Re: [Coworking] Legal Services

[Brian Burgett]

I would suggest you find a local attorney to review your membership
agreement. My real estate attorney put together my LLC and reviewed the
lease and membership agreement. Spending a couple hundred dollars to review
documents is cheaper than $480 year on a service. It's also nice to have an
attorney to make a quick call if you have any questions. He doesn't charge
me for those.



*Brian Burgett*

513-609-4777

www.QueenCityCoworking.com <https://www.queencitycoworking.com/en>


On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:01 PM  wrote:

> We are looking for a lawyer to review our membership agreements which
> we’ve cobbled together from other spaces. Has anybody used the Legal Shield
> services? They are a large group of Lawyers that you pay about $40 a month
> for. Also thought it would also be a nice offering for our members if they
> are any good
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Want to start up...should I buy or lease a co-working space?

[Brian Burgett]

Hi Kia,

You are in the perfect position to do a "House Hack". You will need a
commercial loan.
You find a commercial property with space downstairs and three to four
apartments upstairs. You live in one and rent the others out to help pay
the mortgage. You may be able to cover the entire mortgage if the local
rents are strong. It is a great strategy if it can fit your current
lifestyle.
If you don't want tenants you could buy a large house that has been
converted to commercial (former law office, real estate office, insurance
office, etc...) I am not sure about New England, but in Ohio we have these
on Main Street in every town and city. Many of these already have living
quarters upstairs.



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On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:45 AM INSTASQUARES Office spaces <
instasqua...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi kia,
> According to me its better to lease an existing venue and rent it out why
> because the business operations are already going on in the existing venue,
> so its not a complicated task to manage.
>
> Regards,
> Instasquares <https://www.instasquares.in>.
>
> On Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 3:56:05 AM UTC+5:30, Kia Moore wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am thinking about starting a co-working space in New England (USA) and
>> I was wondering if it is better to buy a building or lease an existing
>> building. I am also looking to buy a house right now and was wondering if I
>> could roll a co-working space and house into the same property somehow, but
>> zoning and codes seem complicated. So I guess I am wondering - is it better
>> to get a business loan and buy a commercial space or is it better to find
>> an existing venue and rent? How have others managed to finance their
>> property? I would love your feedback as I try to get started!
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>> Kia
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Policy document - willing to share

[Brian Burgett]

Hi Garrett,

That is great information! I will borrow some of it.  :)


Thanks!!!





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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 7:45 AM, Garrett Tichy 
wrote:

> Hey Jill, I run Hygge Coworking in Charlotte, NC. https://wearehygge.com.
>
> I've uploaded mine here for people to use as they see fit.
>
> https://mugs.gripe/2018/05/17/009-example-coworking-guidelines-template/
>
> On Monday, August 27, 2018 at 5:03:34 PM UTC-4, Jill Stauffer wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>> Opening a new space that will be co working and 8 artist studios,
>> conference rooms and a community room.  Anyone willing to share a copy of
>> their policies?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Jill
>> Provincetown Commons
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[Coworking] Credit Card Processors and Gateways

[brian]

I am using Nexudus and will be collecting all membership fees via online 
processing. I understand I need a gateway and a credit card processor. My 
bank wants to do it all :) Of course they do. They say they match all 
prices and my deposits will be available in 24 hours. Is this standard or 
an extra benefit? 

My bank would prefer to use Authorize.net as the gateway. Can I do better? 
Nexudus integrates with most processors.

How do you handle your processing?

I would like to figure this out upfront instead of having to correct it 
later.

Thanks for your response!

Brian Burgett
Queen City Coworking






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Re: [Coworking] Re: Mailboxes

[Brian Burgett]

For $5 month you can get a Google G Suite account.

It includes the entire google suite of cloud software, 30 gigs of storage,
and a gmail account that allows you to create custom emails from your
domain.

You can have u...@opencoworking.org, s...@opencoworking.org,
sa...@opencoworking.org. Create as many as you like.

It was the easiest I could find, plus it is a gmail account.






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> Hello, how I can receive email like u...@opencoworking.org ? Thank you.
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Mail for your members

[Brian Burgett]

Good info guys.

What do you think about a *paid* service that will include texting a
picture of only first class mail and packages? Most people will be looking
for checks and important documents.

I will have everyone's name in my phone in alphabetical order anyway.

How much time could that take? ...(He says cringing.)


Thanks!

Brian Burgett


On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Jerome Chang 
wrote:

> FYI, from my experience, there’s a psychology of the customers that can
> tip the scale for the business decision on how to manage mail. Issue:
> - If you provide mail notification to presumably everyone, you open the
> door to committing to process 100% of the mail to 100% of your members.
> - If you have members pay more to get notified, then you limit the amount
> of work to process mail, outside of just sorting it (my recommendation).
>
> That said, how many or what % would pay to be notified? We’ve learned from
> managing literally 100’s of mail recipients at a time, that it’s faster and
> simpler for us to manually notify people thru email:
> “You’ve received mail from
> ABC
> XYZ
> Etc.”
> Done. No other tech required.
> Why? There’s really only a handful (anecdotally ~10%) of our members who
> get mail regularly enough or urgently enough to require weekly, let alone
> daily, notifications.
>
> *JEROME CHANG*
>
> *talk to us: (323) 330-9505chat w/ us: http://www.BLANKSPACES.com/chat
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> St (@Broadway)CENTRAL: Culver City | 9415 Culver Blvd
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>  (@Main St)EAST: DTLA | 529 S. Broadway, Ste 400
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> (b/w Lake and Los Robles)SOUTH: Long Beach | 309 Pine Ave (@Broadway) -
> opening summer 2018*
>
> On Jun 19, 2018, at 9:31 AM, Alex Hillman 
> wrote:
>
> I'm also very interested in an app that helps us notify/remind our members
> when they get mail. Our biggest problem is people not knowing (or knowing
> and then forgetting) that they have mail or packages to pick up.
>
> I've tried the other mailroom management apps for coworking spaces and
> apartment buildings and they're either buggy, expensive, or both!
>
> My "dream" app would be very simple:
>
> 1 - take a photo of the label and OCR the name/address.
> 2 - attempt to match the name to a name on our membership roster.
> 3 - if it's a direct match, fire off an email with the photo attached. If
> there are multiple potential matches, let us pick the correct one and fire
> off the same kind of notice.
>
> Special bonus if there's a way for us to go back and tag items that
> haven't been picked up yet to send a reminder of some sort.
>
> OCR is the hardest part of the whole stack, so I'd be okay with manual
> entry if it's fast (minimal number of taps/clicks/steps to find *and*
> notify).
>
> IMO the person who builds this as an app and integrates it with multiple
> coworking platforms is going to make a ton of money, this is a very painful
> problem for a lot of spaces.
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>
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:47 AM Joshua Webb  wrote:
>
>> Customer data so no rekeying but also to have some record inside
>> Officernd about each notification so it can be seen there instead of just
>> in the app.
>>
>> Billing would be a good idea for excessive mail handling or forwarding
>> but not a deal breaker.
>>
>> My email is jos...@growthli.com
>>
>> Joshua Webb
>>
>> Founder at Growthli
>>
>> 844-455-GROW (4769)
>> Https://Growthli.com
>>
>> © Growthli |
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Santa+Monica+%7C+1450+2nd+St=gmail=g>
>> A Place To Learn, Grow, & Office™
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 8:59 AM  wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Josh,
>>>
>>> For sure i'll ping you an email! you can have a look and see if it's any
>>> use to you :)
>>>
>>> It could integrate into OfficeRnD via Zapier - we also use OfficeRnD but
>>> haven't found a need to integrate it just yet. Are you thinking for billing
>>> purposes or just adding the customer data?
>>>
>>> Uwe - thats cool I like that idea too!
>>>
>>> On Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 11:24:19 PM UTC+1, 

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Lease

[Brian Burgett]

Hi Joshua,

My next step is to create a great membership agreement.

What are the important points to cover?

Are there any coworking owners out there willing to share?


Thanks,

Brian Burgett

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Joshua Webb  wrote:

> First of all DONT sign leases with your office holders. This will make
> your life a living hell if ever have to remove someone for not paying. Make
> them sign a member agreement (it resembles your rights to like a hotel
> room) they get to use the space but the tenants rights remain with you.
>
> Ok to your question are you signing a lease where you pay from day 1? Or a
> percentage lease? If a percentage lease make sure there is a cap so your no
> sharing revenue to the moon and back.
>
> If not a percentage lease than you only need verbiage in your lease that
> states you have rights to make money in the space (standard) we added
> special addendums about our memberships and security access, amenities
> access to the rest of the building if any
>
> Joshua Webb
>
> Founder at Growthli
>
> 844-455-GROW (4769)
> Https://Growthli.com
>
> © Growthli | A Place To Learn, Grow, & Office™
> .
>
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 10:14 AM Wendy S.  wrote:
>
>> Hi Brian
>> if I may be so bold, sounds like you are not working with a commercial
>> real estate broker. They would be able to do the first phase of this
>> language for you in the negotiation as this is material to the business.
>> This can then be viewed by your attorney when it reaches the lease document
>> stage- a few dollars spent in advance on this saves you heartache (and
>> money) in the future. So, this may be for your next location - as you
>> expand! :-)
>>
>> I don't want to impinge on progress already made. You may already know
>> this. The broker gets paid by the landlord and works for you and protects
>> YOUR interests. The commission should already be "baked" into your rental
>> rate, so don't let the landlord hedge on the rental rate since a commission
>> would be due. It also creates a buffer for you - you stay on good terms
>> with the LL and your broker is the "bad cop". It may be a good time to ask
>> your LL if they've worked with brokers before. Not to nix the deal, just as
>> a reference point.
>>
>> If you are doing this on your own, great.
>>
>> Some language that may be useful:
>>
>> *Right to Assign/*
>>
>> *Sublease:*
>>
>> Tenant will have the right to assign and/or sublet to a subsidiary,
>> related or successor company without Landlord approval.  Tenant will also
>> have the right to assign and/or sublet to an unrelated company with
>> Landlord consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
>> Landlord will have 15 days from the time of notice to provide their
>> response to Tenant’s requested assignment and/or sublease consent.  Tenant
>> will retain all sublease profits (if any).
>>
>>
>> Hope all of this is helpful and best of luck
>> Wendy Spreenberg
>> SITE REsolutions, LLC
>> e) we...@siteresolve.com
>>
>> On Friday, June 8, 2018 at 7:23:05 PM UTC-5, Brian Burgett wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is such a great resource! Thank you!
>>>
>>> I am working on opening a coworking space in northern Cincy.
>>>
>>> I have been working hard on getting a great lease put together. I
>>> absolutely love the space. We are the landlords first coworking tenant.
>>> They are pretty excited about having us join. The problem is that they have
>>> a pretty standard lease and it includes a non-assignment clause. They agree
>>> it doesn't fit. It states they have to approve any sublease agreements (my
>>> attorney says it could apply to our type of business). It also states that
>>> any sublease rent we get over the lease amount goes to the landlord. The
>>> landlord has asked my attorney to come up with a better clause.
>>>
>>> Can any of you who have signed a lease for a coworking space share the
>>> terms you have laid out in your lease on this issue? I would think I need
>>> to include that I have sole discretion to sublease and assign. It may
>>> include a description of how we make money? Am I missing anything?
>>>
>>> Thank you all for the great conversations we have on this group!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Brian Burgett
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Lease

[Brian Burgett]

Hi Wendy,

Thanks for the input!

I am working with a broker. I have a great lease. I was just concerned
about putting the right language in for the sublease clause. My attorney
came up with some great language even though it is his first coworking
lease review. It is very similar to what you have provided, except we were
able to get them to agree to let me sublet without LL approval. Sublease
profits were also retained.

I am glad we were on the right track.

Thanks for taking the time to help!




Best regards,

Brian Burgett



On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Wendy S.  wrote:

> Hi Brian
> if I may be so bold, sounds like you are not working with a commercial
> real estate broker. They would be able to do the first phase of this
> language for you in the negotiation as this is material to the business.
> This can then be viewed by your attorney when it reaches the lease document
> stage- a few dollars spent in advance on this saves you heartache (and
> money) in the future. So, this may be for your next location - as you
> expand! :-)
>
> I don't want to impinge on progress already made. You may already know
> this. The broker gets paid by the landlord and works for you and protects
> YOUR interests. The commission should already be "baked" into your rental
> rate, so don't let the landlord hedge on the rental rate since a commission
> would be due. It also creates a buffer for you - you stay on good terms
> with the LL and your broker is the "bad cop". It may be a good time to ask
> your LL if they've worked with brokers before. Not to nix the deal, just as
> a reference point.
>
> If you are doing this on your own, great.
>
> Some language that may be useful:
>
> *Right to Assign/*
>
> *Sublease:*
>
> Tenant will have the right to assign and/or sublet to a subsidiary,
> related or successor company without Landlord approval.  Tenant will also
> have the right to assign and/or sublet to an unrelated company with
> Landlord consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
> Landlord will have 15 days from the time of notice to provide their
> response to Tenant’s requested assignment and/or sublease consent.  Tenant
> will retain all sublease profits (if any).
>
>
> Hope all of this is helpful and best of luck
> Wendy Spreenberg
> SITE REsolutions, LLC
> e) we...@siteresolve.com
>
> On Friday, June 8, 2018 at 7:23:05 PM UTC-5, Brian Burgett wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is such a great resource! Thank you!
>>
>> I am working on opening a coworking space in northern Cincy.
>>
>> I have been working hard on getting a great lease put together. I
>> absolutely love the space. We are the landlords first coworking tenant.
>> They are pretty excited about having us join. The problem is that they have
>> a pretty standard lease and it includes a non-assignment clause. They agree
>> it doesn't fit. It states they have to approve any sublease agreements (my
>> attorney says it could apply to our type of business). It also states that
>> any sublease rent we get over the lease amount goes to the landlord. The
>> landlord has asked my attorney to come up with a better clause.
>>
>> Can any of you who have signed a lease for a coworking space share the
>> terms you have laid out in your lease on this issue? I would think I need
>> to include that I have sole discretion to sublease and assign. It may
>> include a description of how we make money? Am I missing anything?
>>
>> Thank you all for the great conversations we have on this group!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Brian Burgett
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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[Coworking] Coworking Lease

[Brian Burgett]

Hi all,

This is such a great resource! Thank you!

I am working on opening a coworking space in northern Cincy.

I have been working hard on getting a great lease put together. I
absolutely love the space. We are the landlords first coworking tenant.
They are pretty excited about having us join. The problem is that they have
a pretty standard lease and it includes a non-assignment clause. They agree
it doesn't fit. It states they have to approve any sublease agreements (my
attorney says it could apply to our type of business). It also states that
any sublease rent we get over the lease amount goes to the landlord. The
landlord has asked my attorney to come up with a better clause.

Can any of you who have signed a lease for a coworking space share the
terms you have laid out in your lease on this issue? I would think I need
to include that I have sole discretion to sublease and assign. It may
include a description of how we make money? Am I missing anything?

Thank you all for the great conversations we have on this group!



Best regards,

Brian Burgett







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[Coworking] Re: Router Advice

[Brian Jones]

Look at Ubiquiti , specifically Unifi equipment they make. Very cost 
effective Commercial grade equipment. The AC Pro Access Points work great. 

On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7:50:58 PM UTC-5, Kevin Haggerty wrote:
>
> Cowork Gloucester VA opens the doors officially on November 1st!
>
> We just had the Internet installed today, and now we need a router that 
> will do the trick.
>
> I know we will eventually need access points (and I've been reading up on 
> that in this forum), but starting off, we don't much of a budget to work 
> with, and we don't have enough members to really justify a robust setup.
>
> For right now, we will have everyone in one floor (which is roughly 
> 1000-1200sqft), with two private offices, a conference room, and a shared 
> lounge/coworking area.
>
> I don't anticipate there being a ton of bandwidth used, and right now, 
> there are only 5 members (plus several others who will be popping in part 
> time).
>
> Can anyone make a suggestion for a router that can handle this kind of 
> traffic? We can upgrade later when the traffic justifies doing so. We just 
> need something for getting started that does a good job but isn't too 
> costly.
>
> Thanks!
>
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[Coworking] Hot Desks

[Brian Fisher]

Simple survey, what what should a hot desk go for versus a standard 
membership?

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

[Brian Fisher]

This is great Tom! I know as we grow in the future this will be invaluable 
for our team to resolve and handle issues!

Thank you!

On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 11:04:19 AM UTC-7, Tom Lewis wrote:
>
> Yeah and it means they can bitch at me about leaving stuff unfinished 
> despite me being the boss!
>
> On Thursday, 21 July 2016 18:58:26 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:
>>
>> ...which I created as a blame free space for any of my team to share 
>>> issues/ideas/gripes- whatever we put in there no one else is allowed to 
>>> take personally.  
>>
>>
>> This is genius - while I try (and won't stop working) to make this our 
>> *default* on the day to day basis, it never occurred to me to create a 
>> designated "home" for it. 
>>
>> Love it. 
>>  
>>
>>
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>> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
>> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Tom Lewis <t...@coworkinc.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Our operating manual is on our Podio system.  Here's a screenshot 
>>> http://screencast.com/t/jaC8rqu9s
>>>
>>> Here's a specific process http://screencast.com/t/qvQ2GXdxp - note that 
>>> every item on Podio has a chat next to it, which means we can discuss any 
>>> item as we go, or any member of the team can seek clarification
>>>
>>> If you look at the icons at the top (ie these 
>>> http://screencast.com/t/fIBi2tb98V ) you'll see that we've got similar 
>>> items for processes and stuff like fixed assets too (see 
>>> http://screencast.com/t/L52YHhGm )
>>>
>>> One of the most useful apps/items on there is 'thoughts', which I 
>>> created as a blame free space for any of my team to share 
>>> issues/ideas/gripes- whatever we put in there no one else is allowed to 
>>> take personally.  It's really useful, and tends to drive change, as 
>>> thoughts become projects, and projects get ratified at Town Hall.  Podio 
>>> can handle the journey for these thoughts throughout these stages, even 
>>> spitting out an agenda for Town Hall based on all the thoughts, and a list 
>>> of outstanding issues which I discuss with my team every Friday.  Here's 
>>> some thoughts from the system http://screencast.com/t/TPtegrByp and one 
>>> specific thought http://screencast.com/t/cxIVKGHb 
>>>
>>> This is all back office, but we have a similar setup for our 
>>> member-facing part of Podio, and indeed the way Podio works is that we can 
>>> share stuff from back to front or vice versa (the latter being useful for 
>>> when a member reports a problem and it's logged in the back office part of 
>>> the system)
>>>
>>> And if that's not enough, here's a picture of a cat in a flowerpot 
>>> http://screencast.com/t/8T0Dg9lU5G1
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:17:04 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Totally :) glad this resonates. 
>>>>
>>>> One thing to keep in mind - we go out of our way to apply these same 
>>>> guidelines to our internal, back-office processes too. 
>>>>
>>>> I see a lot of places burn through lots of "community management" staff 
>>>> because they just hire cogs to run their SOPs, but the net result is that 
>>>> those people have very little actual buy-in for making the place better, 
>>>> or 
>>>> making the processes better. 
>>>>
>>>> Our hiring promise is: you help make Indy Hall better, Indy Hall will 
>>>> help make you better. 
>>>>
>>>> So don't forget to include your staff in that sense of ownership I'm 
>>>> always talking about for community building. When I'm hiring, a big part 
>>>> of 
>>>> what I'm looking for is someone who wants to look for ways to *improve* 
>>>> the space, the community, and our processes, not just keep things the way 
>>>> they are. 
>>>>
>>>> -Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
>>>> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
>>>> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Brian Fisher <fisher...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>&g

[Coworking] Re: Do we need to be friends with all of our coworkers?

[Brian Fisher]

You can't force it. People will gravitate towards each other. The community 
will develop it's own personality and norms. Forcing the issue will push 
members away. Some people may just be happy workings with their headphones 
on. The problem with forcing it will also give the appearance of 
favoritism.. 

My partner and I already now many of our members from years of community 
involvement and some we are already friends with. We are keenly aware of 
this and keeping it in check

But the community as a whole will dictate things.

On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 1:17:03 PM UTC-7, Vaibhav N wrote:
>
> Hey Group,
>
> We have just started our community of coworkers and we get great energy 
> from all of them working here. My end endeavor is that people collaborate 
> and build lasting friendships too from here. 
> It seems that coworkers are usually shy and in the end its me and myself 
> who has to strike a conversation with everyone of them separately and then 
> I try to wiggle some other coworker to jump in too. I am an introvert and 
> talking up with a new person isn't really my thing!! I always ask myself, 
> do I need to start a conversation everytime to make the coworkers talk to 
> each other? Why can't they just 'friendly' it up themselves? Do I need to 
> be the middle guy introducing them to each other everytime?  What can I do 
> to make the place more valuable as a community so that there are actual 
> collaborative work happening from our space?
>
> Vaibhav N
> NQube Inc.
> New Delhi, India
>

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

[Brian Fisher]

Alex

This is great info! Thank you for sharing. This is more in tune with what I 
am thinking. The SOP was more for behind the scenes items. NOT for the 
community and interacting with members. The SOP as far as members will how 
to enroll new members or dis-enroll, administrative stuff.

I know we will have some "ground rules" for the community. But the things 
will organically develop as far as handling things that come up in the 
community. 

We are more geared towards your way of thinking.

On Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 8:50:40 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> This is something that we've slowly been getting better at, and we're 
> trying to stay thoughtful about it while we do it.  
>
> I don't have a problem with rules, I have a problem with creating an 
> environment that creates rule-following machines.* I see a LOT of 
> coworking spaces where staff and members alike are more worried about 
> following the rules than looking after each other. *
>
> So about 5 years ago, I started this by trying to write down the 
> fundamentals about how *I *make decisions, so that our community could 
> better understand why things work. The result has been live on our public 
> website <http://www.indyhall.org/purpose> for quite a while, broken down 
> into a sort of "plinko board" of actions that we always strive for, and 
> actions we try to avoid. It's sort of like a hybrid of a SOP and a living 
> breathing action-oriented version of our community values, documented:
>
> *We always:*
>
> ...help unlikely groups of likeminded people form relationships.
> ...focus on people and their interactions, and the formation of 
> relationships.
> ...help people tell the stories of the experiences they have in 
> Philadelphia.
> ...trust people to do the right thing.
> ...guide people to being good citizens of Indy Hall and of Philadelphia.
> ...support people in their goals of building businesses to last, in 
> Philadelphia and for Philadelphia.
>
> *We never:*
>
> ...do anything against our community’s interest.
> ...focus on desks or square footage.
> ...create something only because we think we’re supposed to.
> ...accept the status quo.
> ...accept a "no" at face value.
> ...compromise our core values.
> ...prioritize a transaction before a relationship.
>
> *Every day, we:*
>
> ...keep people at the center of every action, interaction, and decision.
> ...welcome new community members, and make it clear that Indy Hall is 
> theirs, not just ours.
> ...always look for a way to say yes.
> ...teach others in our immediate and neighboring communities how we 
> operate.
>
> I literally use these guidelines for decision making 100x a day, and it's 
> awesome to watch my team and even members use and reference this when 
> figuring out how to make things work. 
>
> A simpler version that we put on our welcome one-pagers, and include as a 
> major part of our tour, is to:
>
>- Look after yourself
>- Look after each other
>- Look after this place
>
> In all cases, we're SUPER careful in our language choice to make it clear, 
> before providing SOP documentation, that anything documented is meant to 
> help, but not constrain. Any "rule" is open to being adjusted, adapted, or 
> rewritten to help us better achieve our goals working together.
>
> I'm curious how others have found balance between SOP and handbook-style 
> documentation, and still allowing/encouraging people to "color outside of 
> the lines" and trusting people to do what's right? 
>
> -Alex
>
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Vaibhav N <cowor...@gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>
>> Hey Brian,
>>
>> We've been doing the same, except didn't term it as SOP, but rather 
>> created a FAQ Document where we had several questions about coworking and 
>> coworkers being answered. And keeping it on Google Docs make sense so that 
>> you can make edits and additions while on the go. You never know when the 
>> right idea might just pop and you would want to make that necessary 
>> addition to it on the phone or tab.
>>
>> Vaibhav N
>> NQube Inc.
>> New Delhi, India
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 11:26:01 PM UTC+5:30, Brian Fisher wrote:
>>>
>>> I am close to opening my new space and our investors are already looking 
>>> to the future! We are 90% pre-sold on dedicated offices (doors open August 
>>> 15). Anyways, I have been the operations manager 

[Coworking] Re: Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

[Brian Fisher]

Did you also create employee handbooks?

On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 12:56:01 PM UTC-5, Brian Fisher wrote:
>
> I am close to opening my new space and our investors are already looking 
> to the future! We are 90% pre-sold on dedicated offices (doors open August 
> 15). Anyways, I have been the operations manager for other businesses in 
> the past and have had to set up SOP manuals. Has anyone else done this? Are 
> these common in the coworking world? It would seem to make sense, 
> especially for larger spaces or multi-location spaces.
>
> Brian Fisher
> T-Werx Coworking
> Cedar Park, TX
>

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[Coworking] Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

[Brian Fisher]

I am close to opening my new space and our investors are already looking to 
the future! We are 90% pre-sold on dedicated offices (doors open August 
15). Anyways, I have been the operations manager for other businesses in 
the past and have had to set up SOP manuals. Has anyone else done this? Are 
these common in the coworking world? It would seem to make sense, 
especially for larger spaces or multi-location spaces.

Brian Fisher
T-Werx Coworking
Cedar Park, TX

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[Coworking] Terms of Memberships

[Brian Fisher]

Curious if anyone has suggestions on wording for a terms of membership 
agreement. In particular how to handle cancellations and/or evictions

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

[Brian Crotty]

Grammer correction in second line.
Should be "I don't think that makes us l*ess* robust!



On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 12:35:57 PM UTC+2, Brian Crotty wrote:
>
> Hello Lisa,
>
> Brian from Cobot here. We are the other primary alternative to Nexudus.
>
> And actually, exactly what you asked "simpler space management software" 
> is part of our core philosophy of Cobot, and one of the primary 
> differentiators between Nexudus and Cobot. I don't think that makes us more 
> robust.  We have been doing this for 7 years now and have at least 50,000 
> members logging into Cobot per month - the platform can handle a lot.  But 
> we put a distinct emphasis on quality over quantity.
>
> After all - the second point of our Cobot Manifesto 
> <http://blog.cobot.me/post/133124824427/the-cobot-manifesto> (based on 
> the Coworking Manfiesto <http://coworkingmanifesto.com/>) is
> *  Excellence over Versatility*
>
>
> That is where we put a lot of our energy - simplifying and streamlining 
> the process of running your space so that you almost can't help but do it 
> correctly. And you will find the quality of the experience in Cobot to be 
> top notch, field tested by spaces around the world.  We also just updated 
> our backend to be Mobile-Ready 
> <http://blog.cobot.me/post/143845867022/new-cobot-admin-design> and we 
> are updating the user experience to simplify it further as we speak (spring 
> cleaning to have a single UI after 7 years of building out the application)
>
> If you want to give it a shot, you can have a free 30 day trial: 
> https://www.cobot.me/space_users/new_space
> We are there with our support team (who also all help run spaces as our 
> second job <http://co-up.de/>) to help you with all the ins and outs of 
> getting started on Cobot.
>
> All the best!
> Brian and the Cobot Team
>
>
> On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 8:11:02 PM UTC+2, Lisa Reiner wrote:
>>
>> Great feedback on the many pros, and some cons of Nexudus.  Do folks have 
>> any suggestions for alternate, simpler (even if less robust) space 
>> management software?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Lisa
>>
>> 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://goog_1954297332>*
>>> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ <http://indiegrovejc.com/>*
>>>
>>

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

[Brian Crotty]

Hello Lisa,

Brian from Cobot here. We are the other primary alternative to Nexudus.

And actually, exactly what you asked "simpler space management software" is 
part of our core philosophy of Cobot, and one of the primary 
differentiators between Nexudus and Cobot. I don't think that makes us more 
robust.  We have been doing this for 7 years now and have at least 50,000 
members logging into Cobot per month - the platform can handle a lot.  But 
we put a distinct emphasis on quality over quantity.

After all - the second point of our Cobot Manifesto 
<http://blog.cobot.me/post/133124824427/the-cobot-manifesto> (based on the 
Coworking 
Manfiesto <http://coworkingmanifesto.com/>) is
*  Excellence over Versatility*


That is where we put a lot of our energy - simplifying and streamlining the 
process of running your space so that you almost can't help but do it 
correctly. And you will find the quality of the experience in Cobot to be 
top notch, field tested by spaces around the world.  We also just updated 
our backend to be Mobile-Ready 
<http://blog.cobot.me/post/143845867022/new-cobot-admin-design> and we are 
updating the user experience to simplify it further as we speak (spring 
cleaning to have a single UI after 7 years of building out the application)

If you want to give it a shot, you can have a free 30 day trial: 
https://www.cobot.me/space_users/new_space
We are there with our support team (who also all help run spaces as our 
second job <http://co-up.de/>) to help you with all the ins and outs of 
getting started on Cobot.

All the best!
Brian and the Cobot Team


On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 8:11:02 PM UTC+2, Lisa Reiner wrote:
>
> Great feedback on the many pros, and some cons of Nexudus.  Do folks have 
> any suggestions for alternate, simpler (even if less robust) space 
> management software?
>
> Thanks,
>   Lisa
>
> 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://goog_1954297332>*
>> *http://indiegrovejc.com/ <http://indiegrovejc.com/>*
>>
>

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[Coworking] Conference rooms

[Brian Fisher]

With our space we are going to have three different size of conference 
rooms. These will be able to be rented by the general public as well as 
members. We have separate Wi-Fi for the conference rooms (changed daily). 
Does anyone have a separate contract or agreement for conference rooms 
outside of their regular membership agreement? If so, what are some of the 
important things you have in it.

Thank you in advance!

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in smaller towns

[Brian Fisher]

Great question. I am in the process of opening a space in a city fo roughly 
63,000 that boarders with North end of Austin, TX (Austin is #18 as far as 
coworking spaces). There is one other small space in our city but his focus 
is slightly different. My partner and I have both been active in the 
community for a number of years both politically and with the Chamber of 
Commerce. Both of these helped us establish a strong base to build upon. I 
strongly recommend being involved with the Chamber of Commerce if you can.

On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10:41:36 AM UTC-5, Jessica Knapp wrote:
>
> Hey all, 
>
> I posted this is the GCUC group yesterday, so, sorry if you're seeing this 
> again! 
>
> Here's my question: Does anyone have experience opening a coworking space 
> in smaller towns with a much smaller population than urban centres? I would 
> appreciate any insights, stories, tricks or tips. I'm looking at a 
> population of about 130,000 with one small (ish) community college. 
>
> Thanks
> Jessica 
>

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

[Brian Crotty]

It isn't exactly your question - but I am with Cobot (the other main 
coworking software). 
We put our main emphasis on a streamlined experience that can't go wrong 
(we are known for the stability of our platform) and we are available until 
1-2PM PST for our US spaces.

But we also know Adrian at Nexudus well - you can't go wrong with them 
either!
Brian


On Friday, May 13, 2016 at 10:17:42 PM UTC+2, Lisa Reiner wrote:
>
> I took a look at your Nexudus based web at 
> http://startuphall.spaces.nexudus.com/.  Looks great!  I am working on 
> setting up a co-working space, and may use Nexudus.  A few questions:  Do 
> you find it easy to learn and use - is it user friendly?  Also, how 
> responsive is customer service, especially since they are based abroad, I 
> believe.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>   Lisa
>
> On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 4:02:11 PM UTC-5, Nathan Daum wrote:
>>
>> 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: How would you improve coworking software?

[Brian Crotty]

Taken to heart Angel.
Let me see what we can cook up...

On Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 2:18:11 AM UTC+2, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:
>
> Here's what I would do if I had the knowledge...
> In Cobot, I would add all these neat reminders and tasks like birthdays or 
> 2 week followups but it would be open and visible to ALL members so the 
> members could choose to do a task FOR ANOTHER MEMBER and check it off. 
>
> Angel
>
> On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 9:32:27 AM UTC-6, Rob Landry wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone, 
>>
>> For those of you who manage coworking spaces, I'm wondering - what would 
>> you like to see to improve coworking apps and  make them more useful to you 
>> and your members?
>>
>> I'm familiar with apps like Cobot and Coworkify, among others.
>>
>> I started a coworking space a few years ago and built an app that works 
>> as a CMS for the website, handles billing of members, and a public member 
>> directory, among a few other things.  The app is now used by a number of 
>> spaces.  I'm ready to refine it 
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rob
>> r...@pleinairinteractive.com
>>
>

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[Coworking] Re: How would you improve coworking software?

[Brian Crotty]

>
> We appear to be part of the momentary Zeitgeist.
>

Check out the most recent webinar from Coshare:
Creating Community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-OU9nHHPUs

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Re: [Coworking] How would you improve coworking software?

[Brian Crotty]

Hello Alex,

That makes a lot of sense.  And maybe I wasn't clear enough earlier - that 
is what our space experiences too, the automated matching has limited 
benefits, the meet-ups, the group lunches - those are the real serendipity.

Cobot also has a Zapier Integration 
<http://blog.cobot.me/post/141259162287/cobot-now-collaborates-with-500-applications>
 
(When a new member in Cobot signs up or cancels, you can trigger a bunch of 
other stuff to happen in other programs, reminders on the calendar, tasks 
on Trello, etc.) We have been using it in co-up primarily for exiting 
members, but that is a really good idea to give reminders to the space 
managers for all the "extras" that bring through the personal touch.

But I guess my only remaining question is, that is a way to make an 
individual feel welcomed, but how can a software help really integrate them 
into the community (or can it?).  I often think that the more we turn to 
technology for solutions, the more we realize that spending the human time 
together is the real key.  Which brings us right back to Cobot *giving more 
time!*

But we also plan to bring a social platform (facebook light) into Cobot in 
the near future.
Brian

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Re: [Coworking] How would you improve coworking software?

[Brian Crotty]

Hello Alex,

This was one of the topics that came up at our bi-annual Cobot 
 retreat too.  We have always had the tagline "*More Time 
for your Coworkers*" - because we feel that the primary way to build 
community is getting out there face to face and building community.  But 
over the years, we have the feeling too that it is time to be more active 
on adding the community building and personal matching tools right into 
Cobot (coming soon to a software near you). 

But that being said, I think that there are also a lot of ways to built it 
within the space with events and the matchmaking that comes through with 
it. That is also one of the keys of co-up , our own space. 
 We have been hosting meet-ups, especially programming oriented meetups and 
don't charge room rent as long as they don't collect fees from the 
attendees.  For us it has been perfect because we are know throughout the 
community for being the host, and for being a space where people can run 
into each other. We know who to refer questions too and there is something 
for everyone (who programms). It becomes the identity of the space.

*But how can that be automated? *
You need to open the space, coordinate meetings, find willing coordinators. 
be available. Sure the scheduling can be automated, but that is a small 
piece of the pie...

*Where does software come into the picture then...*
We are putting our bet on "intelligent matching". Increasing serendipity. 
Right now the referrals, are coming through our staff, but we want someone 
in the Rails Girls group to be able to meetup with someone from the Coding 
Amigos if they are both currently working on a front-end web project. And 
to encourage people to contact people who arrive on other nights.

Some of this is done through our Slack channel / integration. But *a social 
platform that helps with matching* is really the key.
No space manager, no matter how good they are can keep the individual 
quirks of 100+ members in their head, especially when people are coming for 
extra events as well!

*Increasing the Building of Community is the Holy Grail of Coworking!*
And it is what will always set independent spaces apart from the big 
"coworking" operations.

Maybe we can push it further at GCUC in LA!



On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 6:35:04 PM UTC+2, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> There's a million ways to manage billing out there but nothing that 
> actually helps us be better at our jobs. I'd kill for tools that actually 
> helped with the community building process. 
>
> Every CRM-like tool is basically a "deal flow" manager or, at best, an 
> account manager. I'd love something that actually helped me and my 
> team build and cultivate stronger relationships with the people in my 
> community. Ideally, it's something that members get value from too, and not 
> just a "management" tool. 
>
> We've tried everything we can find and still get more mileage out of our 
> convoluted Frankenstein of spreadsheets, Trello, Wordpress, and custom 
> software. I would be thrilled to pay to outsource this to something 
> designed with community in mind. 
>
> -Alex
>
> On Thursday, April 7, 2016, Rob Landry  > wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone, 
>>
>> For those of you who manage coworking spaces, I'm wondering - what would 
>> you like to see to improve coworking apps and  make them more useful to you 
>> and your members?
>>
>> I'm familiar with apps like Cobot and Coworkify, among others.
>>
>> I started a coworking space a few years ago and built an app that works 
>> as a CMS for the website, handles billing of members, and a public member 
>> directory, among a few other things.  The app is now used by a number of 
>> spaces.  I'm ready to refine it 
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rob
>> r...@pleinairinteractive.com
>>
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[Coworking] Re: What online channels do coworking spaces use for their community?

[Brian Crotty]

We use Slack for internal discussions, ordering group lunches, following up 
with links from conversations, etc.
We use MailChimp to send out our weekly newsletters. 

Of course we also an active Twitter Channel & Facebook, but those end up 
being more external rather then internal discussions..




On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 2:33:10 PM UTC+1, Brian Crotty wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:02:54 PM UTC+1, WC wrote:
>>
>> What channels do you use to build your coworking community online 
>> (communicating announcements, events, communication, collaboration) E.g. 
>> Slack, Facebook (groups, events), Google +, Twitter, etc, or other SaaS and 
>> social media platforms?
>>
>>
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[Coworking] Re: What online channels do coworking spaces use for their community?

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On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:02:54 PM UTC+1, WC wrote:
>
> What channels do you use to build your coworking community online 
> (communicating announcements, events, communication, collaboration) E.g. 
> Slack, Facebook (groups, events), Google +, Twitter, etc, or other SaaS and 
> social media platforms?
>
>
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[Coworking] Re: Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

[Brian Crotty]

A chime-in from Brian at Cobot.

We have spaces using a whole series of solutions with Cobot - we have an 
add-on built to allow you to register almost any card-reading device and 
have it coordinate directly with your plans in Cobot.  If a member has an 
active plan, they get access to the space via their RFID card, if not - 
they don't get access.  More details are 
here: https://www.cobot.me/guides/rfid-swipe-card-check-in

The spaces are using a whole series of different solutions based on their 
size and IT proficiency. You can literally pick an RFID reader from Amazon, 
or you can work with a company to install a system and have coordinate with 
your Cobot system. I know several of our larger spaces/space networks are 
working with Brivo (http://www.brivo.com/).  And I can also say that we 
have also been working with the folks at KISI and will be offering a 
Cobot/KISI integration in the near future.

The good part with these systems is, even though it takes a bit of work to 
get it setup once well at the beginning - then it will be automatic moving 
forward.

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[Coworking] Re: CRM

[Brian Crotty]

Hello CLUB Coworking,

A perspective from Cobot (mentioned by Jacob).

At various times we have considered building out a CRM to Cobot but found 
like you mentioned that for the majority of spaces it is overkill.  The 
members are either coming and signing up, or not. But what *is important *is 
keeping in contact for events, meetups so that they keep informed about 
your space and have a reason to join later. That is why we have a MailChimp 
integration.  You can signup a perspective lead to a plan called 
"Interested" and then they become part of a MailChimp mailing list called 
interested.  You can then send emails targeted to this group (including 
special offers) so that you stay in contact, but without the traditional 
Salesforce style lead tracking.

Alternately, we so also have a Beta integration with Zapier 
(http://blog.cobot.me/post/66081512/cobot-now-connects-with-zapier-were-looking-for).
 
So you can have people that you register in Cobot (to that same 
"Interested" plan) also be automatically added into a traditional CRM 
system.

Hope that helps!
Brian



On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 3:57:34 AM UTC+1, CLUB coworking wrote:
>
> Hi there!
> We're working on opening a new coworking space in Downtown Ulaanbaatar, 
> Mongolia and we'd like to hear about your experience with CRM systems.
>
>
>- 
>
>We’d like to ask for your advice, how do you keep track of your 
>clients? what crm do you use?I’ve tried logging onto hubspot, zoho and 
>sugar, but all of them seem very confusing, have so many different 
>functions… I’m sure they’re all useful once you get to know them and given 
>you need all of the functions, but I don’t know if we need all of the 
>functions. I could imagine just using a spreadsheet while we’re still 
>small, but once we grow, we don’t want to deal with switching to a 
>different system. If you were to do it over again, would you use a 
>different system and would you suggest us to use that as well? 
>- 
>
>As for requirements, it should have at least the following:
>- 
>
>Name
>- 
>
>Contact Information
>- 
>
>Membership Status
>- 
>
>Payment Status
>- 
>
>Leads tracking/prospect pipeline
>- 
>
>appointment scheduling?
>- 
>
>Emailing?
>- 
>
>Should be:
>- 
>
>Intuitive, simple & easy to use
>- 
>
>Don’t want to spend a lot of time entering information manually
>- 
>
>If it takes more time than creating and maintaining an excel 
>spreadsheet, it probably isn’t worth it
>- 
>
>We’re currently looking into: hubspot free crm, zoho, and sugarcrm
>- what crm would be best to use to track this?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> CLUB coworking
>

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[Coworking] Re: Printing - Cloud Solution?

[Brian Crotty]

Ezeep got purchase by another company (ThinPrint) and they are working on 
improving the whole system.  The existing platform is also still running so 
I assume they are also  taking on new customers.  Some other spaces we know 
also use PaperCut (one-time fee to create a print server in your space).

Brian


On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 2:23:19 PM UTC+1, TatjanaRose wrote:
>
> Hello, I manage The Guild in Bath, which has been running for over 2yrs 
> now. The space is working really well, with us now operating a waiting list 
> for membership, however, one aspect we have always struggled with is 
> printing. When we opened we started leasing a printer from a local company, 
> but we soon discovered that our members who used Mac (majority) were 
> experiencing real difficulties with finding and downloading the drivers. 
> This meant our Front of House was having to spend a significant amount of 
> their time either trying to set the printer up for the members, or printing 
> for  them. 
>
> We recently came across ezeep <https://www.ezeep.com/> and we think this 
> could be a great solution for us.
>
> Have any of you used this service or something similar? if so how did you 
> find the set-up and the day to day management?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as we really want to get this 
> right!
>

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[Coworking] Re: Slack for Coworking

[Brian Crotty]

We at have a space co-up.de that spans two floors, so for us Slack serves 
as a way to to keep the communication stream flowing between the two 
floors. We also have a few integrations that work with Cobot.me.  First we 
use Cobot's add-on to automatically invite new members to our slack channel 
so that it isn't a second process.  Second, we give a little questionaire 
(including favorite funny gif) to our new members and that information is 
then funneled onto the Slack channel.  This gives an immediate welcome and 
entry for new members coming into the space.

Brian


On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:32:11 PM UTC+2, Gregory St. Fort wrote:
>
> Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state, a 
> 200+ member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for 
> internal communications with members? 
>
> Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would 
> be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this 
> google group. 
>
> - 
> Gregory St. Fort
> www.100state.com
>

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[Coworking] Re: Slack for Coworking

[Brian Childs]

 

5 Things we learned from implementing Slack:

   1. When creating channels, let it happen organically at first 
   2. Too many channels can be overwhelming, just because of the current UI 
   3. If you are unsure, always verify who is in a channel before talking 
   about them 
   4. It is a great place to collaborate with other service providers who 
   handle the same contract 
   5. Everyone is using it 


On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 10:32:11 AM UTC-7, Gregory St. Fort wrote:
>
> Hey everyone! My name is Greg, I am the executive director of 100state, a 
> 200+ member coworking community in Madison, WI. Has anyone used slack for 
> internal communications with members? 
>
> Also I have been following these discussions and wondered if anyone would 
> be interested in joining a slack group about coworking. similar to this 
> google group. 
>
> - 
> Gregory St. Fort
> www.100state.com
>

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[Coworking] Re: Co-Working Planning Stage Research

[Brian Childs]

This eBook describes a bunch of different software applications related to 
managing a coworking space. Might be useful when considering different 
low-cost ways of starting up. It says event planning, but there are several 
reviews of applications that span much broader uses:

https://theipadreceptionist.com/coworking-space-event-planning-guide



On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 10:32:10 AM UTC-7, Arjun Veer Chadha 
wrote:
>
> I want to do a research to plan my own co-working space. 
>
> Want to take decisions on Location, Interest in Co-working space, 
> Projected Footfalls of Prospective Co-workers, Services and Facilities 
> expected by the interested co-worker.
>
> All advice and resources are welcome.
>
>
> Would love to see a Questionnaire or get advice from you guys on channels 
> to conduct the survey on (Read... Social, Local Sample Based Primary Survey 
> and/or Groups/Networks I should reach out to with my questionnaire)
>
> Best,
> Arjun Veer chadha
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>

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Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Brian Ahmes]

Hey there,
   let me continue with asking about the building occupancy amount.  Based 
on the city, a building with a Business or Mercantile Use type has a square 
footage per occupant defined?  My city states 100sf per person, even though 
I can have a space zppx 50sf with a chair and desk.  How are coworking 
spaces getting around city codes and occupancy?  Just not show the 
furniture in the city permit plans and add later?  Any insight would be 
great, because 100sf per person in a coworking space significantly reduces 
the # of members.

thanks, brian

On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:37:10 PM UTC-5, Piper Hood wrote:

 Thank you Aaron and Jerome.  That is helpful.  Any input on what 
 percentage you can sell over the spaces you have accounting for people not 
 using the space regularly?

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:38:48 PM UTC-4, Aaron Cruikshank wrote:

 Hi Piper,

 40 sqft per desk seems reasonable.  Just make sure you're measuring out 
 common areas. Most spaces have 25-30% set aside for meeting rooms, lounges, 
 kitchenettes, hallways, phone booths, etc...

 - Aaron

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 I am in the process of leasing space for a new coworking business. Is 
 there any industry standard for # SQ Ft needed per person? For example, I 
 am thinking 40 square feet for each seat I can sell (averaged out for 
 shared, dedicated desk and mini office suites), so a 4,000 square foot 
 space would allow me to sell 100 memberships.  Also, is there a standard # 
 or percentage you can oversell by? Thanks for any help for the newbie!

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Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Brian Ahmes]

Interesting, so have any coworking spaces been flagged for too many 
occupants by the fire marshall?

thanks for the response.

On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 6:30:56 PM UTC-5, Jerome wrote:

 City codes and even landlords are still catching up to understand how we 
 use our space.
 So in the meantime, you should submit to them whatever they need to 
 certify that your drawings comply w/ codes.
 Does this mean showing/not showing furniture? Possibly. Note that city 
 codes are more concerned about permanently affixed items like walls - not 
 typically furniture that can be moved/relocated.


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 On Mar 30, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Brian Ahmes bahm...@gmail.com javascript: 
 wrote:

 Hey there,
let me continue with asking about the building occupancy amount.  Based 
 on the city, a building with a Business or Mercantile Use type has a square 
 footage per occupant defined?  My city states 100sf per person, even though 
 I can have a space zppx 50sf with a chair and desk.  How are coworking 
 spaces getting around city codes and occupancy?  Just not show the 
 furniture in the city permit plans and add later?  Any insight would be 
 great, because 100sf per person in a coworking space significantly reduces 
 the # of members.

 thanks, brian

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 4:37:10 PM UTC-5, Piper Hood wrote:

 Thank you Aaron and Jerome.  That is helpful.  Any input on what 
 percentage you can sell over the spaces you have accounting for people not 
 using the space regularly?

 On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 12:38:48 PM UTC-4, Aaron Cruikshank wrote:

 Hi Piper,

 40 sqft per desk seems reasonable.  Just make sure you're measuring out 
 common areas. Most spaces have 25-30% set aside for meeting rooms, lounges, 
 kitchenettes, hallways, phone booths, etc...

 - Aaron

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 twitter: @cruikshank
 book a meeting: doodle.com/cruikshank
 linkedin: linkedin.com/in/cruikshank
 On Mar 30, 2015 9:35 AM, 'Piper Hood' via Coworking 
 cowo...@googlegroups.com wrote:

 I am in the process of leasing space for a new coworking business. Is 
 there any industry standard for # SQ Ft needed per person? For example, I 
 am thinking 40 square feet for each seat I can sell (averaged out for 
 shared, dedicated desk and mini office suites), so a 4,000 square foot 
 space would allow me to sell 100 memberships.  Also, is there a standard # 
 or percentage you can oversell by? Thanks for any help for the newbie!

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[Coworking] Re: Introducing new AltamontCowork owner

[brian]

Thanks for the intro, Mike! Very excited to be on the inside to hear from 
others and collaborate.coworking style! :)

Brian
209-221-9699
br...@zerobsgroup.com

On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:11:30 PM UTC-8, AltamontCowork wrote:

 Hi allhope you are having a Happy Holiday season

 I wanted to introduce you to Brian Schilling the new owner of 
 AltamontCowork here in Tracy, CA.  He was a member for over three years, so 
 he understands coworking (at least my version of it)) and has promised to 
 keep the coworking spirit alive at AltamontCowork.  

 I hope that with my five years +, and at least five more years from Brian, 
 we can make Tracy a coworking hub in the Central Valley!  :-)

 He will joining the group soon!  

 Mike


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[Coworking] New North Dallas Coworking Site

[Brian Hickman]

Hello Everyone,

My business partner and I are in the process of completing our business plan 
for a new coworking/incubator site in the North Dallas area.  We have narrowed 
our search to include the following municipalities:

1) Frisco
2) Plano
3) Richardson
4) Allen
5) Carrolton

If you are interested in participating in a coworking/incubator space in this 
area, please post a response and let us know which municipality would be best 
for you.

Thank you in advance,

Brian

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Co-Worker's Handbook/Space Guide/What?

[Brian]

This is the resource that I perused the most out of those I found before 
posting, honestly, so thank you for creating it. I promise, I've not ganked 
any content, though I have used it to get ideas on topics and layout to 
integrate with our internal documents, if you're ok with that.

I have to say, I like the fact that your guide isn't entirely complete. It 
hints at the issues and clarifications that are most important to your 
particular space and spaces in general, and seeing that has an incredible 
value all its own.

I am curious, though, about getting direct non-OOS coworkers' perspectives 
on what needs addressed the most, or even which things should be *addressed* 
*less*. As I see things, this is a very tight line to walk between giving 
the right amount of guidance versus stifling the center's personality. 
Alex's approach of putting the guide's creation into the hands of the 
coworkers themselves is a great answer to this, but somewhat dependent on 
the size of the coworking pool as most crowdsourced projects are.

Would any of you OOSes be willing to point your non-OOSes to this thread?

Thanks!


On Thursday, August 8, 2013 4:40:17 PM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote:

 SoI was going to wait until Coworking Day to reveal this, but I've got 
 enough other goodies to share tomorrow so I'll spill a little early. It's 
 the 9th already in some time zones after all, right!? :)

 As Indy Hall has grown, we found ourselves (and some of our members) 
 asking similar questions. On one hand, there's an operational guide, but 
 there's also a cultural guide needed. How something works is just as 
 important as why it works that way, so in many ways, they're intertwined. 
 So we took a stab and launched this internally as a beta a few weeks back:

 http://howto.indyhall.org

 As you'll see in the How to use this 
 guidehttp://howto.indyhall.org/#1__How_to_use_this_Guide 
 section, while creating this guide, we asked ourselves the question:

 *How do we create a resource that gives answers, but also explains how 
 we came up with those answers and encourages members to explore new 
 possible answers?*

 The result is a guide that is a mix of story, dialogue, introspection, 
 ideas, and tools to help anyone be an excellent community member at Indy 
 Hall - and ultimately, in any setting where you gather, meet, work, and 
 collaborate. 

 We sourced the vast majority of the questions directly from members, and 
 many of the answers as well. Much like our space and community is 
 co-created, so is the guide to using it. 

 More importantly, our guide follows the coworking core value of openness 
 by welcoming ongoing contributions from members, and by publishing the 
 source code that powers it on Github: 
 https://github.com/alexknowshtml/How-To-Indy-Hall

 At this point, the *content* *itself *is not licensed for free 
 re-use...so please be respectful about that. If there are portions or 
 passages that you're interested in using, let me know and I'm happy to talk 
 about it.

 And like everything else, this guide is a work in progress for us. There's 
 a lot of TODOs left, and several placeholder images while we continue to 
 work on the content each week.

 Hopefully, though, this serves as an inspiration as you create your own 
 guides. And if you have ideas for how we could improve ours - or even 
 contributions - they're warmly welcomed :)

 Happy Coworking Day Eve, everyone!

 -Alex 

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 On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Dina Lynch Eisenberg 
 lynch...@gmail.comjavascript:
  wrote:

 Hey Brian,

 I'm excited about your question.  I've been grooving on how to write an 
 'owners' manual for members so they understand the space and the community. 
  Thanks for clueing me in about the operations side of things, too. 
  Someone (beside me) better understand how stuff works, especially the 
 electronics!

 Thanks for sharing your journey and helping me on mine.  Warmly, Dina


 On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 10:20:55 AM UTC-7, Brian wrote:

 Hello, all,

 Here's the context: The Creative Foundry, our co-working space in 
 Springfield, Mo, is growing; although I am present nearly every day to make 
 sure that there are answers to questions (that have answers), I am also 
 near completing my graduate degree and all of the uncertainty that entails. 
 In short, I may not be here in a year.

 So, I am tasked with creating an operations and policy manual. 
 Everything from how to hook up a computer to our conference room TV, to how 
 to turn on the lights (they're hidden), needs to be covered, and there's a 
 lot of minute details that I'm sure I take for granted every day. I've 
 found some examples and resources on the matter, but I wanted to get the 
 direct perspective of this group as well.


- What is your preferred example of an operations or policy manual? 
- In your coworking experiences, what sort of questions pop-up about 
a space most

[Coworking] Co-Worker's Handbook/Space Guide/What?

[Brian]

Hello, all,

Here's the context: The Creative Foundry, our co-working space in 
Springfield, Mo, is growing; although I am present nearly every day to make 
sure that there are answers to questions (that have answers), I am also 
near completing my graduate degree and all of the uncertainty that entails. 
In short, I may not be here in a year.

So, I am tasked with creating an operations and policy manual. Everything 
from how to hook up a computer to our conference room TV, to how to turn on 
the lights (they're hidden), needs to be covered, and there's a lot of 
minute details that I'm sure I take for granted every day. I've found some 
examples and resources on the matter, but I wanted to get the direct 
perspective of this group as well.


   - What is your preferred example of an operations or policy manual? 
   - In your coworking experiences, what sort of questions pop-up about a 
   space most often? 
   - What are the things about your current coworking space irk you and 
   ought to be addressed?


Thanks for your help with any or all of these questions!

Brian

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[Coworking] Re: Member voices, tough truths

[Brian Publow]

As a borderline Lurker, I would say that you have to bring the conversation 
to the point where the Lurker is invested or passionate about the things 
being discussed. Dispassionate co-workers are often the ones who come and 
go, I think (please note that my experience is limited), which is why this 
article actually has punch. In this instance, it was a *passionate*coworker 
that left. Passionate, yet still not involved in this discussion.

That's the thing about this group. It *feels *like it is meant for 
Coworking Space Owners/Operators/Stakeholders (in the traditional sense), 
even though it's not. Why does it feel that way? Probably because that's 
who's here, and that's who the threads seem to relate to the most. Advice 
on outreach, advice on setting up a new space, advice on management 
software; it's all most relevant to Coworking Space 
Owners/Operators/Stakeholders (in the traditional sense). 

If you want to know what the Lurkers think, start threads asking questions 
that the CSOOSes can't answer. Ask questions that will have embarrassing 
answers, and be willing to accept these answers without heating up because 
some of these answers might be about you. 

Ask what the worst thing is about the Coworking Space that the Lurker works 
at now, hope that Lurkers are brave enough to answer without anonymity, and 
then ask how to fix it.

In my opinion.

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:19:34 AM UTC-5, Cristina Santamarina wrote:

 How do we achieve that? I mean, how do we get to know what the lurkers 
 think?

 On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 6:14:40 PM UTC+2, Alex Hillman wrote:

 As much as I appreciate the connectedness that we have in this community, 
 one thing that I think is horribly missing from the global conversation 
 about coworking is a deeper conversation with the communities of people who 
 aren't owners, operators, and enthusiasts. 

 I've gotten the sense that unless it's for praise, most coworking space 
 members aren't comfortable speaking up as a part of this global community. 

 I think that's a shame. Here's a glimpse of what we might hear if they 
 did:

 https://medium.com/better-humans/c9d8c69f4592

 -Alex


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[Coworking] Re: About that August 9th thingie....

[Brian Publow]

What Fabrizio said.

On Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:36:28 PM UTC-5, Jeannine wrote:

 The discussion about the August 9th celebrations got us over at Open 
 Coworking thinking about our shred stories and this community.  

 And here is what we are thinking:

 We are thinking of trying to get everybody to RT/Share each other's posts 
 about August 9th on and around August 9th, Beth has proposed #coworkingday 
 as a hashtag but any other ideas are of course welcome. 

 We think we can best raise awareness of this group by demonstrating it. 
 This particular day strikes us as a marvelous opportunity for a campaign, 
 as nobody owns it as it were.

 I would like myself to see a core of articles from thought leaders, 
 preferably in a couple of languages if we can.  It is after all a worldwide 
 movement.

 The time window is just about right, that is, short enough that folks 
 won't forget and long enough that there is time to produce a blogpost.

 Everybody who is in, let us hear from you!  I just happen to have a handy 
 dandy little form for you to fill out right 
 herehttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KkoUUIFi1G5FBdO6Mz8lWbMkhJMOetCZmkibhI2lOjw/edit.
  
  :-)

 Whattaya think?

 Cheers,
 Jeannine


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[Coworking] Re: About that August 9th thingie....

[Brian Publow]

The Creative Foundry is also in. I'll get some things lined up, then fill 
out the form.

It's always exciting to see this kind of cohesion in confederacy.

On Saturday, July 27, 2013 5:36:28 PM UTC-5, Jeannine wrote:

 The discussion about the August 9th celebrations got us over at Open 
 Coworking thinking about our shred stories and this community.  

 And here is what we are thinking:

 We are thinking of trying to get everybody to RT/Share each other's posts 
 about August 9th on and around August 9th, Beth has proposed #coworkingday 
 as a hashtag but any other ideas are of course welcome. 

 We think we can best raise awareness of this group by demonstrating it. 
 This particular day strikes us as a marvelous opportunity for a campaign, 
 as nobody owns it as it were.

 I would like myself to see a core of articles from thought leaders, 
 preferably in a couple of languages if we can.  It is after all a worldwide 
 movement.

 The time window is just about right, that is, short enough that folks 
 won't forget and long enough that there is time to produce a blogpost.

 Everybody who is in, let us hear from you!  I just happen to have a handy 
 dandy little form for you to fill out right 
 herehttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KkoUUIFi1G5FBdO6Mz8lWbMkhJMOetCZmkibhI2lOjw/edit.
  
  :-)

 Whattaya think?

 Cheers,
 Jeannine


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Re: [Coworking] Newb

[Brian Publow]

Sorry, issues is probably too strong of a word. Perhaps, topics would 
be more accurate. 

Specifically, I had meant the topic of moving our co-working center from 
one space to another with minimal seams, and the topic of taking part in 
our city's center city revitalization projects. I'm sure that the moving 
topic will be more common than the revitalization project, but I am equally 
interested in hearing about members' related experiences.

On Monday, June 24, 2013 8:36:13 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote:

 Hey Brian, welcome!

 It's not clear from your post...what are the issues you're looking for 
 advice with?

 -Alex 

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 On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:31 AM, bri...@tractivewest.com javascript: 
 bri...@tractivewest.com javascript: wrote:

 Greetings, all!

 I'm really more comfortable as a lurker at the moment, but I thought I 
 may as well knock out that first post introduction sooner than later.

 I am an MLS grad student, and have found myself doing work in and for our 
 local co-working space here in Springfield, Mo. The facility is about a 
 year old in its current capacity, and will actually be relocating in the 
 next week. Part of our co-working onus, we feel, is to take an active role 
 in the well-being of our symbiont-city. To that end,  we have been taking 
 initiative and an active role with the city's rebirth project aimed at the 
 downtown district.

 Needless to say, any sort of input or advice for those two issues is 
 always welcome!

 Thanks,

 Brian

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Re: [Coworking] Trying out a new membership model

[Brian Del Vecchio]

Once again, the folks at Indy Hall blaze new trails!

At Sparkfun in Colorado they've been experimenting with similar workspace
optimizations:

https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1098

Brian Del Vecchio  |  b...@hybernaut.com  |  617-899-0798  |  @hybernaut



On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 Having been through the pain of expanding our coworking space just last
 summer (the 2nd expansion in our history), we wanted a less expensive and
 difficult technique to make room for more members. With the Deskmag survey
 reporting that 1/3rd of all coworking spaces plan to expand, clearly we're
 not the only ones who are or will be facing this problem soon.

 As many of you know, I like sharing hacks and tricks on this list, and
 today, Adam came up with an idea to solve this problem that was just too
 good not to share.

 I present to you a new level of coworking membership...the double
 decker.

 Apart from this making every square foot more efficient, it actually helps
 you capitalize on the accelerated serendipity of having people work close
 to each other.

 *MORE CLOSER = MORE SERENDIPITY.*
 *
 *
 This arrangement is ideal for helping new members meet existing members.
 If you're new to a coworking space and have to spend the day perched on a
 new coworker's shoulders, you're GUARANTEED to know them really well by the
 end of the day.*


 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7Ub_aqt9u38/UVnNMa_AdLI/Azo/KfzLzCo1plQ/s1600/BGyLuASCAAErbg1.jpg-large.jpeg
 **Negative side effects may include back and neck problems, severe coffee
 burns in case of top bunk spillage. Check with your insurance agent before
 offering this membership level.*

 Instead of licensing our new approach (I'm pretty sure this is going to
 get REALLY popular, especially in the business center industry, but I think
 that it's better to share good ideas for free than to get rich) I've
 decided that Indy Hall will open source this new innovation to our business
 model.

 If anybody else ends up trying out this arrangement, please let us know
 about improvements and POST PICTURES!!!

 :)

 -Alex

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[Coworking] GWA Webinar - What OBC Operators Need To Know About CoWorking Before They Implement It

[Rebecca Brian]

Hey all,

I'm hosting a Webinar tomorrow for the Global Workspace Association. It
should help clarify what Coworking is and isn't, and what Office Business
Centers should consider before they jump into the game. My goal is also to
maintain the authenticity of the term Coworking, and protect it from
dilution. Let me know if you'd like to join, I can get a few comped
tickets.

Best,

Rebecca

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[Coworking] LabAspire Coworking Space now Open! Dulles/Sterling/Ashburn Virginia has joined.

[Brian]

Evening coworkers!

LabAspire Coworking Space is officially open for business.  All private 
rooms are rented out, but there a couple desks left.  Still suffering some 
growing pains and moving things around here and there so bare with us 
please!  Come by anytime and check us out 9am-6pm M-F.  Though members have 
access 24/7

LabAspire.com

$100 for full-time desk space.
$5 day-pass donation.

Thanks!

Brian
LabAspire http://LabAspire.com | Dulles, VA Coworking and Offices
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[Coworking] Re: First Northern Virginia/Dulles Area Coworking space opening Mid July

[Brian]

Hello, 

We are starting to open the doors here at LabAspire.  Working on getting 
furniture in and started leasing out private offices while the coworking 
space is getting furnished.  If anyone is in the area, come check us out, 
there's not much yet, but its a great time to be one of the first, and even 
lend a hand if you'd like.  The space is located in an industrial office 
building, very nontraditional workspace for the area, where most shared 
spaces and coworking type spaces are nestled in Class A buildings, and 
have been getting alot of, :| when they first pull up to the building, but 
when they get inside, they are quite impressed.

If you like to check out the space give me a call at 703.473.4566

More updates coming soon

Website: LabAspire.com
Address: 22377 Cedar Green Rd. 2nd Floor, Sterling, VA 20166

Thanks,

Brian
703.473.4566

On Monday, June 25, 2012 9:59:31 PM UTC-4, Brian wrote:

 Hello coworkers,

 A new coworking space will be opening up aimed for a Mid July opening, in 
 the Northern Virginia area, right in Sterling, by Dulles Airport.  This 
 will be the East Coasts Silicon Valley's first coworking space, which has 
 been highly needed in this area.  80% of the world's internet runs through 
 the Dulles Corridor, and there are more tech companies here than any other 
 place in the world.  I hope we will be able to meet the needs to all the 
 start-ups, independents, free lancers, and entrepreneurs in the area.

 Please let me know if you are in the area and need any more info or would 
 like to help out.  Giving great deals to the first joining members 
 including dibs on dedicated space.  Prices will be great, and some options 
 will include, daily, monthly, dedicated and drop-in spaces.  Trying to keep 
 pricing as simple as possible.

 I will post more info, address, website, etc, as the grand opening nears.

 Thanks!

 -Brian



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[Coworking] First Northern Virginia/Dulles Area Coworking space opening Mid July

[Brian]

Hello coworkers,

A new coworking space will be opening up aimed for a Mid July opening, in 
the Northern Virginia area, right in Sterling, by Dulles Airport.  This 
will be the East Coasts Silicon Valley's first coworking space, which has 
been highly needed in this area.  80% of the world's internet runs through 
the Dulles Corridor, and there are more tech companies here than any other 
place in the world.  I hope we will be able to meet the needs to all the 
start-ups, independents, free lancers, and entrepreneurs in the area.

Please let me know if you are in the area and need any more info or would 
like to help out.  Giving great deals to the first joining members 
including dibs on dedicated space.  Prices will be great, and some options 
will include, daily, monthly, dedicated and drop-in spaces.  Trying to keep 
pricing as simple as possible.

I will post more info, address, website, etc, as the grand opening nears.

Thanks!

-Brian

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Re: [Coworking] Digest for coworking@googlegroups.com - 20 Messages in 7 Topics

[Rebecca Brian]

Thanks, Campbell. You guys are the best.

Best,

Rebecca

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  Today's Topic Summary

Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics

   - Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers Union #group_thread_0 [1 Update]
   - Participate in first Green startup Accelerator in
China#group_thread_1[2 Updates]
   - Launching Classes. This is the start and will update on progress and
   model #group_thread_2 [7 Updates]
   - Liability Insurance Classification #group_thread_3 [5 Updates]
   - Seeking advice: Transitioning space from individually to collectively
   run #group_thread_4 [3 Updates]
   - Awesome list: 64 Co-working Spaces For Every
Entrepreneur#group_thread_5[1 Update]
   - I Raised Over $1 Million Thanks to Coworking (video
testimonial)#group_thread_6[1 Update]

  Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers
Unionhttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/196f0a054e8fa842

   Campbell McKellar cmc...@gmail.com Apr 20 02:18PM -0700

   Hi everybody,

   I hope you are enjoying your Friday and getting ready for a fun and
   relaxing weekend.

   Just like many people on this list, we have a dream about a better way
   of working. Our way may not be the same as yours, and that's OK. The
   beauty of all this is that (in our own ways) we are making the world a
   better place for lots of people with lots of different needs.

   I really appreciate the votes of support we've gotten from the members
   of this community, on this string and directly. I look forward to
   continuing to collaborate with you all in the service of this
   movement.

   Please reach out to me directly or any member of our team if you have
   any feedback or questions about our company. Our door is always open.

   All my best,
   Campbell
   @cmckella
   campb...@loosecubes.com


   On Apr 19, 4:12 pm, Veel Hoeden- Where Many Hats Meet!



  Participate in first Green startup Accelerator in
Chinahttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/20316e11d15f488f

   Liu Yan liuyan.dat...@gmail.com Apr 20 07:52PM +0200

   In collaboration with Grasslands, a sustainability startup community in
   Shanghai, Xindanwei is launching the first Eco-coworking space + Green
   startup Accelerator in China. And we are looking for cool and geeky
   participants worldwide to join this program!

   See the attached leaflet for more details! Please pass on to any green
   warriors who are interested to startup in China and don't know how. Thank
   you!

   Liu Yan

   CEO of Xindanwei





   Liu Yan liuyan.dat...@gmail.com Apr 20 08:08PM +0200



  Launching Classes. This is the start and will update on progress and
modelhttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/d8b13e071ea9ad1b

   Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com Apr 20 07:46AM -0400

   Of course, my eyes skipped right over that :) thanks Angel.

   -Alex

   --
   /ah
   indyhall.org
   coworking in philadelphia


   On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote:





   Gretchen Baisa gretc...@nextspace.us Apr 20 06:42AM -0700

   Hey Craig -

   Giving you a high five for really jumping on setting up the classes
   (GCUC was just a minute ago!!) and particularly on some stellar
   community outreach about the program. Keep us posted and
   congratulations!

   -Gretchen
   NextSpace San Jose

   On Apr 19, 10:18 am, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking




   Toni Hogan t...@theofficeconnexion.com Apr 20 08:03AM -0700

   Craig,

   This is exactly the angle we're taking. We're promoting our space as a
   community coworking and business resource center. We want most of our
   classes to be free so we are partnering with local business
   development programs who already have funding and programs in place. I
   am also creating a program for new real estate agents. That one will
   have a fee associated with it but will be priced like one of our
   membership plans and include benefits of membership.

   There are many opportunities for coworking that will enhance but not
   take away from the true experience of community. I am hoping that when/
   if we teach prospecting to agents they will go to a workspace or phone
   room after the class and practice what they've learned. I say IF
   because my focus is really on the business side of real estate
   practice. There are a million classes for prospecting...but we'll see.

   Wishing you the best and looking forward to hearing more about CDU!

   Toni

   On Apr 19, 12:18 pm, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking




   Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking baut...@gmail.com Apr 20
   09:47AM -0700

   Thanks for the kind words Toni. I decided not to partner with existing
   programs, like the chamber of commerce, because they generally serve
   new businesses with the basics of starting a business, 101 style of
   courses. We didn't want to be that and wanted to take it up to 200 

Re: [Coworking] Digest for coworking@googlegroups.com - 7 Messages in 6 Topics

[Rebecca Brian]

Awesome, Kevin! That is super exciting. Welcome to coworking world!
NextSpace ponied up $1k to help get things started. C'mon people, we need
to band together to make this happen.

Best,

Rebecca

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Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics

   - April 24: Join the Launch of The World’s Longest
Invoice#group_thread_0[1 Update]
   - Coworking Wiki Upgrade: The State of Things #group_thread_1 [2
   Updates]
   - NAICS number and SIC Code #group_thread_2 [1 Update]
   - Furniture for Spaces #group_thread_3 [1 Update]
   - New space HELP!!! #group_thread_4 [1 Update]
   - The Larger Role of Coworking in our Community #group_thread_5 [1
   Update]

  April 24: Join the Launch of The World’s Longest
Invoicehttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/5c47b638a259c52f

   Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.com Apr 16 07:34PM -0700

   I rooted around on the website and I'm still confused about what the
   World's Longest Invoice is...is it a 'real' invoice that you're
   compiling
   based on info provided from supporters? Can we see the invoice
   somewhere?
   Maybe it's theoretical and I just don't get it!

   On Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:31:58 PM UTC-6, Althea wrote:



  Coworking Wiki Upgrade: The State of
Thingshttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/75b2767eeedf1b41

   Kevin Skiena kdski...@gmail.com Apr 16 07:59AM -0700

   Hey Everyone!
   My name is Kevin Skiena and I’m going to be doing communications work on
   the Coworking Wiki Upgrade Project
   http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/50971547/WikiUpgradewith Jacob and
   Chelsea (woot!). I’m very excited to be working on this! I
   wanted to introduce myself to the group so when I start talking about
   “we”
   and the wiki’s “communications strategy,” you won’t have to think, “Who
   is
   this clown?” You’ll already know who this clown is!

   “Who is This Clown?”
   I’m from New Jersey. In 2004, I moved to Seattle, WA so that 7 years
   later
   I could meet Jacob and Chelsea (such foresight!). I write fiction and am
   a
   co-director and instructor for a local nonprofit writing workshop
   series. I
   also work for the University of Washington as a Program Coordinator.

   “Why is This Happening?”
   The wiki is the the 2nd search result on Google and 3rd on Bing under
   “coworking” (behind only wikipedia and coworking.com). It’s often the
   first
   place potential coworkers and catalysts go when they’re interested in
   learning more and getting involved. The wiki already has a lot of great
   resources, including positive press about coworking and shared documents
   for those hoping to open new spaces, but the site isn’t user-friendly,
   and
   all of the information on it is lumped together and visually dull. The
   wiki
   is our first introduction to new friends, and we can make it better.

   What We Want
   We want to redesign http://opencoworking.org/coworkingwiki/plan.html
   the
   look and interface of the wiki, improving on its best features while
   making
   it more welcoming and easier to navigate.

   A More User-Friendly Coworking Space Directory - We imagine a
   searchable,
   easy to edit, map-based platform for finding local coworking spaces.
   We’ll
   give you the tools to add some hidden code to your website. Instead of
   logging into the Open Coworking Directory to update your information,
   the
   directory’s search will display the listing generated by your hidden
   code.
   Edit your listing from your own page whenever you want and watch it
   automatically update on the wiki.

   Information for Coworkers and Potential Coworkers - At a time when
   people
   value flexibility and independence, there’s a growing market for
   freelancers. Here, present and potential coworkers will find resources
   to
   help them decide what sort of space is right for them and their business.

   Resources for Coworking Catalysts - One of the most inspiring and
   attractive things about the coworking movement is its emphasis on
   collaboration and openness. We’re not in competition with each other,
   and a
   successful new space means success for all of us. Individuals interested
   in
   starting their own coworking space will find advice, documents, and a
   community of friends and mentors.

   What We Need
   The wiki represents all of us. It’s a platform for who we are and where
   we
   want to go, and we cannot give it the facelift it needs without you.
   Help
   us get the word out. Copy and paste this message and send it to other
   coworking managers so that everyone knows what’s going on. Keep an eye
   out
   for new updates. We’re working on getting our message out, and I’ll keep
   posting information on our progress to the Google group. We have a
   skilled
   Project Manager and a very tiny, very passionate staff working to get

[Coworking] Chargify!

[Rebecca Brian]

Hey All,

Are any of you using Chargify? If so, can I have 10 minutes of your time to 
discuss pros-cons? If you used it and hated it, what are you using now? Thank 
you!

Best,

Rebecca
Rebecca Brian | Community Curator + Co-founder NextSpace San Francisco
rebe...@nextspace.us | 415.513.0456 | 917.224.8732 (cell) | @rebeccabrian 
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in Culver City, San Jose, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz. Stop by any of our 
fabulous spaces for a tour! Members get unlimited day passes at all NextSpace 
locations. Sweet! Or learn more virtually: http://www.nextspace.us

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[Coworking] Free radicals

[Rebecca Brian]

I really like the term free radicals that the Grind in NYC coined. So
cool. A bit too radical. But still awesome.

Best,

Rebecca

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[Coworking] Awesome job, Jacob!

[Rebecca Brian]

Hey Jacob,

That is awesome. I think we can manage some support from NextSpace. Especially 
if there is some sort of credit or super hero outfit for Jeremy :-)

Best,

Rebecca
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[Coworking] New Cowork Space in Atlanta's Grant Park Neighborhood

[Brian Atlanta]

We are opening our doors to foster a cowork community in southeast
Atlanta at The Jane in
Grant Park (30312). If you're interested or know someone who might be,
please visit our site to learn a bit
more: http://experiencerethink.com/coworking-membership

We've been setting things up over the last week and will be ready for
memberships starting March 1st.

We have a great creative space anchored by Experience Rethink, a small
design agency. We have all the usual amenities, and the gang from
local start-up http://Scholr.ly is already sharing coffee at the space.

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[Coworking] Re: New Space Layout. Need Advice. Blueprints Included.

[Brian Whipple]

Definitely will be asking the members.

On Jul 26, 2:58 pm, Brian Whipple dbrianwhip...@gmail.com wrote:
 We are currently in the process of talking to an architect about
 expanding our current facilities, and this is what they brought us.

 http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af285/coolwhip1300/coworkingbluep...

 The arrow is the entrance. The checkered area is the future coworking
 space. They can exit the space to the left after they walk in to a
 patio area. There are two small meeting rooms to the right that will
 be used as conference rooms, meeting rooms, quite rooms, or phone
 rooms. The kitchen is the larger room by the patio door.

 The space is approx 2100 sq ft.
 Our thought is that we will be outfitting the room with glass pillars
 to write on as white boards and to segment the space a bit.
 My concern is that our coworkers will not be able to make the space
 their own. No personality.

 I would like anyone to ask questions, give advice, and critique the
 current layout. Now is the time to make changes.

 Thanks for your help,
 Brian Whipple

 www.IncubationWorks.com

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[Coworking] New Space Layout. Need Advice. Blueprints Included.

[Brian Whipple]

We are currently in the process of talking to an architect about
expanding our current facilities, and this is what they brought us.

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af285/coolwhip1300/coworkingblueprint.jpg

The arrow is the entrance. The checkered area is the future coworking
space. They can exit the space to the left after they walk in to a
patio area. There are two small meeting rooms to the right that will
be used as conference rooms, meeting rooms, quite rooms, or phone
rooms. The kitchen is the larger room by the patio door.

The space is approx 2100 sq ft.
Our thought is that we will be outfitting the room with glass pillars
to write on as white boards and to segment the space a bit.
My concern is that our coworkers will not be able to make the space
their own. No personality.

I would like anyone to ask questions, give advice, and critique the
current layout. Now is the time to make changes.

Thanks for your help,
Brian Whipple

www.IncubationWorks.com

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[Coworking] Marketing Campaign Critique. Zombies

[Brian Whipple]

I have been trying to convince my boss into letting us do a campaign
with the slogan Killing Working Zombies. Coworking.
It would feature a zombie with suite and tie and the slogan
underneath. Wanted to get some feed back on this one.

Anyone like this? Or is it a dead end that doesnt really get the right
message across.

Thanks!
Brian Whipple

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[Coworking] Re: How do we get anchor tenants?

[Brian Whipple]

All of these suggestions are great! Thanks for all the input. I have
already implemented some of these tactics, and have gotten some
leads.
One more question tho. . .

 As I mentioned we are apart of a business incubator here. We already
have a webpage, facebook, and twitter. Should we get a separate
facebook and twitter? Or do you think I will be able to tie in both
aspects into one outlet?

Thanks for your thoughts!
Brian Whipple

www.IncubationWorks.com
www.facebook.com/incubationworks
www.twitter.com/incubationworks

On May 3, 9:23 pm, Jazzman3 jasperwe...@gmail.com wrote:
 Brian:

 James Rock (MosleyExchange) has a great list.     That will get you
 started.

 Here are some additional ideas:

 1) Get your web site up and rolling.    We are on a WordPress
 platform, that has been great.    With links to our Facebook page and
 Twitter.     We are still working on more interactive parts.

 2) Tours through the space and free day passes for anyone that will
 be interested.   Nancy (our community catalyst) is doing great things
 with personal invitations, for both day passes and free tours.

 3) Yes to James on the Art side.    We are presently (thanks to Nancy
 and our local artists) featuring 5 artistsa couple of
 photographers, painted glass artist, and two painters (one is using
 metallic acrylic paints on glass...wow!)

 4)  Special events, from Board meetings, to member meetings, to annual
 meetings.   Getting traffic through the space.  We host the local
 Durango Tech club (geeks  investors), host the local film office and
 other groups.

 5)  Team up with the local Chamber manager (we are a member) and local
 EDO professional (the person running your local Economic Development
 Organization).      We have then on comp silver passes, so they can
 use our space and make it available for a few out of town guests they
 run into.    And our local Chamber executive is featured on our new
 video clip (soon to go viral!  :)  )

 And with James' list, you'll be busy.

 Jasper

 Jasper  Nancy
 DurangoSpace, LLChttp://durangospace.com
 Durango, Colorado USA

 On Apr 26, 2:47 pm, Brian Whipple dbrianwhip...@gmail.com wrote:







  I am currently working at a business incubator and I am in charge of
  starting a coworking space. I have done quite a bit of research, but
  there is still one hurdle that I am trying to overcome. How do I get
  my first 5-10 anchor tenants? You know, the members that are always
  there and are super excited about coworking.
  Here is a list of events/marketing that we are going to start, but I
  am looking for fresh ideas.

  1. Coworking with the staff. (seems obvious, but hard to coordinate in
  a business incubator.)
  2. Brown bag lunch on Fridays followed by coworking
  3. Emails to our current list of recipients
  4. Coworking after any other organized event. We have guest speakers
  and such, and we coordinate coworking to follow each event.

  We will probably give our anchor tenants free memberships in order to
  entice them to stay.
  Also, we cant do any alcohol at events. Otherwise this would be a lot
  easier.

  Your help is much appreciated!
  Brian Whipplewww.IncubationWorks.com

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[Coworking] How do we get anchor tenants?

[Brian Whipple]

I am currently working at a business incubator and I am in charge of
starting a coworking space. I have done quite a bit of research, but
there is still one hurdle that I am trying to overcome. How do I get
my first 5-10 anchor tenants? You know, the members that are always
there and are super excited about coworking.
Here is a list of events/marketing that we are going to start, but I
am looking for fresh ideas.

1. Coworking with the staff. (seems obvious, but hard to coordinate in
a business incubator.)
2. Brown bag lunch on Fridays followed by coworking
3. Emails to our current list of recipients
4. Coworking after any other organized event. We have guest speakers
and such, and we coordinate coworking to follow each event.

We will probably give our anchor tenants free memberships in order to
entice them to stay.
Also, we cant do any alcohol at events. Otherwise this would be a lot
easier.

Your help is much appreciated!
Brian Whipple
www.IncubationWorks.com

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking and Connections to City Governments

[Brian Whipple]

I would agree with David Garvin's response on the fact that each
government is going to be different. Also, government facilities can
stifle the entrepreneurial process if you dont choose the right place
and have the right structure in place. However, if you research the
google group you will probably find a few discussions on getting
grants and coworking spaces joining up with incubators.

My experience is that I work for a business incubator (funded by the
gov), and we are currently in the process of opening our doors for
coworking. The difference between us, and other government entities is
the fact that our whole goal is to drive the entrepreneurial spirit.
We see the benefits of coworking, and therefore that is what we are
doing. Unfortunately not all incubators see the benefits, and we are a
minority. But I believe it is all in the pitch.

So far, this has been a positive thing. I would encourage all spaces
to try it. The caveat, however, is that it might not always work. If
you talk to some government entities, and they dont understand the
main components that make up coworking; then get out. They have to
understand that coworking is very unconventional.There wont always be
metrics or graphs. The value is in the community of entrepreneurs. If
the government entity doesn't get it, then all of what coworking is
will be stifled.

If a space wanted to talk to incubators or EDC's, I would recommend
starting the education process first. Contact government leaders that
are already entrepreneurially minded, and show them what coworking is
truly about. Work on your sales pitch. Find coworking success stories,
and make it real to them. If you can sell them without compromising on
coworking values, then I think it can be a beautiful thing.

Thanks for listening,
Brian Whipple
www.IncubationWorks.com

On Apr 7, 2:05 pm, Beth Buczynski bethbo...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello Community!

 I'm researching a story for Shareable.net about coworking and
 connections to city governments. And once again, I'm wondering if you
 might share your thoughts on the following questions:

 Do you have any experience working with local government? What sparked
 the interaction? Was it overall positive or negative? Would you advise
 new spaces to try it?

 How can new coworking space owners introduce themselves to local
 government in a way that will encourage collaboration? Or do you think
 it's best to wait for them to find you?

 What can coworkers and coworking space managers do to create the
 cities and economy of the future in collaboration with city
 governments?

 Thanks in advance for your feedback :)

 Beth
 gonecowork...@gmail.com
 @gonecoworking

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[Coworking] Tradeshow Booth

[Brian Whipple]

I need some help. Currently I am trying to come up with a way to set
up a tradeshow booth that I am attending in the future. I have no clue
what to do. My circumstances do not help out much.
We do not have any cool furniture to set out like some past people
have done.
We only have a table to work with.
We do not have much marketing material because we just kicking this
thing off.

My goal is to explain what coworking is, and also provide something
that embodies what coworking is.
Your thoughts? Should I give something out? Hand outs? Coffee?
Snuggies?

Thanks a ton!

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[Coworking] Re: About the Unconference: Who's for virtual attendance?

[Brian Whipple]

Just wanted to say that I am all for virtual attendance. Hope to hear
back from everyone about how to participate. Wish I could help out in
some way, but won't be able to make it this year.

Thanks,
Brian Whipple

www.incubationworks.com

On Feb 22, 7:43 am, Jeannine flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com wrote:
 There are some noises coming from this side of the ocean about EU
 folks wanting to come to the unconference in avirtualway:  I know I
 would like to, I know the folks in Dresden would, I feel sure that
 Wuppertal would like to as well.  Possibly the folks in Asia as well.

 I already have one trip stateside planned in July and another one is
 just not in my budget nor would my family appreciate it much.  I can
 dump any input for the unconference on the incomparable Jean-Yves,
 but it's not all that fair to ask him to represent all of our
 (sometimes conflicting) notions, and besides it would be so much more
 fun!

 Can we use this thread to explore how to make it happen?  Pretty
 please?  I'll send you chocolate.  From Belguim.  Come on, it doesn't
 get any better than that.

 Jeannine

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[Coworking] Re: Human element of space directories

[Brian Sierakowski]

Sadly I'll be here in Baltimore, being jealous of everyone in
Austin :).

Happy to catch up sometime and give the rundown of how things are
progressing!

-B

On Feb 24, 5:00 pm, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote:
 That looks really great Brian!  Are you going to be down in Austin?

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 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Brian Sierakowski 







 briansierakow...@gmail.com wrote:
  Tis indeed the plan, and much gratitude goes out to Alex for helping
  us cross the chasm as it were :).

  If anyone else is interested in what we're doing, let me know and I'll
  get you up to speed! You can see a prototype here: Cahoots.co , Alex
  and I have been sparring on some execution questions, but this puts
  you in the ballpark.

  Thanks,
  -Brian
  (br...@cahoots.co)

  On Feb 23, 2:18 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:
   I think that participation comes with an element of trust, for sure. But
  I
   like that quite a bit.

   -Alex

   /ah
   indyhall.org
   coworking in philadelphia

   On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
  wrote:

Interesting... so maybe a network only accessible if you are a member
  of a
participating coworking space...

Jacob

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Jeannine 
  flexkantoorkame...@gmail.comwrote:

I think I am coming into an existing conversation but I don't know
where it is, anybody who could add a link to it would be doing me a
great service.

It may be cultural -- Dutch guys are generally aware of the
possibilities of a global network for good and valid geographical
reasons -- but my own folks are very interested in the notion of the
larger coworking movement.  But I don't knwo that I could get them to
tell their stories as notions of privacy are somewhat different here.
Maybe.  But what really makes them perk up their ears is the idea of a
board where they can find contacts in other countries to work with who
are at least a little bit our people.

I will tell you that I have some concern about this feeling of trust:
I am all about openness but have no desire to help a scam artist to my
members, you know?

For stories, if I could get my memebrs to tell their stories in
english I would probablyu put them on the blog, have I got a
misunderstanding about what the blog is for?

I think the TED profiles strike a good balance, here is mine:
   http://www.ted.com/profiles/647111The nice part about TED profiles
is that they don't hsow what you don't fill out with a few exceptions,
so your profile does not look like you are just a slacker or are
hiding something.

Jeannine
On 23 feb, 01:32, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote:
 Angel,

 Yes yes yes!  This has been the direction I've been working towards
  all
 along and there are some significant challenges to incorporate.

 First, our members mostly just want a great place to work and they
  think
 it's neat that there are a number of other spaces around the world,
  but
they
 are more interested in the work they are doing.  It's the space
  owners
that
 are more invested in the larger coworking movement so they are the
people
 who are putting in the work.  They want to talk about their space
mostly,
 what they build, etc.  I talk up our members and their incredible
 storieshttp://www.texttheromanceback.com/rachaelrayall the time
  but
 I wouldn't be able to keep individual profiles up to date.
  It's enough work to highlight them on our
 websitehttp://officenomads.com/category/featured-nomad/.

 I have lots of thoughts on the Coworking Registry and where it fits
  in
the
 wider vision.  Mostly it starts with how difficult it is to
  organize
the
 coworking wiki which is currently mostly used to list spaces.  If we
could
 get that buttoned up in a simple, central, neutral, way, and make it
  all
 free and open data, then there is a lot we can do with that.  It's
  only
one
 piece of the puzzle though.

 I could go in so many directions from here but I'll leave it at
  that.
 The
 conversation is going to be great in Austin.  :)

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 On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski 
fccowork...@gmail.comwrote:

  When Alex said, The biggest thing I continually see missing from
  directories like this is a
  sort of sense of humanity - physical attributes are useful in
  determining
  what you DON'T want, but make it hard to differentiate between one
  space and
  the next once you know

[Coworking] coworking etiquette

[Brian Whipple]

For some reason I don't think that my last post made it through, so I
am trying again. I was just wondering if there is some sort of
unspoken etiquette that becomes about in coworking spaces. We are
about to open up our own, and I thought that I could get some insight.
Especially wondering if there is some sort of etiquette for idea
sharing.

Thanks,
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[Coworking] Unspoken Etiquette

[Brian Whipple]

Is there some sort of unspoken etiquette that is common in most
coworking spaces?
Obviously there will be some that become about naturally, but what are
some that might need to be enforced?
Should there be some sort of etiquette in group brainstorms?

Just want to have a heads up for when we open our space.

Thanks,
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[Coworking] Re: Sitting in my new space :)

[Brian Whipple]

Congrats! Hope all goes well.

Brian Whipple
www.incubationworks.com

On Feb 1, 1:30 pm, Jes jessica.hu...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hey all!

 If you've seen me post before, you know that I am thisclose to
 opening! Last night I hosted a local web group's meetup and it went
 really well with nice feedback.

 Today, I am hosting my first Jelly (even cute little bowls of jelly
 beans at each workstation) but I sit here alone because today all
 local schools are canceled due to weather (we've been having a
 gorgeous winter here until 2 days ago, and though it is still pretty,
 it is negative digits and snowy...). So, alas, my first day of
 coworking, I am working alone. But! I'm not all that down about it
 because 1. The space is finished! and 2. I had 3 people scheduled to
 come and they called/emailed to cancel so I know they were still
 thinking about it, and 3. I really love the space, the reasons behind
 the space, and with this kind of excitement, I find it hard to believe
 it won't be infectious :)

 Just thought I'd reach out to a community I know who cares and
 understands the opening of a space. I uploaded the finished pictures
 on my facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/networkcoworking, so, if
 you have a moment check them out and celebrate with me!

 Opening day is 2/14 and I have a fun event scheduled for 2/27 (Bloggie
 Awards Party). If you find yourself in Longmont, CO, I'd love to see
 you!

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Re: [Coworking] Getting the word out for a new space

[brian difeo]

Best of luck for the coworking space in upstate. I went to college up there
and know the area, it's beautiful but as you said it's rural. Regarding
Jelly, my limited experience in NYC was that it attracts all ages, so go for
it. My other ideas are based on the Hive at 55's experience with Meetup.com.
I recommend going to as many Meetups as possible that may attract
independent professionals. You can also host for free any sort of Meetup
group that may have potential members. If they don't have any upcoming
events planned, email the organizer and see if they want to host the next
one at your new space. Lastly, you could setup your own Meetup group and
call it something like independent professionals or small business
owners. If the independent workforce is not organized in your area, you may
have to organize it yourself.

Cheers,

Brian
www.hiveat55.com

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 As an organizer who is starting a new space, I can use a few tips from
 the pros as to what works in getting the word out to potential co-
 workers.   I live in a small western NY city called Canandaigua.  Its
 close to Rochester (which has a co-working space.)  The city has a
 population of about 10,000 but the surrounding areas are quite rural
 except for ROC.  We have a small community college of mostly
 commuters.  Our city has 2 small coffee shops, but are not set up for
 hanging out and working.  We have a starbucks and wifi cafeteria at a
 huge Wegmans grocery store where some potential peeps hang out at.

 I want to recruit some founders but its been slow going so far.

 So far I

 created a blog with useful links and info about my new space with a
 call to join me
 advertised in cragislist
 made flyers to distribute (I need to get out, but its snowing and
 cold...)
 Advertised on a local weekly email blast that a friend does.
 networked with my local friends
 Updated my linked in page
 Talked to several influential business people on a Main St.  (they are
 all supportive)

 Perhaps I just got to open the space and then really work on
 recruiting co-workers.

 I am hesitant to do Jelly as I am older and most of my peeps would
 probably not be too receptive to that idea.  Jelly seems to be
 something for the 20 something crowd.

 Thanks

 Rob OBrien
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[Coworking] Re: Savannah Georgia

[Brian Sierakowski]

Jamie from Thinc Savannah dropped in to the Beehive the week before
thanksgiving. We had a great chat about her space, well worth checking
out: http://thincspace.com/ .

-B

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 Hi!
 Welcome. You can check out this part of the coworking wiki to see if
 others have expressed interest in coworking in your 
 areahttp://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/25870863/CoworkingSavannahGA
 You might check around on meetup.com groups in your area or google
 jelly savannah.
 Happy hunting!

 Angel

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  is anyone looking for space in Savannah Georgia??

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[Coworking] Re: Who wants to create a wormhole?!

[Brian Sierakowski]

Wow, if the universe loved wormholes as much as coworkers, we'd all be
toast :).

Sounds like there's a lot of interest here, perhaps enough to set up a
schedule! What does everyone think is cooler, a consistent connection
between two spaces, or a view that changes to different coworking
spaces?

Anything else conceptually I'm not thinking of before we tackle the
implementation? Before we get hardware in place, what other cool stuff
could we do? I'd like this to be really immersive, so we should really
move to reinforce the fact that this is a window to another coworking
space, and not a full screened skype window. I don't think our
incubator would be cool with us carving a hole in the wall to flush
mount it, but we could at least put lines on it to make it look like a
glass window!

I will figure out what needs to happen on our side, and will continue
to think on this, can we all agree on a maiden voyage the first week
of January?

-B



On Dec 9, 6:55 pm, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote:
 I have TracyVirtualOffice working, so anyone can Skype video call that to
 test the concept.  I'll fire it back up Friday morning...but, today was a
 tough 
 day:http://forcarol.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/carols-piano-donated-to-trac...

 http://forcarol.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/carols-piano-donated-to-trac...Thanks,
 Mike

 On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Iris Kavanagh iriskavan...@gmail.comwrote:



  Brian-

  What a great idea! I love it. Count us in as interested :)

  ~ iris

  @slickiris
  nextspace.us

  On Dec 9, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Cadu de Castro Alves wrote:

  I love the idea, Brian!

  Our bees will love to talk to yours for sure! ;)

  We'll hold an end-of-year party on 20th dec. I think that could be nice to
  put each other in touch.

  What do you think?

  Abs,

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  On 08/12/2010, at 23:10, Brian Sierakowski wrote:

  Fellow coworkers,

  I'm one of the community managers at the Beehive Baltimore, and we
  have a fun idea.

  We're considering creating a wormhole between our coworking space and
  another space, somewhere in the world (perhaps not in the US!) What
  this means technically is that we have a 24/7 video bridge between our
  two spaces, manifested on a monitor or TV that sits on the wall.

  More importantly, what this also means is that the coworking community
  will have another touch point, more face to face time, and yet another
  opportunity to create serendipity.

  If you're interested in trying this out, let me know, would love to
  have multiple spaces try this experiment with us and each other!

  Talk soon,
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[Coworking] Who wants to create a wormhole?!

[Brian Sierakowski]

Fellow coworkers,

I'm one of the community managers at the Beehive Baltimore, and we
have a fun idea.

We're considering creating a wormhole between our coworking space and
another space, somewhere in the world (perhaps not in the US!) What
this means technically is that we have a 24/7 video bridge between our
two spaces, manifested on a monitor or TV that sits on the wall.

More importantly, what this also means is that the coworking community
will have another touch point, more face to face time, and yet another
opportunity to create serendipity.

If you're interested in trying this out, let me know, would love to
have multiple spaces try this experiment with us and each other!

Talk soon,
-Brian

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[Coworking] foursquare classification

[brian difeo]

Hey folks,

Regarding a thread that ended on July 15 about foursquare
classifications, I wanted to let you all know that the Hive at 55 was
able to claim its foursquare venue today! We sort of hit a wall when
it comes to a good special to run, but anyway, coworking places (at
least the Hive) are now claimable. Any specials ideas are welcomed.

Cheers,

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[Coworking] Tracking Jobs Created

[Brian Whipple]

I am currently doing research on co-working because our small business
incubator will be opening a space within the next year. I am wondering
if there are any spaces that are keeping track of jobs created in
their spaces? If so, how many jobs have been created?

The reason behind asking this information is because we would like to
have some information to present in order to get funding from the
Economic Development Center. Any information would be helpful.

Thanks,
Brian Whipple

Website: www.incubationworks.com
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[Coworking] Introduction

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Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Brian Whipple and I
currently work for the Amarillo Enterprise Center. We focus on small
business incubation through business coaching. We have in-house and
outside clients.
We are in the beginning stages of building a coworking space, and I am
currently looking for any information that I can get my hands on.
Anyones help would be appreciated, and I will try my best to help
others out there too.
If you want to find out more information about the Enterprise Center,
then I would recommend looking at some of our links below. Looking
forward to learning and contributing to the group.

Website: www.incubationworks.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/incubationworks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/incubationworks
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Re: [Coworking] Cowking in NYC (or greater area)

[brian difeo]

Hey Mark,

We'd be glad to have you here at the Hive at 55 in Lower Manhattan!

www.hiveat55.com

Brian DiFeo
Community Manager

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 I will be in NYC on Friday and would like to visit any coworking
 sites.  Are there any on this list that might welcome a visit?
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 Mark Nolte

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[Coworking] Coworking Space in Paris?

[brian difeo]

Hey Folks,

I am the Community Manager at the Hive at 55, a coworking space in
Lower Manhattan, New York City. I'll be in Paris for a few days next
week/weekend, if anyone here runs a coworking space in Paris I would
like to stop by and say hello. I don't speak French and I couldn't get
very far on the wiki page for Paris, find directions, etc.

Anyway, for anyone who works at or knows of a coworking space in
Paris, let me know and I hope to meet up.

Cheers,

Brian DiFeo
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Free Days

[brian difeo]

Here at the Hive at 55 in Lower Manhattan, we offer a free trial day to
any one who attends an event, which is usually a Meetup or a workshop of
some kind. One of us will introduce the Hive and coworking in general to the
group, then extend a free day to anyone in attendance. We've had a some
people convert to members, and I think it is just as valuable to introduce
your space to a group of potential members, and people who will hopefully
spread the word. Interestingly, some people will take months to actually use
the free day - it is nice to know they remember us after all that time.

Cheers,

Brian Difeo
Community Manager, Hive at 55
www.hiveat55.com http://www.hiveat55.com%20

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Chad Ballantyne c...@thecreativespace.cawrote:

 We do JELLYs
 And invite via our fan page and email blasts from business groups in the
 city.  At least 4-6 people show up - good times!

 Chad

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 That makes me feel a bit better, as I have tried a few, an no comes.

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[Coworking] Hello from Baltimore!

[Brian Sierakowski]

Hey all!

I've been lurking the group for a while now, but wanted to take a
minute to say hello!

I'm from Baltimore, coworking out of the Beehive from time to time.
I'm currently building a startup that will help a lot of members of
the coworking community, so occasionally I might check in to make sure
the community at large is having the same issues we're having here in
Baltimore.

Thanks!

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[Coworking] Re: Our One Year Anniversary!

[brian difeo]

Hey Todd,

From one Jersey guy involved with coworking to another, cheers to you
all! Your snapshot of the last 3 weeks at C4 Workspace really
demonstrates the wide reach coworking has, and how keeping your
options and your mind open will define your space and attract people
you probably never imagined. Like you said, you can't pre-sell
coworking, and it takes a while for your community to develop. Next
thing you know, gubernatorial candidates and Teach for America are
knocking on your door.

Best of luck in year #2.

Brian DiFeo
Community Manager,
Hive at 55
NYC

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[Coworking] Hello!

[Rebecca Brian]

Hello All,

First off, it is humbling and extraordinary to hear all of the amazing
work this group is doing around the globe. Thank you! Secondly, I
would like to introduce myself.

Hi! My name is Rebecca Brian, and coworking has been in my brain for
about 7 years, creating coworking-ish environments ever since I
realized that working from my living room totally sucked, and its more
fun and I can do a better job when other people are around. Fast-
forward to today, and now its excitingly official - I am co-founding
NextSpace San Francisco with the awesomely groovy peeps at NextSpace
Santa Cruz and my partner-in-crime Jamie Capozzi.

To start us off on our beta phase, we are hosting Freelance Camp PRO,
a full day BarCamp (user-generated and uber-spontaneous content), with
great discussion, delicious food, amazing networking, and very cool
gifts (Speck cases and Moleskin notebooks!) You can learn more at
http://freelancecamppro2010sf.eventbrite.com/.

Some of our fellow coworking peeps are coming in as community sponsors
(Thanks pariSoma!) and we're super-psyched to do our part in lifting
up the concept of coworking for everyone. Please stop by our space (28
2nd Street, 3rd Floor), say hi, and we'd like to do the same with you.
Our site is www.nextspace.us. Coworking truly is the (r)evolution of
work, and I'm so proud to be a part of it and to finally say hello to
all of you.

Best,

Rebecca Brian
NextSpace San Francisco
rebe...@nextspace.us
415.513.0456

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[Coworking] Hi, newbie on board.

[Rebecca Brian]

Hello!

Thank you for welcoming me into your group. I'm in catalyst stage of
launching a coworking space in San Francisco. I'd love some advice on
some key questions if you have a moment.

One of the most important things to figure out is where - multiple
locations already exist in SoMA, with more on the way. One is in the
Dogpatch. One in Berkeley. Emerging locations in the Mission.

I put together a little poll to get your feedback - where needs it the
most? Downtown where the clients are? In one of the outer
neighborhoods like the Sunset? I'd love feedback, or feel free to
answer the poll directly at the blog we set up: www.whiteboardsuites.com.

The second most important after location is, how big? The bigger it
is, the more potential profit, but the largest capital raise needed.
The smaller it is, the easier to get off the ground, but less room for
profit without expanding. What is ideal? 4k sqft? 6k? 10k?

Thank you for any wise words.

Best,

Rebecca

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[Coworking] Gov 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains

[Brian Gryth]

Hello all,


My name is Brian Gryth and I have been lurking on the site for awhile.   I
am interested in the coworking movement, but as a government employee I have
not been able to partake.  I know a lot of you are interested in the boarder
tech community and thus I wanted to share some information about an event I
am co-organizing in the Government 2.0 world.

The event is a barcamp for government (called a Government 2.0 or Gov
2.0 camp).  This camp will be the first Gov 2.0 Camp of the Rocky Mountains
and is scheduled for Saturday, June 12, 2010, at the Silicon Flatirons
Center at the CU Wolf School of Law in Boulder, CO,
http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.pdf..

Government 2.0 Camp is the
unconferencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference
 about government’s use of social media tools and Web 2.0 technologies.  The
goal of the camp is to share information about Government 2.0 initiatives
that are already in process and to collaborate on how to leverage social
media tools and Web 2.0 technologies to create a more collaborative,
efficient, and effective government at the local, state, and federal
levels.  Additional information about the event is available at
http://barcamp.org/rmgov20camp and the Government 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains
group, http://groups.google.com/group/RMgov20camp?pli=1.


This event is open to anyone interested in improving government.  And, we
plan to provide free attendance for the event.  We are seeking sponsorship
to help make this event possible.  Any contribution is welcome.  Even if a
contribution is not possible, your attendance is welcome and encouraged.


Registration for the event is available at
http://rmgov20camp.eventbrite.com/.

Contributions may also be payable to Gov 2.0 Camp Rocky Mountains and sent
to 1960 Sherman St, Apt 37, Denver, CO 80203.



If you would like any additional information, please feel free to contact
me.



Sincerely,


Brian Gryth
303-748-5447
briangr...@gmail.com
twitter.com/briangryth http://www.twitter.com/briangryth


Scott Primeau
303-877-0009

sprimea...@gmail.com
twitter.com/scottprimeau http://www.twitter.com/scottprimeau

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Re: [Coworking] Tuttle2Texas: Look out! Crazy British People Are Coming.

[brian difeo]

Hey Lloyd - consider yourself and your group invited to the Hive at 55 as
well!

Feel free to coordinate with Tony (at NWC) and me regarding what day works,
but you are welcome either 3/4 or 3/5. Sounds exciting, and have fun on the
Amtrak Trains!

Cheers,

Brian DiFeo
Community Manager - Hive at 55
55 Broad Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10004
bdi...@downtownny.com
www.hiveat55.com

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Tony Bacigalupo
tonybacigal...@gmail.comwrote:

 Lloyd,

 This is exciting! Come on over to New Work City when you're in NYC!

 Feel free to hit me up off-list to talk logistics.

 Best,
 Tony

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 Web:   http://nwcny.com
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 Email: t...@nwcny.com
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Re: [Coworking] Re: How can I utilize Meetup for my Coworking Space?

[brian difeo]

Many thanks to Liu, Minna, Scott, Angel, and Jay - your input, feedback, and
experiences are much appreciated!

The Hive at 55 held a Meetup for extreme programmers and a Jelly last week -
both are great additions to growing our network here in Manhattan. I've been
reaching out to Meetups that may be in need of space and generally fall in
the technology/startup/entrepreneur categories, and we have another Meetup
scheduled for next week.

While it seems like those who have started or inherited a Meetup group are
having success, it seems like a lot of work! I am going to hold off on that
step as the Hive at 55 continues to evolve.

Cheers,

Brian DiFeo
Community Manager - Hive at 55
55 Broad Street, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10004
www.hiveat55.com http://www.hiveat55.com%20
Twitter: @hiveat55



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Jay jaycata...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Brian,

 Congratulations on opening your space!

 My name is Jay Catalan, one of the co-founders of The Network Hub in
 Vancouver, B.C. We started our space back in 2006 and we've utilized
 the Meetup groups since we opened. We actually participated in several
 of these meetups, and other networking events, even before we started
 The Network Hub. We found them to be a great way to network for our
 web design company at the time.

 Several of these Meetup groups did not have a regular place to meet,
 so it just made sense to offer up our space for free once we opened
 our doors. Most of the members of the groups we belonged to were
 already ideal members, as they mostly operated from homes or cafes, so
 it was a good fit.

 One of these groups were not as active at the time and needed a new
 organizer. We decided we could be the official sponsor for the
 Vancouver Entrepreneur Meetup, and my partner, Minna Van, took over as
 the group's organizer. We only had a handful of people show up for
 that first meetup, but we now regularly have over a hundred attendees
 for the monthly event, and the group has become the second largest
 Meetup group in Vancouver.

 We've also donated our space to events such as WordCamp, DemoCamps,
 social media gatherings, and various local small business events.
 They've helped us a great deal in organically spreading the word about
 The Network Hub in the local community.

 I recommend asking your current members, as well as yourself, what
 groups/events you and them are genuinely interested in participating
 in; and see if the groups would be interested in using your space for
 their events.

 Cheers,

 Jay Catalan
 Co-Founder, The Network Hub
 Twitter: @jaycatalan
 www.thenetworkhub.ca
 604.767.8778

 3rd Floor, 422 Richards Street
 Vancouver, B.C.

 On Jan 6, 12:25 pm, brian difeo briandi...@gmail.com wrote:
  Here at the Hive at 55 http://www.hiveat55.com, we are a little over
 one
  month old and are considering ways to get potential members through the
  door. One idea is creating a Meetup group - but for what? For our space?
 For
  freelancers in the neighborhood? We are in the heart of Lower Manhattan,
 so
  terms like neighborhood and community can sometimes seem so daunting, and
 we
  don't want to limit ourselves to the immediate area. We are having a
 jelly
  in the near future, FYI.
 
  I've been attending Meetups and contacting organizers to offer our space
 for
  future meetups and this has been a great start. But I'd like to know how
  other coworking spaces have utilized meetup.com in the past,
 specifically,
  have you created a group and has it been successful? Do you have any
 other
  recommendations beside what I mentioned above? Is there something else
 out
  there that is a more appropriate place to look into?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Brian DiFeo
  Community Manager - Hive at 55
 
  646.556.6805
 
  55 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004www.hiveat55.comwww.downtownny.com

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[Coworking] How can I utilize Meetup for my Coworking Space?

[brian difeo]

Here at the Hive at 55 http://www.hiveat55.com, we are a little over one
month old and are considering ways to get potential members through the
door. One idea is creating a Meetup group - but for what? For our space? For
freelancers in the neighborhood? We are in the heart of Lower Manhattan, so
terms like neighborhood and community can sometimes seem so daunting, and we
don't want to limit ourselves to the immediate area. We are having a jelly
in the near future, FYI.

I've been attending Meetups and contacting organizers to offer our space for
future meetups and this has been a great start. But I'd like to know how
other coworking spaces have utilized meetup.com in the past, specifically,
have you created a group and has it been successful? Do you have any other
recommendations beside what I mentioned above? Is there something else out
there that is a more appropriate place to look into?

Thanks,

Brian DiFeo
Community Manager - Hive at 55

646.556.6805

55 Broad Street, NY, NY 10004
www.hiveat55.com
www.downtownny.com
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[Coworking] Introduction

[brian difeo]

Hello Coworking Community!

I've known about coworking for a couple of weeks and it is time for me
to formally introduce myself... I am the Community Manager at the Hive
at 55, a new coworking space in Lower Manhattan, NYC. I am learning a
lot from this group and the discussions you all are having, and I look
forward to positive collaboration in the future. If you want to
contact me directly you can email me at briandi...@gmail.com, and if
you are in NYC stop by to see the space!

Cheers,

Brian

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[Coworking] Re: The wikipedia entry is off on it's accuracy

[Brian Gryth]

Hello all,

If the goal is to collaborate on the history in this space, then I
would suggest using either a page in the group that could be edited by
the members or perhaps a linked Google Doc.

I am all for Google Wave, but a group page or Google Doc would be more
accessible to a larger group of people.

Unless we want to rewrite the text, it might be a good idea to copy
the Wikipedia text and edit from that text.  Always good to have a
starting point.

Thanks,
Brian

On Nov 30, 10:52 am, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote:
 Tara:  Thanks for the bit of history and the link!  The video you made
 was my guide and inspiration.  Serendipity has become THE word at the
 TVO  :-)

 Re: Coworking should be described as a 'movement', not just a way of
 working. The way of working is not new.

 For everyone, this is my take on:  Way back in the 70's and 80's the
 concept of Neighborhood Telework Centers took shape. I was heavily
 involved in Telecommuting back then at LLNL (I co-wrote the first
 Telecommuting Plan there).  But, I had hoped one day to open a
 Neighborhood TeleWork center in Tracy...but:  1.I did not have the
 nerve  and 2. no $$.

 Years later (with nerve and a few $$)I happened upon the coworking
 concept. It took me several months to digest the concept and merge it
 with what I already knewThe result:  Here I am, typing away in the
 Tracy Virtual Office.  WhooHoo!  :-)

 I'd be more than happy to help with the WikiPedia efforthmmm, Google
 Wave may be a good media for document collaboration???

 Mike





 Tara Hunt wrote:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coworking

  Usually I wouldn't point this out, but wikipedia is supposed to be the
  authority. In the history, it says Brad Neuberg set up the Hat
  Factory, but he set up Coworking in the Spiral Muse house in the
  mission (2005) and a group of five (stakeholders):

  Tara Hunt/Chris Messina
  Ryanne Hodson/Jay Dedman
  Brad Neuberg
  Neil Drumm
  Ted Tagami (I think he was the fifth)

  Set up The Hat Factory in 2006 (Chris and I went and signed the deal
  with Schlomo on our way out to Wine Camp in May of 2006 - the location
  was suggested by Jay  Ryanne who were friends with Schlomo).

  I also think Coworking should be described as a 'movement', not just a
  way of working. The way of working is not new. The movement is.

  Either way, it needs a great deal of work and I'm not a 'wikipedian'
  (and have a personal stake in it), so I'd probably be chopped. Any
  volunteers? Maybe we could craft the text/references here as a group,
  then have a trusted editor enter it?

  Tara

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Tour (via JetBlue?)

[Brian Del Vecchio]

Kyle, Sam, and anyone else--if you're in the Boston area, let us
know--we'd love to see you at betahouse to talk coworking and
community spaces.

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Kyle Mulkarepalvigla...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Dear coworking peoples,

 I've been thinking about doing a tour of coworking places in different
 cities. Because JetBlue is offering an all-you-can fly deal for $599,
 this might be a good opportunity to actually do it.
 http://www.jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/

 So, if you are open to me dropping in (I could pay the regular daily
 rate) and are located in a city served by JetBlue, could you drop me a
 note and maybe why I should stop by? Here's a list of JetBlue cities:
 http://www.jetblue.com/wherewejet/

 I've got friends in the following cities, so I'm fairly certain that
 I'll visit them if I do this. But, I'd love to hear of other coworking
 places in different cities too!
 Seattle
 San Francisco and San Jose
 Denver (Boulder specifically)
 New Orleans

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[Coworking] Re: Lease signed!

[Brian Del Vecchio]

Congrats, Mike, and best of luck with your new venture.


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On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote:

 I just signed the lease on the TracyVirtualOffice coworking facility.  I
 have a bit of work to do, but, I plan to open on or before May 1, 2009.

 I have 1 year (we are self funded) to make it or go bust.

 I will do my best to make this a great coworking location!

 Thanks to all on this list for helping!

 TracyVirtualOffice.com

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[Coworking] Re: Space open..now what?

[Brian Del Vecchio]

Mike,

Before betahouse came into existence, we had been socializing the
Coworking idea in our community of web entrepreneurs. We went to every
meetup and local event where potential coworkers could be found, and
told everyone we met about what we were doing.  Many of the people who
joined us heard about us second hand from these people.

You can reach out to local user groups and meetups--they're always
looking for places to host events, and socializing the ideas behind
coworking in these groups will help bring you regulars.

You might also try hosting events in the space to build your
relationship with the local community.  Here's some inspiration from
my friend Sooz: http://bit.ly/14C0ya

Just don't rip off the name of her event--that would be tacky.

Another way to win regulars is to invite the interested people you
meet to come hang out for a day and see how they like it. Ask visitors
to beta test the furniture arrangement and wifi, and in exchange for
a free day in the space, ask them what they like and what you can do
to make it perfect for them.  You don't have to go implement all the
suggestions, but this is a great way to get people to buy into the
concept and feel some ownership.

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 CollabLab is open, we had our grand opening on wednesday.  Two people
 showed up, which is fine. It was great to have them and both were
 happy to see a coworking space in the area. I didn't expect to have a
 full house by any means, and one of the reasons I did this was simply
 to see if there was a market in this particular area.  I still think
 there is a market, but the word needs to get out.

 Obviously the biggest draw to a coworking space is the people. But if
 there are no people to start with, the people won't come.  It's a
 catch 22. Now I remember someone here saying that if you build it,
 they will come - in time so it wasn't completely unexpected.

 My biggest issue right now is (and, I'll admit, has always been) that
 I suck at marketing. Twitter has been the biggest marketing channel
 I've used so far (Thanks Curtis!), I have a craigslist ad up (which
 isn't doing anything), and I plan to do a flier campaign at the local
 starbucks among other marketing ideas.  But I feel what is really
 going to draw the crowds (8 will make me happy, lol) are events.  From
 what I can see, a lot of the presentation type events that happen in
 coworking spaces are presented by people in the coworking space
 itself.  Well, again, need people to get people.

 I feel like quite the idiot, but I wouldn't even know where to start
 to try and arrange a presentation by someone. I guess I feel a little
 out of the loop, which again, even in my other companies, has been a
 problem, and one of the prime reasons I wanted to open a coworking
 space!  I've been working in isolation for 8 years..my personal
 network is dismal.

 So any input or ideas on where to go from here would be much
 appreciated.

 -Mike
 www.collablab.net
 


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[Coworking] Re: Recruiting Locals

[Brian Del Vecchio]

James,

betahouse in Cambridge is built around the web startup community,
where all the founders were active before we opened.  We have a few
freelancers and remote workers now, but the initial core group came
together through the extensive personal networks of the founders.

I see that you've got good goog placement for 'coworking worcester',
but many of the people you're looking for haven't been exposed to the
idea yet, so the challenge is getting the word out.  Local press is
good, and we also spent a lot of time explaining coworking at
networking events like Web Innovators, Ignite Boston, etc.

If you want to stop by betahouse and talk strategy some time, drop me
an email and we can work it out.

Also, you may want to update the page in the wiki with contact info:
http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingWorcester

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 Just curious to what best practices, if any are used to market a
 potential co-working space to a community of local freelancers? I live
 in Worcester, Massachusetts (Central, MA) and have some interest in a
 potential co-working space, but need at least 4 more to show interest
 and be good candidates in order to move forward.

 Obviously there are simple marketing techniques via social media and
 business networks, but I'm curious if anyone on here has come up with
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[Coworking] WordPress Installfest at Berkeley Coworking -- Thursday January 15, 2009 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm

[Brian]

Berkeley Coworking and cog motive are hosting a WordPress installfest
on Thursday, January 15th. Join us to get your online publishing
platform installed, updated, and configured so you can share your
thoughts on politics, your industry, and what your cat is doing.

You should come to this if you: want to blog, want to learn a little
more about content management systems, want to get over your fear of
the “settings” panel, want to help others learn more about WordPress,
or want to hang out with people who are pretty cool.

We will be meeting from 6PM to 9PM at Berkeley Coworking. If you have
a laptop, bring it. Free wifi is provided on-site.

More details and RSVP widget here:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1478578/

Berkeley Coworking
2930 Shattuck Ave Ste 305
Berkeley, California 94705
http://berkeleycoworking.com

Berkeley Coworking is a coworking space with a great and diverse group
of tenants and regular drop-ins. Located near Ashby BART and Berkeley
Bowl, the only reason you have to not stop by is if you are allergic
to awesome. Learn all about us at http://berkeleycoworking.com.

cog motive is an art and technology collective that focuses on
creative expression and helping people over the digital divide. Web
comics, web design and development, content strategy, we have our
fingers in lots of pies. We love pies. Join the mayhem at http://cogmotive.com.

WordPress is an open-source publishing platform, presented in many
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[Coworking] Re: COOP Chicago Now Open!

[Brian]

Congratulations! Office Dog sounds like a nice feature; what kind of
dog is it?

- Brian Tanaka


On Jan 7, 9:45 am, s...@onedesigncompany.com
s...@onedesigncompany.com wrote:
 COOP Chicago is now Open!
 We've launched a new Coworking space in Chicago's Fulton Market
 available for rent by day, week or month.

 Check us out atwww.coworkchicago.com

 T-1 Internet Connection
 Kitchen  Bathroom
 Furnished with Desk
 Security Camera
 Office Dog
 Close to CTA  Downtown (Blueline Grand/Milwaukee/Halsted or Greenline
 Clinton Stop)
 Flexible Lease
 Awesome People

 For more information email us at i...@coworkchicago.com or call 312
 602 3335

 Anyone interested, We'd love to have you come in and check out the
 space!
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[Coworking] Fe: Connecting to co-workers

[Brian Del Vecchio]

Hi Felicity,

 We're enjoying some growth in community here at betahouse, and here
 are some quick observations on success factors.  I hope you find some
 of this useful.

 We got major press early last Fall with a front page story in the
 Boston Globe. It led to a lot of interest both from people we already
 knew, and new folks discovering coworking.  But how do you convert
 buzz into community?

 After the Globe article, we had a hard time keeping up with all the
 casual interest, so we instituted a weekly Open House.  It's really
 just a casual social time where we serve beer and snacks, turn up the
 music, and make sure that we can give visitors a warm welcome.   When
 people inquire about space, we invite them to Open House.  It makes
 for a very different impression than walk quietly around the space
 and try not to disturb the busy coworking people.  And as Raines
 said, coworking is about the people: if visitors have time to bond
 with people they meet when they visit, they'll leave thinking of more
 than cost per sq ft and the discomfort of sharing space with
 strangers.

 But more importantly: we built betahouse to serve a community (web
 entrepreneurs), and nearly everyone who has come join us at betahouse
 has come from this community.  People come to betahouse not for the
 cheap office space, but to be around other people with similar
 interests and challenges.

 We regularly attend community events where we tell everyone who will
 listen about betahouse, and remind everyone we see that they're
 welcome to stop by and visit during open house, or come work for a
 day.

 We even go so far as to follow our friends on Twitter, and respond to
 the frequent complaints about nomadic cafe life with invitations to
 come work at betahouse.

 More seriously, we try to make betahouse a center for the community we
 serve.  We have invited the community in to betahouse for special
 events, like the all-day hackfests we call DevHouse Boston.  Several
 of our resident coworkers discovered us through these events.

 We've also held a series of big parties (beer by the keg, endless
 food, and live DJs).  These are tons of work, but it's always a
 pleasure when I see two people meet and recognize each other from our
 parties.

 I'll conclude by saying that we've done all this without a blog.  Of
 course we know we should have one, and everything that Raines says is
 completely right.  But connecting to the community has been our main
 strategy.

 I'll try to make this a bit more coherent and post it on the coworking blog.

-- 
Brian Del Vecchio   |   Virosity, Inc.   |   [EMAIL PROTECTED]   |   
617-899-0798

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[Coworking] Re: Boston?

[Brian Del Vecchio]

OK, thanks for all the help replying to our mail ;)

Nikita only contacted us this afternoon, and we haven't had time to
respond yet.
But it's not like we don't exist, or are unresponsive.  We're just
busy right at the moment.

And Nikita, thanks for your patience.  We really appreciate it.  It
says a lot about your character, and whether you might be the kind of
person we'd like to work with.

For anyone else in the Boston area who would like to check out
Betahouse, we've set aside some time on a weekly basis when we can
give you our complete attention.  Contact me directly, or the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] alias and I will invite you to our next open house.

Only, please allow us a little time to respond, thanks.

Brian Del Vecchio
betahouse

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[Coworking] Re: Front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer's Biz Section

[Brian Del Vecchio]

This article captures a lot of the motivation behind Coworking.
You're lucky to have a journalist who focuses on the workplace, but
you also represented yourself and the cause quite well.

Well Done, Alex!

B

On 8/19/07, Alex Hillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 had my mug plastered all over it. We had a half page of the front and back
 of the section in the printed version, and the online version of the article
 is here:
 http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20070819_A_Step_Up_From_Working_In_PJs.html

 While plenty of other important event in the progression of us opening our
 space, and many many inspirational people weren't mentioned, I thought Jane
 did a good job of capturing a good portion of the story from a workplace
 issues standpoint (which happens to be her specialty).



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617-899-0798

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