moves very slowly. We think a corporation like Verizon jumping 
will lead more firms to make similar moves.

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[Coworking] WeWork Opening 3100 Member Space in London

[Steve King]

They're going to need a lot of ping pong tables. The article is here. 


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[Coworking] Coke Covers Coworking

[Steve King]

Coca Cola's online lifestyle magazine has an article on coworking 
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/office-evolution-the-new-age-of-coworking-spaces.
 
I think this is both fun and interesting. I also had no idea Coke had their 
own online magazine.

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[Coworking] Take the European Coworking Survey on Coworking space partnering

[Steve King]

Interesting survey on coworking space events and partnering 
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cwecommunities - important topics that 
have not gotten a lot of attention research wise ( I wish I'd thought of 
this survey:)). 

Please take if you are a space owner or manager. It's short and the results 
should prove to be very useful. 

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[Coworking] Johnson Controls study says almost everyone will be coworking in 2040

[Steve King]

Johnson Controls Smart Workplace 2040 study 
http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/us/en/products/globalworkplacesolutions/gwi/projects_workplace_innovation/workplace2040.html
 basically 
forecasts most everyone will work part-time in coworking spaces by then. 
They also forecast that humans with augmented DNA will out perform normal 
humans by then. 

While I like the coworking forecast, the augmented human forecast seems a 
bit off to me. 2040 is only 25 years away. This means we need to be 
augmenting the DNA of humans today if they are going to be adults by 2040 
(I'm assuming DNA augmentation would need to be done prior to birth). 

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bv_TWXciF0o/VWyfZ0edY8I/AP0/xrAsdJ3K3_8/s1600/Designer%2Bbaby.jpg
Genetic engineering is a field we cover a bit. And while designer babies 
are becoming possible 
http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2013/10/designer-babies.html, we still think 
we're at least a generation away from this happening in any meaningful way 
- especially in terms of work skill augmentation.  

I love this picture and always look for an opportunity to use it:).  

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[Coworking] Re: Road Warrior Voices from USA Today on Coworking Vacations

[Steve King]

I was focused more USA Today deciding coworking was a good topic to cover 
than on their coverage itself. Besides, I was distracted by their hard 
hitting story Why Hotel Sex is Better Than at Home 
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/21/hotel-sex-poll/?:).  

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[Coworking] Road Warrior Voices from USA Today on Coworking Vacations

[Steve King]

USA Today's Road Warrior Voices 
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/roadwarriors/ is part of the USA Today 
travel section and targeted at business travelers. Their article The 
Ultimate Guide to Taking A Coworking Vacation in Tel Aviv 
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-taking-a-coworking-vacation-in-tel-aviv/starts
 
with the following note from the editor:

*EDITOR’S NOTE: At Road Warrior Voices, we believe that taking coworking 
vacations or working remotely is the best way to see the world while 
continuing to build your career. That’s why we want to be a leading source 
of practical information and advice for digital nomads and Road Warriors 
who would like turn their business trips into coworking vacations. We’ll be 
sharing tips on everything from how to convince your boss to let you work 
remotely  
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/03/where-to-work-remotely-on-a-coworking-vacation-6-steps-to-help-you-decide/to
 
how to decide where to spend your coworking vacation 
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/03/where-to-work-remotely-on-a-coworking-vacation-6-steps-to-help-you-decide/.
 
This is the first in a series of guides in some of our favorite cities to 
work remotely. Check out our coworking section 
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/?s=coworking for more advice, and as always 
please share your comments below. *


I've read a number of USA Today articles related to coworking over the past 
few months, but somehow failed to grasp the extent of their coverage until 
I read this. Take a look at their coworking section 
http://roadwarriorvoices.com/?s=coworkingto see it.

A mainstream media outlet like USA Today deciding to do continued coverage 
of a topic is a clear signal they think it's moving to or already 
mainstream. Coworking, in the view of USA Today, has made it.
 


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[Coworking] Re: Brazil 2015 Coworking Census!

[Steve King]

Great infographic and information!  I'm just back from India and it's clear 
from that trip and the data you've provided on Brazil that coworking is 
likely growing faster on a global level than I thought (and I thought it 
was growing really, really fast).

Thanks for sharing this information.

Steve

On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 11:57:49 AM UTC-7, Fernando Aguirre wrote:

 Hey guys! We finished a Coworking Census in Brazil, and sharing the 
 results with all the coworking community. Hope you enjoy it! 
 The article is in Brazilian Portuguese, but we've a nice infograph in 
 english! =)

 http://coworkingbrasil.org/censo/ 
 http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcoworkingbrasil.org%2Fcenso%2Fsa=Dsntz=1usg=AFQjCNEYL-127LoxYgJlx0AcPY9ASLnsqw




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[Coworking] Re: Brazil 2015 Coworking Census!

[Steve King]

Great infographic and information!  I'm just back from India and it's clear 
from that trip and the data you've provided on Brazil that coworking is 
likely growing faster on a global level than I thought - and I thought it 
was growing really, really fast.

Thanks for sharing this information.

Steve

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[Coworking] Met our Respondent Target for the Coworking Survey

[Steve King]

Thanks to all of your help, we've met our respondent target for the 
coworking survey. We will keep the survey live 
http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv in case other 
folks want to take it - it never hurts to have more respondents - but we 
consider it closed.  We'll be tallying up the results and will have them 
ready for the May GCUC event http://gcuc.co/.

Thanks again for you support.

Steve

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[Coworking] WestField Opening Large Coworking Space in SF Mall

[Steve King]

Westfield, the large mall management company,  is opening a 40,000 foot 
innovation center in it's SF mall called Bespoke http://www.bespokesf.co/. 
It combines coworking, event and demo spaces. JWT intelligence has more 
info on it. 
http://www.jwtintelligence.com/2015/03/innovation-hub-local-mall/#ixzz3Vcj3F3hB




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[Coworking] Last push on the Coworking Survey

[Steve King]

Thanks to your help we are close to our targeted number of respondents for 
the coworking survey we're conducting with the folks from GCUC. We could 
still use more, so consider this our last appeal for your support (well, 
our last appeal for your support this time:)). 

So if you know anyone who hasn't yet taken the survey, please send them 
here to take it http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv.

The preliminary results are looking interesting. I think they'll be quite 
useful marketing support for the industry.

Thanks again for your help.

Steve

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[Coworking] Re: Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

[Steve King]

Matt:

We'll have the results in May and they will be made public, so you will be 
able to use them as you see fit.

Steve

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[Coworking] Re: Update on the Coworking Survey

[Steve King]

Ramon:

That would be great.  Send it to me at sk...@emergentresearch.com.

Thanks,
Steve

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[Coworking] Update on the Coworking Survey

[Steve King]

Thanks to your support in just one week we've gotten to more than half the 
number of respondents we need for our coworking survey 
http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv. Please continue 
to help us by encouraging your members to take the survey. 

The results are looking quite interesting and should be very supportive of 
industry marketing messages that working in a coworking space improves 
member productivity, increases business networks and expands social 
opportunities.

Thanks for your help.

Steve

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[Coworking] Are Restaurants Becoming Coworking Spaces?

[Steve King]

The article In First, American Spent More in Restaurants Than Grocery Stores 
https://www.yahoo.com/food/for-the-first-time-ever-americans-spent-more-in-112803758886.html
 
is interesting on several levels. But this quote really caught my eye:

Weinberg also noted that nearby companies have begun using her restaurants 
as meeting places, which she believes is part of a larger trend. “We never 
used to open our restaurants between lunch and dinner, because it didn’t 
seem worthwhile,” she explained. “But we do now because people use them for 
business meetings. They’d rather do it at our communal table, drinking a 
cocktail, than their offices.”


Interesting trend - anyone else seeing this?

Steve

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[Coworking] Re: Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

[Steve King]

Everyone: Thanks for the help.

Will: Happy to have anyone, anywhere in the world who is a coworking member 
respond.  


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[Coworking] Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

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Emergent Research and the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) 
are partnering on a survey looking at how people work in coworking spaces 
and the roles networks and networking play in the coworking experience.   
The results will be made public and released at the GCUC conference in May. 

We need your help in getting coworkers to take the survey. 

Based on the results from this survey and some follow-up interview work, we 
hope to quantify how coworking members benefit from the networking 
opportunities available to them through membership in a coworking space.   
We think this information will be very useful is showing that being part of 
coworking community has a strong value proposition that goes way beyond 
simply the value of office infrastructure.  

While we cannot guarantee the survey results will be positive, prior work 
on coworking and networking (ours and the work of others) lead us to 
believe it's likely we will get positive results. And even if we don't, 
we'll still get interesting and useful data.

We need at least 500 respondents for this survey to valid and closer to 
1000 would be much better, so we need your help recruiting your members. 
Also, since coworking owners, managers and people who work for coworking 
spaces also work IN coworking spaces, they too should take the survey.  

The survey can be found here.  
http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv

Let me know if you  have any comments or questions.

Thanks for your help.

Steve

sk...@emergentresearch.com

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[Coworking] Re: Infuriating article on the high premiums charged by coworking spaces in Bloomberg

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The reality of business press coverage is sometimes you lose - and this was 
one of those times. It was clear while I was being interviewed the reporter 
had a negative point of view about coworking and considered it very 
expensive. I tried to move him off of this and suggested to talk to others 
(he did talk to Liz Elam) to get a more balanced view, but he stayed with 
his point of view. 

I didn't like this story either and feel he left out important context from 
some my quotes. But in the reporter's defense, I'm familiar with his work 
and he's usually good at his job.  Also, part of his job at Bloomberg is to 
have a point of view, and he expressed his.  

By coincidence I was also interviewed by a reporter from The Week the same 
day.  Her article -  The Booming Future of Collaborative Work Environments 
http://theweek.com/articles/535709/booming-future-collaborative-work-environments
 -  
is much better.  

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[Coworking] Re: Book on coworking and other forms of loosely organized work

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Clay:  I've ordered the book and looking forward to reading it.

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[Coworking] NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking

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Variety has an article 
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nbc-orders-comedy-pilots-from-monica-potter-jimmy-fallon-1201415703/
 
about NBC ordering a pilot of a TV show called Sharing, which it describes 
as:

“Sharing” is a single-camera 
http://variety411.com/us/new-york/camera-sound-equipment/ entry from 
Universal TV about disparate groups of people who work side-by-side in a 
shared office space. Jeremy Bronson wrote the pilot and exec produces with 
Fallon and Rick Schwartz. Damian Lanigan is a co-exec producer.

I first saw this in a tweet from Grind's David Singer, so he gets the hat 
tip for spotting this.

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[Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

[Steve King]

 We haven't looked at coworking facility failure rates lately.  When we 
 last looked, back in 2010, the failure rate seemed to be around 30%-40% 
 within 2-3 years of opening. This is higher than the average failure rate 
 for small businesses, but not by much.  


I'll hunt around a bit and see if we can easily update these numbers.

 
 

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[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

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WeWork may be expanding into residential co-living 
http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/12/16/office-sharing-phenom-wework-eyes-expansion-into-apartments/
 
according to the Wall Street Journal. I


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[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

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Commercial real estate is a huge industry and its business practices and 
models are substantially the same as they were decades ago. From the point 
of view of venture investors, it's an industry ripe for disruptive change. 
WeWork has shown it has a business model that's disruptive and, at least so 
far, highly scalable. This, coupled with WeWork also being a play on the 
future of work,is why investors are so excited about them.

We've interviewed a number of WeWork members and they consistently talk 
about the networking opportunities and community provided by WeWork spaces. 
Because of this, we consider them coworking facilities. But WeWork 
communities are pretty different from those of traditional coworking 
spaces. They've targeted startups - including larger startups with 5-10 or 
more employees - as their primary market. This is a  different segment than 
most traditional coworking facilities serve. And while they do have 
independent worker members, these folks tell us they are in a WeWork space 
primarily because of the access it provides to startups.  

So are they coworking? We think yes. But the broader workspace as a service 
industry contains multiple market segments and its size, structure and 
diversity make it unlikely to be a winner take all or most industry like 
many digital business are.  

In other words, we think there's plenty of room for different kinds of 
coworking spaces to be successful. 

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[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

[Steve King]

Wall Street Journal reports 
http://www.wsj.com/articles/wework-now-a-5-billion-real-estate-sartup-1418690163WeWork
 
just raised $355 million and is now valued at $5+ billion.



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[Coworking] US Coworking Space Survey Results from Share Your Office

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Share Your Office http://www.shareyouroffice.com/recently released the 
results of a survey of US coworking spaces 
http://www.shareyouroffice.com/blog-syo/us-coworking-survey/. I had a 
chance to interview Connor Provines from Share Your Office today and came 
away very impressed by this work.  It has lots of interesting data and is 
well worth reviewing by anyone in the coworking industry. 


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[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

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I agree that WeWork is more of a competitor for Regus and other exec 
suites/office business centers. I also agree there's plenty of room for 
independent coworking spaces. 

But WeWork's success is going to impact the coworking and office as a 
service industry beyond simply being a competitor. Their business and 
financial success will drive increased interest in coworking and new 
entrants to the industry.

We'll see more Big Coworking spaces being started, mimicking WeWork's 
success (Industrious is already an example) . We'll see more investor 
interest in coworking due to A list VC firm Benchmark's involvement in 
WeWork and their financial success. The real estate industry, which has 
been sniffing around coworking for years, will likely start to move much 
more aggressively into the industry.  

We'll also see more interest in coworking from local governments as more of 
them see it as an economic development tool. 

And, of course, we'll see more potential member interest in coworking. This 
will include greater interest from larger firms who (rightly or wrongly) 
often equate financial success with stability.  

All of this means new opportunities for existing coworking spaces. But it 
also likely means some new risks, especially from new entrants.  

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[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

[Steve King]

 Tim:


I did a blog post on this 
http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2014/11/the-rise-of-wework-coworking.html today. 
Our view is overall this is very good news for the entire coworking 
industry. WeWork is showing coworking is rapidly becoming a mainstream 
workplace alternative for startups, independent workers and firms of all 
sizes. The more broadly this is recognized and reported on in the press, 
the better it is for the overall industry.  

We also think there's plenty of room for other players. Even with their 
aggressive growth plans, WeWork is only aiming for 46,000 members in 
2015. This is a tiny share of the potential coworking market.  There are 
many millions of potential coworking space members and most are looking for 
spaces offering something different than WeWork is.  

But - and this is a big but - just as big box retail fundamentally changed 
that sector, we think Big Coworking (spaces with many hundreds of 
members) will also have a major impact on coworking and broader 
office-as-a-service industry.  Smaller spaces and firms will have to learn 
to adjust to Big Coworking competition.  

What do you think?

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[Coworking] Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

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Fascinating - and eye popping - numbers on WeWork in the Forbes article 
Inside the Phenomenal Rise of WeWork  
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/11/05/the-rise-of-wework/

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

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I like the list as well as Alex's add on open membership decision-making.




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[Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

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Alex:  For the purposes of our coworking definition open means the 
coworking facility will consider anyone within their target segment as a 
member, make it easy for anyone within that segment to apply and has a 
membership process such that anyone within the target segment could 
potentially be accepted as a member .  It does not mean they have to accept 
everyone who applies.  

I left out target segment in my post to save space, but should have 
included it. The reason we include target segment in this definition is 
because of the growing number of vertically oriented coworking spaces. 
These spaces, like Katherine's, are focused on members from a particular 
industry and because of this exclude people who don't fit in their 
vertical.  We consider these open as long as  their membership process 
allows anyone from the vertical to be considered.

Your example - fill out your info and maybe we'll let you work here if we 
think you're a good fit based on our criteria which we can't/don't publicly 
disclose - is nicely chosen because it's both tricky and highlights the 
subjectivity of this criteria:).  We exclude facilities we consider 
invitation only.  I think this would exclude many (but not all) of the 
spaces that would fall under your example. 

We would also exclude any facility we felt discriminated unfairly against 
any group. Fortunately, we've yet to see an example of this.   

But we give spaces broad latitude in terms of who they accept as members. 
If a space has an application process that looks open and a membership that 
appears to have been chosen somewhat openly, we would consider them open 
even if the membership decision criteria are murky.  This is, obviously, 
subjective based on our view of the space's process.  

The good news, at least so far, is this if it looks like a duck, walks 
like a duck and quacks like a duck approach to coworking has worked.  But 
we're the first to admit it's not comprehensive, doesn't work in all cases 
and is subjective.  Also, the rapid hybridization of coworking means things 
are changing very fast - making any definition questionable in terms of 
accuracy.  

That's why threads like this are so useful.

Steve



 



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[Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

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Great discussion and I really like the restaurant analogy.  We use the 
following criteria to identify a space as a coworking space: 

  - self-identifies as providing coworking space or uses language close to 
this.

  - offers a range of membership options such as daily, weekly, monthly, 
etc. (does not need to offer them all) 

  - offers facilities broadly consistent with other coworking spaces 
including some form of community space 

  - offers open membership, or membership available via a process that is 
open

  - offers activities that encourage community with the word activities 
being broadly defined

  -  coworking is an important part of the facility offering 

  -  is actively in use.

There is a fair amount of subjectivity in these and we've found identifying 
coworking facilities is a bit like identifying pornography - you know when 
you see it, but different people see it in different ways.  But overall 
they've worked well for us.  

Interestingly enough, they've worked well not because they identify what 
coworking is, but because in combination they're pretty good at identifying 
what coworking is not.  For example, many startup accelerators more or less 
look like Parisoma coworking in terms of look, feel, activities and 
membership demographics.  But the accelerators tend to have some 
combination of a closed membership process and/or limited or no membership 
options.  

The prolific Ray Lindenberg (where does he find the time to produce so much 
content?) has been publishing a lot on segmenting and defining different 
aspects of the office as a service market over at the GWA LinkedIn group 
and elsewhere.  He's doing this from the office business center point of 
view, but it's been quite interesting and is well worth looking at.  


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[Coworking] Re: Sharing some essays on the independent / freelance economy

[Steve King]

Excellent set of essays (and we read them prior to this posting:)).  




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[Coworking] Please Take the Freelancers Union Survey

[Steve King]

We'd like your help on a survey we're doing with the Freelancers Union. The 
focus of the survey is a combination of how freelancers network as well as 
looking at how they look at their work and lives as freelancers.
 
We're trying to get coworking members who are freelancers (for purposes of 
this survey, we define this very broadly - basically anyone who doesn't 
have a traditional job) to respond to this survey.  Getting coworking 
members to respond will help us in 3 ways:
 
1.  It broadens the overall respondent pool.
 
2.  If we get enough coworking members responding, we can do a specific 
analysis of coworking members.  
 
3.  We can compare how coworking members respond versus non-coworking 
members.  
 
We would appreciate your help with promoting this survey to your members. 
 We will be releasing the results publicly.
 
The survey is at:  http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9odi0G1NP5GbUmp
 
A Freelancers Union blog post on the survey is 
at: https://www.freelancersunion.org/blog/2014/05/14/live-work-freelance-survey/
 
Thanks for you help.
 
Steve
 

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[Coworking] Re: Number of coworking spaces in the world 2007 / 2008 /2009

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I think I may know, but I'm not positive:). Here's some history.  Our firm 
(Emergent Research) started do a U.S. coworking survey starting in 2008 
with an estimate for 2007.  Our counts for the U.S. for 2007 to 2010 can be 
found 
at: http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2010/09/over-250-us-coworking-facilities.html

In 2010 the Deskmag folks offered to do a global count.  We were thrilled 
by this - both having global numbers and not having to do this ourselves - 
and we dropped our census to support theirs.  

The numbers from the Wiki entry for 2007 and 2008 appear to be ours.  They 
also appear to our U.S. only numbers - not global numbers.  Please keep in 
mind back then there was very little hard data on coworking.  

Way back in 2007 and 2008 coworking was mostly a U.S. thing, but it had 
started to pick up in other countries.  So if I were to guesstimate (which 
is about all I think I can do) about the global numbers in 2007 to 2009, I 
would guesstimate:

2007 90 globally
2008 180 globally
2009  270 globally

Due to the recession, things slowed in 2009 and then started to speed up 
again in 2010.  From 2010 on the Deskmag numbers are the best to use.  

Steve


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[Coworking] The Existential Anxiety of Freelancing

[Steve King]

How's that for a topic title:)? 

It comes from a fascinating Forbes article - What Musicians Teach Us About 
the Challenges of Being Your Own 
Bosshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthblatt/2014/01/17/what-musicians-teach-us-about-the-challenges-of-being-your-own-boss/
 . 
I won't try to summarize it, but a key point is freelancers avoid the 
existential issues associated with independent work by crafting physical 
and social spaces that infuse their work lives with a sense of meaning. To 
ward off existential anxieties, they connect to place, routine people and 
purpose.  

So we can definitely add another advantage of coworking - it helps ward off 
existential anxieties. 

And while I joke a bit about this, there is no doubt these issues are real, 
independent workers need help to address them and coworking provides help. 
  

As a bonus, the article also covers the music writing routine used by 
Jackson Browne. 

The article references research done by a group at the University of 
Michigan.  I've been unable to find it, but have requested a copy from the 
folks mentioned in the article.  If I get something I will update this post.

Steve 



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Re: [Coworking] The Existential Anxiety of Freelancing

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Alex:  Based on our research of independent workers, we summarize the 
reasons they like being independent as autonomy, freedom and flexibility. 
These are, obviously, very close to Dan Pink's operating system trio.  

In our case autonomy means pretty much the same as Pink's version. The 
other two, freedom and flexibility, overlap quite a bit with Pink's mastery 
and purpose. Freedom is the ability to chose the type of work one does. 
Flexibility is the ability to choose when, where and how the work is done.  

Another similar tagline comes from the Encore.org people.  They help mostly 
aging baby boomers find 2nd careers in social service.  They talk about 
passion, purpose and paycheck as the reasons people pursue and enjoy 
socially oriented encore careers.  The outlier is paycheck, but the reality 
is a lot of aging boomers need an income.  

It's pretty clear that people are happiest at work when they have job 
autonomy and a motivating purpose.  What's unfortunate is how few jobs 
provide either, much less both.

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[Coworking] Re: New book on Collaborative Consumption (including Coworking!)

[Steve King]

The new book looks quite interesting and I just ordered it.  I'm looking 
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[Coworking] 2013 State of Independence Report Released

[Steve King]

The 2013 MBO Partners State of Independence report was released this week. 
 It has a lot of information and data on freelancers, the self-employed, 
etc.  The landing page for the report is 
herehttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/independent-workforce-index.html
. 

For those interested in the Spark Notes version, The Wall Street Journalhas a 
nice summary 
herehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324094704579067400138863622.html
.

We're a bit backed up right now, but in a couple of weeks we'll have time 
to sift through the data and provide more detail on what we think it means 
for coworking.

Thanks,  

Steve


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[Coworking] Re: Regus Connect

[Steve King]

Sounds really interesting on multiple levels.  Clearly anything that helps 
freelancers and interns find work is a good thing.  It's also a good 
opportunity for small businesses to discover and use on demand, flexible 
talent.  

There's been some recent stats that support this idea.  oDesk recently did 
some research on the buyers of talent services on their site and found that 
58% self-classify as startups.  The next largest group of talent buyers 
self-classified as small businesses.  

And our most recent data - which won't be officially published for another 
week or so - shows about one quarter of independent workers (freelancers, 
self-employed, etc.) hire other independent workers on a contract, talent 
on demand basis.  

So this concept leverages trends already happening in the marketplace and, 
hopefully, helps all involved out.  I look forward to learning more and see 
how it works.  Please keep us informed.



On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:38:48 AM UTC-7, Suky Stroud wrote:

 Hello all! I've been following the Coworking group closely over the past 
 few months, while working on a new project at Regus. It's a new take on 
 coworking, to connect the startups and SMEs, with freelancers, and also 
 with young interns for the very first time under one roof. We'll be 
 launching 10 pilot sites in the UK this Autumn, and our website went live 
 last week. 

 Would love to hear your thoughts on the website, and the concept in 
 general? You can find it at www.regusconnect.com


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[Coworking] Tweet Chat on The Future of Workspaces

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Talent Culture has a weekly radio show and tweet chat on topics related to 
the future of work.  They are quite good.  This week they're focused on 
workspaces.  See this article for the 
detailshttp://www.talentculture.com/tchat-previews/if-these-workspace-walls-could-talk-tchat-preview/on
 their radio show (today, tuesday at 7:30 pm eastern) and tweet chat 
(tomorrow, wednesday at 7:00pm eastern).  
 
Also, their LinkedIn 
grouphttp://www.linkedin.com/groups/TalentCulture-World-Work-TChat-Community-4803565?home=gid=4803565trk=anet_ug_hmis
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[Coworking] Re: SBA won't fund coworking??

[Steve King]

As David pointed out below, the SBA rep at GCUC said they had funded 
several coworking spaces.  Having said that, keep in mind the SBA provides 
loan guarentees and the actual loan comes from an SBA approved lender. It's 
quite possible the lender involved is not willing to lend to a coworking 
facility.
 
We've also found in the past that many SBA lenders are very confused about 
SBA lending rules, which are complex. Because of this confusion there is a 
lot of misinformation about SBA lending in the marketplace. 
 
I've reached out to the SBA for clarification.  I will update the group 
when I hear back.
 
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[Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

[Steve King]

This is another sign coworking is growing up.  
 
Very early adopters tend to be very forgiving customers who don't complain 
much. They're just happy to have access to the new product or service. 
Because the product/service is new and customers are so happy, press at 
this industry stage tends to be uniformly positive.  
 
But as the market expands beyond this pioneering group to a broader market, 
expectations are higher and customer satisfaction is harder to achieve. And 
if they aren't satisfied, they are more likely to complain.  
 
The press at this stage, while still positive overall, tends to get mixed.  
This is driven in part by customer complaints, but also by 
reporters/editors looking for new angles to write about.  
 
Although still a nascent industry, coworking has moved past the pioneer 
stage and is starting to reach a broader market.  With this growth comes 
higher customer expectations and requirements.  This is good, but it also 
means the industry, on average, will have to raise its game to keep 
growing.  
 
It also means we should expect more negatively tilted articles.  
 
Having said all that, I found one part of the article very positive.  It 
said all the spaces were full or close to full.  This means a lot more 
people like their spaces than dislike them.
 

On Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:57:10 PM UTC-7, FreedomOfWork wrote:

 Looking at it in a positive way, all co-working space operator must stay 
 clear from the issues described in the article. After all, anyone who 
 choose to use the co-working facility are really there to get their works 
 done economically!  Being focus on the real need of your campers/members 
 will ensure the continue prosper of your space!

 Startups Are Getting Sick Of NYC's Dirty, Overcrowded Coworking Spaces
 http://www.businessinsider.com/startups-are-getting-sick-of-nycs-dirty-overcrowded-coworking-spaces-2013-3


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[Coworking] Re: Looking for data on the growth of independent work

[Steve King]

Alex and Julianne:  Thanks for referencing our work.
 
Sam: Interesting topic.  I'd be happy to discuss this with you.  Historical 
data on independent work is more than a bit messy, but I can take through 
the various govt. and other sources.
 
Send me an email (sk...@emergentresearch.com) and we can set up a time to 
talk.
 
Steve
On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:12:44 PM UTC-8, Sam wrote:

 Greetings folks!

 I'm currently working on a paper analyzing the historical trend of 
 adolescents' view of work. I'm hypothesizing that the growth in independent 
 work we've all experienced as coworking owners/enthusiasts should be 
 visible in the historical data of adolescents I have access to. I'm working 
 hard digging through an extensive data set of 20 years of adolescent 
 attitudes on a myriad of variables but the other component I need 
 assistance with is locating the data that shows there indeed has been a 
 growth in independent workers (particularly in the U.S.). I've got data on 
 nonemployee businesses from the US census but I was wondering if anybody 
 could point me in another direction. What data have you used in your 
 business pitches/proposals/etc?

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[Coworking] Re: Launching 'Hire' as a gig portal for coworking members.

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The single biggest business issue facing independent workers and micro 
businesses (less than 5 employees) is demand generation.  Because of this, 
we've long thought acting as a talent agency of some sort makes a lot of 
sense for coworking spaces.  We're looking forward to following your 
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[Coworking] Re: Regus doth protest too much, me thinks...

[Steve King]

One of the first forms of coworking may have been the chambers used 
by English barristers, a system that started in the 13th century and still 
exists today.  According to Wikipedia:
 

Barristers are not employed in a law firm but associate fraternally with 
each other, sharing the burden of costs, in a set of chambers. They are 
legally considered to be self-employed.

Some of the guild systems also look a fair amount like coworking.  They 
started around the 13th century in Europe, but similar groups were common 
in China at least as far back as 200 BC.  
Cavemen probably coworded too.  It's human nature to work together.

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[Coworking] Clark Kent Goes Freelance

[Steve King]

In the latest issue of the Superman comic Kent quits his job to become a 
freelance 
bloggerhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/10/24/showbiz/superman-quits-job/index.html. 
 The focus of most of the coverage of this event is on the decline of the 
news media.

But I find it interesting he's decided to become a freelancer.  Comic books 
have always been good about reflecting the mood of the public. I see Kent's 
move as showing the broader dissatisfaction with traditional employment and 
the appeal of the control and flexibility of being self-employed.  

After all, if anyone needs work flexibility it's Kent, who often has to run 
off and save the world. It's also hard to stand up for truth, justice and 
the American way if you think, as Kent does, your company is unethical and 
your boss is a complete jerk.

This is a clear signal that becoming self-employed has become of age.  I 
think it's highly likely Kent will do much better work wise than that other 
freelancing superhero, Spiderman.  Poor Peter Parker has always been a hard 
luck character, and his job as a freelancer was in part meant to highlight 
his lack of personal success.  

But times have changed in the many years since Parker started freelancing. 
And as Superman's move shows, freelancing is now an attractive work option.

Hopefully Kent will work out of one of the many coworking spaces that no 
doubt exist in Metropolis.

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[Coworking] When Success is Born Out of Serendipity - HBR article

[Steve King]

When Success is Born Out of Serendipity can be found 
herehttp://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/when_success_is_born_out_of_serendipity.html.
 
 It's written by the author of The Medici 
Effecthttp://www.amazon.com/Medici-Effect-Elephants-Epidemics-Innovation/dp/1422102823,
 
a pretty good book on the role of diverse viewpoints in innovation.  

Also on HBR is Never Say No to 
Networkinghttp://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/the_serendipitous_entrepreneur.html,
 
which is about creating serendipitous collisions.  

This whole networking/ collisions/ weak ties/ serendipity meme is really 
getting a lot of attention these days. 

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[Coworking] Serendipity, Weak Ties and Collisions

[Steve King]

The Startup Revolution Starts With 
Youhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/kauffman/2012/10/09/the-startup-revolution-starts-with-you/is
 an interesting article that sort of reviews a new book - Startup 
Communitieshttp://www.amazon.com/Startup-Communities-Building-Entrepreneurial-Ecosystem/dp/1118441540-
  by VC Brad Feld. It talks about the importance of 3 key things in the 
creation of a startup community (which he defines as a geographic area like 
a city, not a coworking community):
*
*
1. Collisions* -* those amazing, productive times when people who don't 
run in the same circles meet and connect. * *
*
*
2. Mobility - which greatly increases the number of collisions.

3. Density - meaning the more folks there are, the more likely they are to 
have collisions.

These are new/different terms for things that have been often pointed out 
in the past.  Collisions are, of course, a lot like the way serendipity is 
used in the coworking world.  And all of these are based on weak tie 
connections.  

This book and article are another example of the growing number of sources 
talking about the importance of place.  The New Geography of Jobs 
http://www.amazon.com/New-Geography-Jobs-Enrico-Moretti/dp/0547750110/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1349979468sr=1-1keywords=new+geography+of+jobsis
 
another example, and well worth reading.  

This is just an FYI because I think these sources provide good information 
on why coworking communities are good for business:).

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[Coworking] What Grownups Want From Coworking

[Steve King]

Every so often we come across a study that really makes us jealous because 
we wish we had done it:).  What Grownups Want From 
Coworkinghttp://www.serendipitylabs.com/what-grownups-want-from-coworking/, 
from Serendipity Labs, describes the results of really cool study of 
corporate workers.  It covers what these folks look for in workspaces.  The 
key findings are:

The research indicates corporate knowledge workers rank the top needs as 
follows:

   1. Spacious, clean design, natural light
   2. Location close to home, but not at home
   3. Quiet spaces, confidentiality, ability to focus
   4. Reliability of technology and services
   5. IT security, material and personal safety
   6. Flexible, inspiring , collaborative spaces
   7. Accessibility to transportation  amenities
   8. Social interaction, community, networking

No great surprises but they used a very clever research approach.  They 
recruited 
150 corporate workers and for two months they had them load photos of their 
ideal workspaces into an online forum and engaged them in an ongoing online 
dialogue about their workplace needs.  

I hoping to get more details on the study.  I'm sure there were a lot of 
interesting insights beyond those in the article.

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[Coworking] A New Journal on Work Place

[Steve King]

Work  Place is a new journal 
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=otherpnum=refresh=7Cy01n6FK41rEID=d2bdf86e-720e-449f-8e87-fdfbaa02ec3bskip=on,
 
well, work and place.  I just finished reading the first issue and was very 
impressed.  In particular I liked the article Musings on Knowledge Work 
and Place and Listen UP, 10,000 People Have Told You What They Think of 
Their Current Workplace which covers the results of a very large, 
ambitious and ongoing survey of office workers.

I'm definitely adding Work  Place to my regular reading list. 



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[Coworking] Re: Global Workspace Association

[Steve King]

I was at the Global Workspace Association Annual Conference two weeks ago 
in Baltimore.  It was quite good.  I wrote a blog post on what I felt were 
the key learnings.  It's at:  
http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2012/09/learnings-from-the-global-workspace-association-conference.html
 

The coworking world was represented with Nextspace, Workbar and a few 
others attending.

I was very impressed with the group and the level of interaction.  A lot of 
smart folks were in the room.  And a lot of the business centers are doing 
interesting things.  

Steve

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[Coworking] Re: State of Independence Report Released - Profile of US freelancers, etc.

[Steve King]

For those who want to see the 2011 State of Independence report, click 
herehttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/docs/MBO-Partners-Independent-Workforce-Index-2011.pdf.
 
 The 2012 data is mostly consistent with 2011, which is good.  Labor 
markets don't tend to significantly shift from year to year unless there is 
a major event like a recession or strong recovery.  Because the data is 
consistent, we are much more confident about our results.

The major differences between 2011 and 2012 are:

   - independent worker satisfaction went up.
   - independent worker views of the challenges and obstacles they face 
   declined
   - The % of independent workers who say they are more secure being 
   independent than having a traditional job increased to 39% in 2012 versus 
   30% in 2011.
   - The percent of independent workers who said they would seek a 
   traditional job decreased from 19% to 12%.

I think the improving economy is one reason for these numbers.  I also 
think traditional employment continues to lose its attractiveness due to 
benefit cuts, a lack of job security, longer hours, etc.  

I think it's important to note that not everyone is happy being 
independent.  Based on our reading of the entire set of study results, we 
think about 25% of independent workers are quite unhappy and would much 
prefer a traditional job.  We think another 25% is on the fence and the 
other 50% are quite happy.  

They key factors around whether or not someone is happy being independent 
are whether or not they chose independence, their income and their attitude 
towards the challenges.  Folks that didn't choose to be independent due to 
job loss, inability to find a traditional job, etc. tend to be less 
satisfied.  The same goes for folks in the bottom 25% of earnings and folks 
who rate the challenges (lack of predictable income, lack of benefits, 
etc.) as significant.  

The bottom line is independent work is great for those with the right 
skills and abilities looking for career control, freedom and flexibility. 
 For others, it's less attractive.

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[Coworking] State of Independence Report Released - Profile of US freelancers, etc.

[Steve King]

We just released the 2012 MBO Partners State of 
Independenchttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/docs/2012-MBO_Partners_State_of_Independence_Report.pdfe
 
report.  This study profiles US independent workers (freelancers, temps, 
etc.).  Our firm, Emergent Research, worked with MBO Partners on this study.

Key findings that I think will be of interest to this group include:


   - We estimate there are 16.9 million independent workers in the US
   - About 40% of these folks list home as their primary workplace
   - 1.7% of the respondents said they had or were working in a coworking 
   space. 
   - The median income for independent workers is $51,000
   - 2.2 million independent workers earn more than $100,000 
   - About 50% of the $100k+ club list home as their primary place of work


A couple of comments.  For the purposes of this study one of the criteria 
for being included as an independent worker was working at least 15 hours 
per week.  In other words, we don't include most part-time independents. 
 If we included all the part-timers, the number of US independent workers 
would be in the 34 million range.  

As I mentioned on this group a couple of months ago, this was the first 
time we've seen coworking blip on a statistically representative, national 
survey.  The 1.7% overstates the number of folks who work at coworking 
facilities, which is a common survey outcome for a hot topic like 
coworking.  But we do think this is an excellent sign and shows that 
awareness of coworking by independent workers is growing.  

The number of independents working from home is consistent with our 2011 
survey and consistent with other surveys.  

Please see the report for more details - there's a lot in there.  Also, 
please let me know if you have any questions.

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

[Steve King]

Will:  We're still estimating this year's number, but it will be a bit 
higher than last year's 16 million.  But if 1.7% of the 16 million worked 
at a coworking space, the total number of U.S. independent workers who work 
at a coworking facility would be around 272,000.  

This is a lot relative to the likely number of folks who really do work at 
coworking facilities.  If, for example, there are 800 office coworking 
spaces in the U.S. with an average of 60 members, the total would be 
roughly 48,000.  This would, of course, include people who work for small 
and big businesses.  

Of course all of this depends on the definition of coworking - both ours 
and the definition used by the folks who took the survey.  

These numbers are why we shouldn't read too much into the 1.7% number.  But 
since it's the first time I know of that coworking has blipped on a 
national, statistically representative survey of independent workers it's 
still exciting.  It shows that coworking is gaining awareness and mind 
share with a key market segment.  

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

[Steve King]

Will:  We were concerned about this.  To try and get around this, our 
coworking option for our where do you work question was:

In a coworking facility or some other membership-based collaborative 
workspace.

Based on our question testing this more or less eliminated respondents from 
thinking we are asking about working with other people on a project. 
 However, this phrasing may have increased the false positives from folks 
prone to answer positively about things they think are cool or hot.  

The crafting of questions is always the toughest part of any survey - 
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[Coworking] Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

[Steve King]

Just got the raw data back from a national survey of independent workers 
(freelancers, consultants, temps, etc.).  2% (actually 1.7%) of the 
respondents reported they worked in coworking facilities on a regular 
basis.  

We've been asking about coworking facility use in our national surveys for 
the last 2 years or so.  This is the first time we got enough positive 
responses to consider the number to be statistically greater than 0 (it's 
just barely this time:)).  

It's likely many of these were false positives - people who said they 
worked in coworking facilities but really don't.  False survey positives 
are common when a new trend is getting a lot of attention in the press.  

But from our perspective this is still exciting news (and yes, we're easily 
excited).  It's another strong signal that coworking is at a growth 
inflection point.

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

[Steve King]

We will be releasing a report on this, probably in early september

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:16:11 AM UTC-7, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:

 Awesome Steve! Will you be publishing more of the information publicly in 
 the near future?


 On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Steve King sk...@emergentresearch.comwrote:

 Just got the raw data back from a national survey of independent workers 
 (freelancers, consultants, temps, etc.).  2% (actually 1.7%) of the 
 respondents reported they worked in coworking facilities on a regular 
 basis.  

 We've been asking about coworking facility use in our national surveys 
 for the last 2 years or so.  This is the first time we got enough positive 
 responses to consider the number to be statistically greater than 0 (it's 
 just barely this time:)).  

 It's likely many of these were false positives - people who said they 
 worked in coworking facilities but really don't.  False survey positives 
 are common when a new trend is getting a lot of attention in the press.  

 But from our perspective this is still exciting news (and yes, we're 
 easily excited).  It's another strong signal that coworking is at a growth 
 inflection point.

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[Coworking] Flurry of Coliving articles - Is this starting to gain traction?

[Steve King]

I've noticed an uptick in the number of articles related to coliving - 
combining housing and work spaces.  The two most recent I've seen are 
Shareable's Coliving Reinvents the Commune for the Network 
Agehttp://www.shareable.net/blog/hacking-home-coliving-reinvents-communal-living-for-a-networked-generation?goback=%2Egde_4384240_member_126814935
 and 
New Housing Caters to Gen Y Techie 
Lifestylehttp://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2012/06/22/new-housing-caters-to-gen-y-techie.html?ana=twtpage=all
 

Do you know of other examples?  I'm curious if this idea is starting to 
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[Coworking] Re: My monthly newsletter

[Steve King]

I liked the newsletter.  I think your focus on info on entrepreneurship in 
small towns is a great idea.  There isn't as much on this topic as there 
should be.  After Beck McCray and her Small Biz Survival blog, quality 
information on this topic tends to thin.  

Steve

On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:23:40 AM UTC-7, Niki wrote:

 Hey everyone. Hope you're all having a wonderful, productive and 
 successful Wednesday. I would love for you to take a look at my monthly 
 newsletter and tell me what you think.Office to 
 Officehttp://issuu.com/nancybecher/docs/microsoft_word_-_april_news

 I am always looking for people to add content to this publication and my 
 dream is for it to eventually become a large magazine. So, anyone want to 
 share articles (and credit), send me some content for the next one!

 Thanks, Niki
 Business Success Unlimited
 Helping businesses connect, collaborate, SUCCEED
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[Coworking] Re: Stories of Coworking

[Steve King]

Susan:

I think the NPR story is in part a function of the amount of press 
coworking has been getting.  As a topic gets more coverage (and coworking's 
gotten a lot of coverage over the last 6 months), reporters and editors 
start to look for new angles and hooks to cover.  This is due to 
reporters/editors not wanting to just write me too stories.  They also 
tend to write more about the negatives, or at least things that could be 
perceived as negative.  This is especially true for the national media 
outlets like NPR (the local media are usually pretty happy with local 
angles).

Because of this, the best story ideas will be something new - or at least 
new to those with limited knowledge of coworking.  A few areas I think are 
pretty topical and potentially interesting to reporters right now include 
positive examples of:  big companies using coworking (despite recent spurt 
of stories, still fairly fresh), startups using coworking (anything related 
to startups is pretty hot right now), women and coworking, other 
traditionally under served groups and coworking, foreign companies using 
coworking as a US base of operations, US companies using overseas coworking 
facilities as a base of operations.

I also think good stories about the positive impact of coworkers 
collaborating, as Will mentioned, are very powerful and will find interest 
with the media.  

I'm sure there are many, many more examples of new angles you and the 
others in this group could come up with.  

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[Coworking] Re: 42Floors Coworking

[Steve King]

Interesting company and another example of growing VC interest in the 
space.  They've got a solid group of investors - Andresson Horowitz and 
some well known Angels.  They are well worth watching and it will be 
interesting to see how serious they are about coworking and shared spaces.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:58:12 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote:

 There's a new startup for commercial real estate finding that's currently 
 only limited to the bay area but aspires, as all internet startups do, for 
 world domination. 

 http://42floors.com

 One interesting thing of note: they let you filter listings based on 
 leases, shared office, and *coworking*. 

 I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more of this in commercial 
 real estate listing tools as time goes on. I'm curious if/how 42floors is 
 differentiating between shared offices and coworking spaces: my guess is a 
 shared office would be a company who has a lease and more space than they 
 need. 

 That said, there's no need to freak out. If you're running a coworking 
 space, the things that differentiate you have never been more important 
 than they are now, and is only going to get more important as time goes on. 
 :)

 -Alex

 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia
  

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[Coworking] Forbes on Industrial Coworking Crowdfunding

[Steve King]

Good article in Forbes on how small manufacturers and Makers are using 
crowdfunding and 
coworkinghttp://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/03/23/metal-fabricator-and-small-urban-manufacturer-makes-outdoor-backpacking-gear/.
 
 More good examples of coworking moving beyond offices.

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[Coworking] The Relationship School - Coworking for Education?

[Steve King]

Interesting Op-Ed in the NY Times on The New American Academy ( 
http://thenewamericanacademy.org/), a school in Brooklyn that mostly serves 
poor kids.  
It sounds very much like coworking for education.  The article is at:  
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/opinion/brooks-the-relationship-school.html?ref=opinion

This is a very interesting experiment in a field that desperately needs 
updating.  It will be interesting to see how it goes.

BTW, the pictures on the New American Academy site are well worth looking 
at.

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