Re: [Coworking] Re: Recommendations for wifi printers for small-medium use
Ah I see! Don't get me wrong - this printer has had it's day and has a ridiculously high print count. I think in their eyes it costed them more in storage. But it still works a treat! On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 23:17, depo8 Prahran wrote: > Hi Matt, > That's a cracker deal. Unfortunately, in Australia, leasing costs are > quite expensive, unless you have high usage and number of prints. > > We are leaning towards the OKI multifunction. > > Cheers, > Erz > > Erz Imam > depo8 Coworking > p: 0411167329 m: 0411167329 > a: Level 1, 39-41 Mount Street, Prahran, 3181 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=39-41+Mount+Street,+Prahran,+3181&entry=gmail&source=g> > w: www.depo8.com e: prah...@depo8.co m > > > > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 00:03, wrote: > >> We contacted our local print machine company. >> >> They leased us a ex-school printer for £0/month. We pay 1p and 4p (b/w >> and colour) per print and they keep it fully serviced, and the toner topped >> up. >> >> We are going to upgrade to something fancy with A3 print and scanning for >> our designers, which is still only going to be £20/month, and they still >> pay for all the toner (1p and 4p is still the rate) >> >> Have you had a chat with someone who might lease you one? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/VPtOO8rUHXU/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Recommendations for wifi printers for small-medium use
We contacted our local print machine company. They leased us a ex-school printer for £0/month. We pay 1p and 4p (b/w and colour) per print and they keep it fully serviced, and the toner topped up. We are going to upgrade to something fancy with A3 print and scanning for our designers, which is still only going to be £20/month, and they still pay for all the toner (1p and 4p is still the rate) Have you had a chat with someone who might lease you one? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: What is your favorite coworking management software?
Like the others, I also have experience in Nexudus and OfficeRnD. I was with Nexudus for over a year and like others have said it was a difficult interface to use and felt clunky - however it is feature rich! The support were very nice and fast getting back to you, but honestly - I was chatting with support on the weekly. Things were rolled out with bugs and not thorough, and I spent hours a month working through issues. That's the reason I moved to OfficeRnD. RnD isn't feature rich I have to admit, and I wish they would pick up the pace on adding more features that Nexudus have. However when they do something - they do it right and it works like a dream. Plus for a cowork space with a high member to desk ratio (most of our members are flexible and not permanent) it worked out way cheaper as Nexudus charged per active user - Office RnD is per desk. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Made it to the front page of the newspaper
Congrats thats awesome! I'd love to read the article but sadly the Frederick Post probably doesn't get many EU visitors 😂 [image: Screen Shot 2019-01-25 at 10.42.18.png] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Printing - Cloud Solution?
This is all surprising as we don't have any issues with ezeep at all! Maybe we got lucky with our printer/server/integration combo. FYI our ezeep is integrated with OfficeRnD which seems to work a treat. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: What is the best CRM (sales) for Coworking & why? How is the sales funnel of coworking? Sales cycle?
I would agree with Trevor and second officernd.com - but elaborating on your question - they have an Opportunities tab inbuilt. So you can upload a lead's details and set the value of the deal and the probability of winning it. They then also produce Won/Lost reports for you in your KPI's. It's not the absolute best sales funnel tool - however as it's integrated and costs no extra it wins us over! When you win the lead, you have their basic details on file already so you can go ahead and set them up from the lead. On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 9:16:22 PM UTC+1, jul...@seedstars.com wrote: > > What is the best CRM (sales) for Coworking & why? How is the sales funnel > of coworking? Sales cycle? > > Thanks for sharing your feedback and experience > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Self bar
Hi Andrea, That's sad to hear you are getting a short fall. We definitely where with our previous help yourself bar! But now we do two things that have fixed this: 1) it is right bang in the middle of our cowork space, so anyone that was thinking about taking something without paying will feel less inclined to 2) I installed an ipad on the wall, and an Izettle card machine next to it. Although it is not made for this, it is a great way to do it as *everyone* has a card or contactless tech on them these days. Previously people would put an I OWE YOU note as they didnt have the cash. I just show people how to use it on their introduction tour and it solved our issues :) Does that help? On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 8:57:36 PM UTC+1, Andrea Di Lascio wrote: > > Hi everybody, how many of you have within the coworking a small self-bar? > how do you manage it? is it profitable? because we have one in our > coworking space but actually the bills at the end of the month are never > found. we always have a shortfall in considerable cash, a clear sign that > many of our customers do not pay what they take. How many of you have the > same problem? proposals to try to solve without being too demanding in the > eyes of customers? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Mail for your members
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, Joshua Webb wrote: > > I would be interested in it Matt. Especially if it could possibly > integrate with our management system OfficeR&D > > *J**oshua Webb* > > *Chief Growth Antagonist*jos...@growthli.com > *844-455-GROW **(**4769)* *Growthli.com* <https://www.growthli.com/> > > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM, > > wrote: > >> Hey Gretchen, >> >> I built an app for our cowork space - it sends a notification to them >> with the date that it came in and any identifiers. It records all the post >> received to their account so we can easily look something up if they have >> suggested something fishy about it... >> >> 1) we check it in on the app >> 2) they get the notification to pick it up >> 3) we pigeon hole it. >> >> I was thinking about making it available for other cowork spaces to use. >> Would be interesting to get your thoughts on it if it would help you too! I >> am also looking at building in a mail forwarding offering, where they can >> select any pieces of mail they would like forwarded or something. Not sure >> yet! >> >> On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 11:08:43 PM UTC+1, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone. If you accept mail for your members what is your process >>> for letting them know they have mail, how do you keep the mail and do you >>> have a log to show when they were notified and when they picked up mail? I >>> am having an issue with a member saying they received a notification email >>> from us that they had mail but then coming in and it not being in their >>> folder. We have a log through COBOT of all emails sent to members and do >>> not show that an email was sent to them. Just curious what your process is >>> for mail pick up and notification. Thanks! >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Mail for your members
Hey Gretchen, I built an app for our cowork space - it sends a notification to them with the date that it came in and any identifiers. It records all the post received to their account so we can easily look something up if they have suggested something fishy about it... 1) we check it in on the app 2) they get the notification to pick it up 3) we pigeon hole it. I was thinking about making it available for other cowork spaces to use. Would be interesting to get your thoughts on it if it would help you too! I am also looking at building in a mail forwarding offering, where they can select any pieces of mail they would like forwarded or something. Not sure yet! On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 11:08:43 PM UTC+1, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: > > Hi everyone. If you accept mail for your members what is your process for > letting them know they have mail, how do you keep the mail and do you have > a log to show when they were notified and when they picked up mail? I am > having an issue with a member saying they received a notification email > from us that they had mail but then coming in and it not being in their > folder. We have a log through COBOT of all emails sent to members and do > not show that an email was sent to them. Just curious what your process is > for mail pick up and notification. Thanks! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Vaping in the space
Jeannine your answer is so interesting! We definitely have a zero tolerance to smoking, electronic or not. Like others have commented it's discomforting for other members, and quite frankly I don't think it's attractive nor professional in todays society. So for me, it's not something we want to be associated with our brand. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Using "Smart Home" products in coworking spaces
Hey Melissa! It's funny that you bring this up, i've literally just spent this morning building a z-wave mesh network at a friends tuition centre, and I have the same thing set up in our cowork space, so could probably give a few pointers! We use Samsung Smart Things (built for residential use, straight out the box) and its great once you start to learn a bit more about hacking your way through it, which by the sounds of it you will have no problem being experienced with other smart home tech and Pi's. My problem was that we needed to automate lighting and heaters as we do not have central heating, and lights often get left on when there is no need. To solve this I installed an app called webCore which allows you to create complex conditional actions with little to no coding - all logic. So if the temperature drops below 20 degrees (C) during opening hours in our space, the electric heaters turn on. In the summer we will do the same with fans. We are also setting it all up in the meeting rooms and kitchen to turn on lights and AV when someone walks into the room either via the door opening sensors or the motion sensors. In hindsight, we will buy a controller that is built more for commercial networks in the future, but for now Smart Things works perfectly for us. The great thing is there is an absolute plethora of products that are compatible, and a thriving online community (like this one) of smart things nerds who are massively helpful when things don't quite work as advertised. You can automate heaters, lights, fans, blinds, sirens, smoke alarms, cctv, traditional central heating and more! I would also recommend looking on a site like vesternet.com (for the UK its great, if you're in the US im not sure) and forums when deciding which accessories and gadgets to buy - if you do go down the smartthings route, there are often lots of better quality extras by other manufacturers (Fibaro to name one) Tip: Label EVERYTHING. people like to fiddle/remove plugs, and this will disturb your network. I have labels on the plugs and the devices that are within members reach with "do not remove" or "smart device - do not change settings" if its something like a electric heater or fan. *Disclaimer: Heaters technically shouldn't be controlled by the power socket. I have read this on all packaging of heaters we have bought. Something to do with the internal thermometer getting confused/upset by it. So be weary of this incase it is dangerous/voids insurance should the worst scenario ever happen. I'm doing it, but make your call :)* Hope this helps! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Examples of Cowork Space + Coffee Shop in one!
I like this advice a lot! I think the daunting thing is when we first opened we boot strapped it and so could only build as and when, which meant it was easier to make decisions about where things would go relative to the current set up. However with this project we are starting with a little cash from the off so are just trying to plan it to be as perfect as possible. Obviously we have our experience and knowledge that helps from the previous set up, but well worth reminding myself of this advice you just gave. On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 5:20:26 PM UTC, Tobias Schwarz wrote: > > When it comes to design, you should do whatever you like. This shows what > kind of person you are and this well help you not only to attract people > that like coffee, but the "right people" that will fit in better to create > kind of a community. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Small Coworking Space: Is it too small? (Slight math problem)
We started with a space of 1000sqf, I agree with everyone below - it's all about the way you design the space. But my advice is, don't get hung up on that. Start with what suits the numbers and keep changing the space as you go along. Let it evolve. Year and a half later and I am finally satisfied that we have the perfect layout for our members. Also agree with everything Tony said - Work out what you're doing it for and your growth plan if you have one - if you are content on building an awesome community and group of people who thrive together and become friends, and you dont need a salary, then you should be just fine. However for us we hope to make this a business that can give people jobs - our 1000sqf is working out to pay 1 living wage salary, however looking forward we want to expand that when we have the numbers where we want them. On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 3:09:59 PM UTC+1, Kyle Thibaut wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > We have about 600 sqft of open space in our coworking space. Is there > anyone else out there with a small space like ours? > > >- What have you learned to make it work well? >- Is it too small such that voices carry over and disturb others? >- Have you made any creative solutions to help out with having a small >space? >- Bonus: What sqft per person-desk is needed and how many members per >desk is normal? In this case, what would critical mass look like? > > Thanks, > Kyle > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Examples of Cowork Space + Coffee Shop in one!
Hi All, We want to create a space that serves coffee and food, but be public facing as well. We've found the perfect property that can accommodate this! I am struggling with ideas though on how best to design the space and the coffee shop so that they feel beautifully intertwined, the members enjoy it, but also so that the regular coffee drinkers who are not members do not feel out of space and can still enjoy a great coffee experience. I'm looking for examples of spaces to look at for inspiration. I only know of these two, and wondered if you guys have any ideas? https://fruitworks.co/ (looks like a coffee shop on the floor below them?) https://www.openmilano.com/it/ (it is primarily a public work space, cafe and event space with a cowork space behind a big glass wall!) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Shared office / childcare / eldercare
Hi Wayne I hope you are well. I was interested to see the below. We operate 5 co-working spaces in London, details here www.co-work.co To be clear, the town you are thinking of setting up in has a total population of 4800 people? All the best Matt On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 1:16:32 PM UTC+1, wa...@renewacycle.com wrote: > > Hello; > > I've been researching and planning a shared office space for my hometown > of about 4800 people in VT. Along the way, I've noticed the fusion of > coworking and childcare and childcare with eldercare. I'm a member of the > "sandwich generation", caring for children and elders concurrently. With > the rise of remote work and the gig economy and the aging of America, is > there another match here? Here's one stat: > > "the number of seniors is growing. In 2010, one-sixth of the adult U.S. > population was older than 65; by 2030, about one-fourth will be." > > It occurs to me that creating a community "HUB" with shared offices, > childcare, and elder residential and adult daycare would be a unique > intergenerational place for the next 10 years. > > Anyone working on this? > > - Wayne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?
Hey Steve, We use Nexudus as our member management system and it works wonders. Originally we used a cheap RFID scanner and cards to check in members. Long story short you match enter the card details on the members profile, and then when the RFID scanner is swiped, it types in the unique ID for that member. We grabbed an old laptop donated to us, hid this behind a panel on the wall, then put the RFID scanner below a monitor with the Check in screen on it so people could see the checkins of that day. We had to hack a little to get rid of admin info on that page so that sensitive data wasn't shown. The issue we had was that whenever our internet would drop (we did have some connectivity issues at the time) as it is browser based, the browser would then go to a disconnected screen which meant that the check in system would be down until someone would boot up the laptop and get refresh the page. This was a pain in the ass. We now just use Nexudus's app on an iPad, and assign a 4 digit pin of the members choice! Handy thing is that we don't have that drop out issue with an ipad app. Hope that helps a little. Best, Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: From the ashes of our coworking space.... an entrepreneurship workshop.
Thanks, Angel! On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 12:36:59 PM UTC-5, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > Matt, > I love this and it's so cool that something super useful came out of your > closure. > > Angel > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] From the ashes of our coworking space.... an entrepreneurship workshop.
Hi everyone. We recently closed our Nashville coworking space <http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2016/12/5/were-closing-our-coworking-space> to pursue the development of something that emerged from it: a one-day Introduction to Entrepreneurship workshop <http://www.theskillery.com/introduction-to-entrepreneurship/workshop/>. People used to walk in our doors and say, "I have an idea for a business, and I don't know where to begin." They didn't need coworking, they needed a place to start. Some basic training. An overview of small business ownership. We created the workshop as a way of addressing that need, and it was a really nice complement to our coworking space. We've been piloting the workshop at various locations (I posted about that in 2015), and we're now ready to make it available to anyone who wants to offer it! The workshop is a great way to: - build community - offer training for aspiring entrepreneurs - make some money - feed other educational programs, like accelerators and incubators If you think it might be a good fit for your space, give us a shout. We'd love to chat. There's lots more info about licensing on our website: http://www.theskillery.com Thanks everyone! -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Vandalism/idiot tenants
I bloody love this style of managing the issue at hand Alex, spot on! I think as a semi manned space with few fixed desks and a large cohort of "part time" members it necessitated one camera on the front door. An affordable solution to simply understand who is present in the environment at the time of an unfortunate event. On Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 5:12:30 PM UTC, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Sure do :) > > > https://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/07/the-neighborhood-watch-method-for-coworking-space-security/ > > > > > -- > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org > Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com > My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:06 AM, Bernie J Mitchell < > ber...@berniejmitchell.com > wrote: > >> Alex Hillman has a legend story about theft :-) >> >> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 at 13:34, Rohat > >> wrote: >> >>> Hey All, >>> >>> Starting a coworking space and wondering >>> >>> What safeguards do people implement to prevent stolen passes or idiots >>> tenants coming in and vandalizing or theft? >>> >>> Cameras obviously but anything else? >>> >>> Have people had problems? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Have a remarkable day >> >> Bernie J Mitchell >> 0777 204 2012 >> >> Do you use Trello? >> www.berniejmitchell.com >> >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> *Unless we agree otherwise, this email conversation is confidential. >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking Printing Solutions
Hi Michael, I would suggest finding a local printing firm that care, as we have a great deal. I have found that not many of our members require a printer at all. In fact, the facility is used on average by 5 members per month out of the 35 we have here. We have a reconditioned printer fit for a school, that was given to us for free by our local printing company. We pay them x amount per print (they can record this remotely), and we, of course, charge members for the luxury. This amount per print includes all of the toner, and when it is running low they send out the next toner. Their aim is to get your future printing business as you grow your space, and they are putting an asset to use that has no value to them (the reconditioned printer). We have an old laptop that runs ezeep that links to our Nexudus account and auto bills everyone ontop of their monthly price plans. Hope our case study helps. Matt On Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 7:04:39 PM UTC, Michael Everts wrote: > > I purchased a Brother MFC printer for my members about half a year ago but > we have now reached a membership level where the Brother printer isn't > cutting it. I am looking to purchase a larger industrial grade printer and > have reached out to a few printer salespeople. > > Does anyone have any good experience with this and can recommend me a > large workgroup printer that is reliable and robust in features? > > On this note - does anyone reccomend any software for member printing > management? I have looked at PrintWithMe and Ezeep and am not sure what > solution I am going to end up using. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Free Coworking Days
Are you a physical cowork space or someone arranging a weekly cowork meet? Just curious to hear if people do this kind of thing in their cowork space for the public to come and try it out all at one time? Sounds like (at least for us) it could pack us out, and could be abused? On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 10:32:57 PM UTC, magnifyc...@gmail.com wrote: > > What days & hours are best to have open coworking. I am in a college town > of 150k (including students). I was thinking weekly friday evening after > 6pm. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking "chains"?
Perfect! Thanks, Patrizia! On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 7:48:44 AM UTC-5, Patrizia Kuehn wrote: > > > Hi, > > have a look at this list of the Top 10 coworking space chains in the USA > <http://coworkingresources.org/top-10-coworking-space-chains-in-the-usa/>. > > > On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 10:13:17 PM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >> >> HI everyone. >> >> I'm doing a little research, and wondering if there's a list of coworking >> "chains" -- organizations with more than one location, and, specifically, >> organizations with locations in more than one city. >> >> Anyone know of a definitive list? >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Coworking "chains"?
HI everyone. I'm doing a little research, and wondering if there's a list of coworking "chains" -- organizations with more than one location, and, specifically, organizations with locations in more than one city. Anyone know of a definitive list? -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] International Coworking Week
Yep would love to know when this is? Best, Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Locking doors system
Hey Jot, I know this is a year later but hope you don't mind me following this up! After your recommendation I have been trying to get in touch with Clay but their website is giving a ridiculous response to any contact form request "Sending your message failed. Please try again later, or try another way to contact us." Could you pass on a contact for them so I can get in touch? Thanks! Matt On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 11:27:49 AM UTC+1, @jot wrote: > > We're using Clay by Salto at The Skiff: https://my-clay.com/ > > It's been almost a year since we had them installed. We did loads of > research and it was the only system we could install given the way our door > frames have been made - the locks work as replacements for standard Euro > Locks and Yale Locks - I don't think they work with US standard locks. > > Clay take security extremely seriously which has had a negative knock on > effect on the user experience - lots of different security codes involved > in administration tasks. But it does the job and everyone's agreed that > it's far better than how we used to operate with physical keys and leaving > the door unlocked during busy periods. > > The hardware is rock solid, tried and tested in Hotels and large > institutions for years under the Salto brand. Clay is the software layer > that's relatively new and makes it easy administer through web and mobile > apps. > > Let me know if you have any more questions about them. I've been meaning > to write up a full review for a while. > > Jon > > On 17 April 2015 at 10:57, Harald Amelung > > wrote: > >> Ahoi Ahoy! >> >> Have you heard about NoKi? >> http://noki.io/de/?gclid=CODZq9SJ_cQCFQrJtAodKAoAHw >> >> Best regards from Stuttgart >> Harald >> >> Am 15.04.15 um 15:36 schrieb Ahoy: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> we are Ahoy, coworking space from Berlin - Charlottenburg. >>> We are planning to open a new coworking space and at the moment we are >>> trying to find the best solution/system for locking doors of the offices >>> and main entrance. We want to provide 24/7 entrance. Currently we are >>> using keys, but this is a big mess:) >>> >>> We are thinking about magnet cards for locking doors (the same most of >>> hotels have) and also that would be possible to purchase with them at >>> our bar. >>> Do anyone have any experiences what is the best system and maybe which >>> company can provide us this kind of products, solutions? >>> >>> Thank you >>> Cheers! >>> * >>> * >>> *Tjaša Jarc* >>> >>> Ahoy! Berlin >>> Windscheidstr. 18 >>> 10627 Berlin >>> /T//: //+49 173 7079148/ >>> >>> http://www.ahoyberlin.com/ <http://www.ahoyberlin.com/> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ahoyberlin> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:coworking+...@googlegroups.com >. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Coworking0711 - Zusammen flexibel sind wir weniger allein >> http://coworking0711.de >> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Markwell > > Lessons learned building better workplaces: http://jonathanmarkwell.com > > Work better in Brighton: http://theskiff.org > Coworking community with workspace in North Laine. > > Find your coworking community: http://worksnug.com > Worldwide workspace directory that puts communities first. > > Ship your digital product: http://coderfounders.com > Coaching for businesses that want to make money while they sleep. > > +44 (0)7766 021 485 > skype: jlmarkwell | twitter: http://twitter.com/jot > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: previous threads on having multiple locations?
Hey Jeannine, Thank you for that reply to Alex, it's really really useful. While we only have one small location we hope to open a second next year by the success we are fortunate to be having, so these sorts of questions also cross my mind. You say your spaces are throughout the country? are any of them in the same town as each other? Thanks, Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Known, not liked and a criminal record. What can i do?
Hey All, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences and advice with me on this one. To date he still hasn't completed the sign up process so I feel that actually in fact the branding and the collaborative environment may be a deterrent in itself for people who may be in a position to abuse the space or not be comfortable here. I have spoke to individual members who may know him and the general feeling was the same as you all described - we would not be opposed to his initial joining us, however we would have a period of time that it would take to trust and feel comfortable working around this new coworker. They also feel that he probably would not stay on for long. Until then, thank you all so much for sharing your experience on this! Matt On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 2:48:41 PM UTC+1, Matt G wrote: > > Hi all, > > Firstly, this is my first post on here, however I have visited it many > times and have learnt so much from you all. I hope this post is in keeping > with the what should discussed, however I have hit a bit of a problem that > is bothering me. > > 4 months ago I started a cowork space in my hometown in the UK. We are > un-selective and this has been an amazing - we have built such a fantastic > collective of talented and interesting people from all walks of life. > > Now, there is a gentleman in this town of 200,000 people who has a record > of fraud (convicted and served 2013), has rolled over multiple business and > upset many. Whilst never meeting him personally almost any business person > I have spoke to in town knows him. > > He has just signed up as a member. I don't want to discriminate (also not > sure what legal implications are with this) however I seriously fear that > this will upset other members and it may take effect on my business. > > I'd appreciated it if anyone with some experience on this matter or > opinions to share could do so, his registration is not complete as is > awaiting payment. > > Thanks! > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Known, not liked and a criminal record. What can i do?
Hi all, Firstly, this is my first post on here, however I have visited it many times and have learnt so much from you all. I hope this post is in keeping with the what should discussed, however I have hit a bit of a problem that is bothering me. 4 months ago I started a cowork space in my hometown in the UK. We are un-selective and this has been an amazing - we have built such a fantastic collective of talented and interesting people from all walks of life. Now, there is a gentleman in this town of 200,000 people who has a record of fraud (convicted and served 2013), has rolled over multiple business and upset many. Whilst never meeting him personally almost any business person I have spoke to in town knows him. He has just signed up as a member. I don't want to discriminate (also not sure what legal implications are with this) however I seriously fear that this will upset other members and it may take effect on my business. I'd appreciated it if anyone with some experience on this matter or opinions to share could do so, his registration is not complete as is awaiting payment. Thanks! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking in smaller towns
Anakowi, Wow what a read, thank you for that! But don't worry, it looks like so many people here have given some great advice. Addressing the bigger company, I have heard once or twice the notion of starting to charge more for teams over a certain size? I don't know if anyone here has any experience with this? This is something I will shortly look at as a local company have sold their office and took up 5 part time memberships with us. Like you, we are very small and have a great community however would hate to experience the problems you have faced and I think addressing this issue from the off helps, but like Angel said - change your terms and conditions whenever you want - learn and grow from these experiences. The beauty of having small cowork spaces like yours and ours is that we really get to enforce a Lean Startup (great book by the way) approach. Desk Cowork has evolved massively in our first 4 months alone. If they don't like this and conflict with solo members, boot them. Get out there, meet new people. People who I would never have thought would be good member prospects have signed up and joined our community, so don't rule anyone out. We even have ecologists and scientists who wanted to be part of our community. What I'm saying is, you will fill their space :) even if you have to offer discounts to get people in to try the space. At the beginning I ran these offers (at various times): - 20% off first three months (made this for selected industries we were lacking) - Second month FREE (meaning you get a financial commitment from someone as opposed to giving a first month free which would be rather dumb) - Always offering free cowork days to people to let them experience the place - Trade desk space and memberships for peoples services - this is great as you lower your costs, get more exposure, and if you have the space at the moment anyway then the place looks busier and more vibrant for new prospects coming through the door. The other day someone actually wanted to know when the busiest time to come is as they enjoy that more! Good Luck! Matt On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 4:12:07 AM UTC+1, Anakowi Paul wrote: > > Hi Jessica, > > I have "experience" having done exactly that but I'm not sure I can give > you ANY good advice. I've really hit the wall this week and questioning my > level of naivety in this venture. > > I apologise if this post comes across as a whinge but I'm struggling to > understand where I've gone wrong. > > My space is comfortable in a roomy and well appointed sense but TINY when > it comes to catering for a viable revolving door community of workers. We > have a max. 8 fixed desks plus we can accommodate another 8 in the > group-table, coffee-table lounge areas. Town population probably 3-4k > people, high unemployment but a lot of early-adopters of innovation. It is > not your typical office space being an old renovated hall. The space > includes a residential apartment... so the lounge area has a large > home-office ambience – an atmosphere that will suit some but not others. > > We've been operating for a little over six months now... and haven't grown > much. I've needed to adapt my ideas and tighten up the rules a bit (not > easy with those who've joined early) – but so necessary. Maybe this is the > hardest part when you don't have a stream of people lining up for a desk... > because it's the people who set and shape the culture of the community. > > Regional populations in Australia are very small - so marketing is not > easy. However I saw a need (not necessarily a demand) for affordable and > social working options. While I've been prepared to operate at a loss for > 12 months, with the idea of pricing products very competitively and > attractively, I hadn't factored in the heavy lifting involved in site > maintenance. Rules around "cleaning up after yourself" don't relieve me of > the janitor role. > > Pricing correctly (and sticking to it) is proving to be an issue. In > particular because I have a group of people from a single organisation who > are dominating – in the sense of "owning" the space, and over time becoming > less mindful of others (solo workers). They have asked for and I have given > the group concessions on their argument that they deserve discount for > volume. That was the beginning of more demands and I'm beginning to feel > quite manipulated. They now want 24/7 access without an increased rate > adding that they would probably look for their own office space. I > responded simply with the obvious – it's a coworking space, there is no > "lease", people come and go as needed. > > Two days later I was greete
[Coworking] Re: Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
Terrific, Marnee. Let me know if your group has any questions. Regards, -Matt On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 5:00:35 PM UTC-6, Marnee Chua wrote: > > Thanks Matt, this is a very thoughtful look at the ongoing problem of > profitability in coworking. I'm going to share with our Seattle group too, > so interesting! > > > > On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >> losing money. >> >> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >> take a read: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >> >> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >> Thanks! >> >> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
You're welcome, Shannon. Hope it's helpful to you! Best, -Matt On Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 4:25:34 PM UTC-6, Shannon Carlton wrote: > > thank you for the thought and insight you put into the analysis. I look > forward to following you and learning more in 2016! > > On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 7:21:04 AM UTC-5, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >> losing money. >> >> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >> take a read: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >> >> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >> Thanks! >> >> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
I have a hard time imagining the data being valuable enough to sell - and I doubt that's an avenue we'd ever pursue - but it's certainly an interesting thought. Certainly, we'd participate in some sort of data exchange, if it were available. Who wants to build it?? =) MD On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 8:26:22 PM UTC-6, Jerome wrote: > > FYI, the hotels do it via some data company(ies) who then sell the data so > everyone knows the competition. > Anyone know how they initially got started way back when? > > > *JEROME CHANG* > > *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire* > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505 > > *EAST: Downtown* > 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235 > > > *NORTH: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q2!)600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los Robles)* > > <http://vimeo.com/blankspaces> > On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Jacob Sayles > wrote: > > We use our own system, Nadine, and Xero, and Excel. I like the idea of > the dashboard, but the monthly meeting really is key. It takes a little > time and attention to look through the numbers. > > Some time ago I was pitching the Open Coworking Database where we all feed > numbers in to a central, neutral repository for data analysis. I even > started working with Steve King on this but we found people have a hard > time being so totally open with their data, even if their identity is > shielded. I still like the idea and think there is a way to do it. > > Jacob > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Matt D. > wrote: > >> Thanks, Tabari. >> >> We use a few main tools to track our data: >> >> First, we use Cobot to manage our coworking space, and Cobot does provide >> us with some basic analytics. We export information about the number of >> members we have, and we've just begun to make use of their accounting >> codes <https://www.cobot.me/guides/accounting-codes> to allow us more >> granular tracking of how our revenue breaks down. >> >> Second, as I mentioned in the post, we hired an accountant this year, and >> we use a mix of Xero and Google Spreadsheets to keep track of our >> financials on a regular basis. Our accountant does his magic in Xero, and >> then once a month we dump the data in a Google Spreadsheet so we can talk >> about it. In this spreadsheet we track revenue, expenses, and much of the >> data you saw in my blog post. (I plan to share some of our Google >> Spreadsheets soon... stay tuned.) >> >> I would love to create some sort of dashboard software that magically >> pulls all of this info together, but, alas, I don't think it exists. For >> now, it's a combination of some custom reporting from Xero and Cobot, some >> manual entry in a Google Spreadsheet, and a monthly meeting to make sense >> of it all. >> >> Holler if you have additional questions. Happy to answer! >> -Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:59:06 PM UTC-6, Tabari Brannon wrote: >>> >>> Excellent read. One of the goals I have for 2016 is to track everything. >>> I would be interested to see what systems you have in place to track all >>> this data. Thanks! >>> >>> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey everyone. >>>> >>>> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >>>> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >>>> losing money. >>>> >>>> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >>>> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >>>> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >>>> take a read: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >>>> >>>> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>
[Coworking] Re: We're sharing all of our coworking data and financial info
Hi Dawn. Thanks for the note - I'm glad you're finding it useful! I am a data nerd. So I track this data for my business, and, somewhere along the way, realized that it might be useful to others. I know that if I had been able to access this sort of data while exploring the idea of opening a coworking space, it would have been useful to me.. so my hope is that it's useful to others. Sounds like it is! Excellent. I also believe that data only goes so far. I don't want to just provide data, so we make sense of that data on our blog. We've written a number of posts in which we look at the data, and make some conclusions that relate to our community, our space, and our business. Hopefully, that paints a more complete picture. It's fascinating how many people I have heard from since taking this approach. Coworking spaces around the world are reaching out with questions and gratitude. I think there's real value in sharing this sort of insight with others. Just as meaningful: sharing the dirty innards of our coworking space speaks to our values, as well. Transparency, honesty, and the willingness to embrace failure -- it just feels like who we are. So we'll keep doing it. Crazy, maybe. But that's okay with us. Best, -Matt On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:17:25 AM UTC-6, Dawn Baird wrote: > > Matt > > Wow! This makes me think either you guys are a little crazy, or you know > something the rest of us don't! I *love* it! > > What inspired you to take such an unusual step? The vibes of crowdsourcing > and the sharing economy seems to facilitate such a brave move. > > Also, thank-you. We're knee-deep in our business plan, so this will be > very helpful for us just now! > > Dawn > > On Thursday, 14 January 2016 13:05:54 UTC, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. >> >> We've enjoyed sharing some of the highs and lows of our coworking journey >> on our blog, and the positive response has inspired us to go one step >> further... So we created a website that displays all of our coworking data >> and financial information. There are charts and graphs, and links to >> download our financial spreadsheets: >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/coworking/open/data/ >> >> We'll update it once a month. If you like it, and find it useful, please >> spread the word. If there are things you think we could be doing to make it >> more useful, let me know. If you need help making sense of it all, holler. >> >> Hope this is useful for the group! >> -Matt @ The Skillery >> >> >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] We're sharing all of our coworking data and financial info
Hi everyone. We've enjoyed sharing some of the highs and lows of our coworking journey on our blog, and the positive response has inspired us to go one step further... So we created a website that displays all of our coworking data and financial information. There are charts and graphs, and links to download our financial spreadsheets: http://www.theskillery.com/coworking/open/data/ We'll update it once a month. If you like it, and find it useful, please spread the word. If there are things you think we could be doing to make it more useful, let me know. If you need help making sense of it all, holler. Hope this is useful for the group! -Matt @ The Skillery -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
Thanks, Tabari. We use a few main tools to track our data: First, we use Cobot to manage our coworking space, and Cobot does provide us with some basic analytics. We export information about the number of members we have, and we've just begun to make use of their accounting codes <https://www.cobot.me/guides/accounting-codes> to allow us more granular tracking of how our revenue breaks down. Second, as I mentioned in the post, we hired an accountant this year, and we use a mix of Xero and Google Spreadsheets to keep track of our financials on a regular basis. Our accountant does his magic in Xero, and then once a month we dump the data in a Google Spreadsheet so we can talk about it. In this spreadsheet we track revenue, expenses, and much of the data you saw in my blog post. (I plan to share some of our Google Spreadsheets soon... stay tuned.) I would love to create some sort of dashboard software that magically pulls all of this info together, but, alas, I don't think it exists. For now, it's a combination of some custom reporting from Xero and Cobot, some manual entry in a Google Spreadsheet, and a monthly meeting to make sense of it all. Holler if you have additional questions. Happy to answer! -Matt On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:59:06 PM UTC-6, Tabari Brannon wrote: > > Excellent read. One of the goals I have for 2016 is to track everything. I > would be interested to see what systems you have in place to track all this > data. Thanks! > > On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >> losing money. >> >> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >> take a read: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >> >> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >> Thanks! >> >> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
Hi Alex. Many thanks for the kind words. About the graphs: - First, we make decisions about which data points to include. We could have included 100 graphs in here, but this data seemed the most relevant. - Second, we scrub our data to be usable. We've got spreadsheets galore behind the scenes, so coming up with a dashboard (which I'm going to share shortly) of the most relevant info is a really important part of the culling process. - Third - and this is probably the question you're actually asking - our site and blog are built in SquareSpace. Squarespace has a feature to embed a chart block <http://blog.squarespace.com/blog/better-data-presentation-with-chart-blocks>, with a limited number of not-very-customizable graphs. Even using off-the-shelf features, it took us a few weeks to put together a blog post of this depth... it's pretty involved. Holler if I can answer more questions. Thanks, -Matt On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10:24:06 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Another really insightful post, Matt! > > I have an adjacent question...how are you doing those awesome graphs? > > -Alex > > > -- > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Matt D. > wrote: > >> Hey everyone. >> >> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >> losing money. >> >> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >> take a read: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >> >> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >> Thanks! >> >> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
Hi Jacob. Glad to hear it was helpful! I'd be interested to see the data you present, if it's something you're comfortable sharing. I'm sure there's much to be gained from picking through eight years of data. Best, -Matt On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10:55:49 AM UTC-6, Jacob Sayles wrote: > > This is great stuff Matt. We just came through our 8th year and I > compiled 98 months of data to present to an advisory group of members next > week. Susan is taking the data and making it all in to pretty graphs. I > gained a lot of inspiration from your post. We are discussing succession > planning so the focus is a little different, but this kind of analysis can > really help us frame the conversation in the right way. Thanks for the > great post and the perfect timing. > > Jacob > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Alex Hillman > wrote: > >> Another really insightful post, Matt! >> >> I have an adjacent question...how are you doing those awesome graphs? >> >> -Alex >> >> >> -- >> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* >> Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com >> Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 7:21 AM, Matt D. > > wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone. >>> >>> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >>> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >>> losing money. >>> >>> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >>> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >>> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >>> take a read: >>> >>> >>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >>> >>> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >>> >>> -- >>> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.
Hey everyone. We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still losing money. We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please take a read: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! Thanks! -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking Financial Model?
In case it's helpful, we posted a spreadsheet of our entire first year's revenue/expense in the PDF at the end of this blog post: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space Holler if I can help! -Matt On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:31:03 PM UTC-6, Ibrahim Al Jabour wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm really looking for a good financial model that I can use and learn > from to build a model for a new small Coworking space. > > Best regards, > Ibrahim -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Tips for adding classes and workshops to your coworking space
At The Skillery, our coworking space in Nashville, we've been offering classes and workshops for over four years - since long before we had a coworking space, actually. But we're about to exit the class and workshop business, and I wanted to share some thoughts with you about why. I also wanted to share some tips and perspective, in case you're thinking of adding classes and workshops to your space. Here are two blogs posts we wrote on the topic: *Tips for adding classes and workshops to your coworking space.* http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/tips-for-adding-classes-and-workshops-to-your-coworking-space *After four years, we’re (mostly) ditching classes and workshops. Here’s why.* http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/11/2/after-four-years-were-mostly-ditching-classes-and-workshops-heres-why We'll still offering our all-day Introduction to Entrepreneurship workshop <http://www.theskillery.com/introduction-to-entrepreneurship/workshop/> - that's been a big success, and we're looking forward to expanding it. if anyone is interested in bringing it to their city, just shout. But, otherwise, we've probably offered our last class... I hope these are helpful. You may find some other helpful blog posts related to our coworking space here: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/?tag=coworking I'm happy to answer questions about the challenges and opportunities involved with offering classes and workshops! Just holler! Thanks, -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: How we landed our first coworking members
You're welcome, Shane! Glad it was helpful. We're gonna share a lot more info in the next few weeks about stuff we've learned in 2015... stay tuned. Best, -Matt On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 9:53:33 AM UTC-6, Shane Barbanel wrote: > > Matt ! > > Gret information !! > > Just downloaded and due to your earlier post "Lessons from our first year > running a coworking space" we are building a sales strategy heavy on > incentives and eliminating any "free" anything. > > Thanks! > > Shane > > On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 9:04:25 PM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. >> >> I wrote a blog post about how we got our first coworking members before >> we opened our doors. I thought some folks might find it helpful, so here's >> the link: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/10/26/how-we-landed-our-first-customers >> >> Included at that post (near the bottom) is a link to the PDF of the >> "Early Adopter Membership Agreement" that we used. Feel free to download it >> and put it to good use, if it helps! >> >> Enjoy! >> -Matt >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space
You're welcome, Shane and Benjamin. Glad it was helpful! -Matt On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 9:18:56 AM UTC-6, Benjamin wrote: > > That sound is me applauding you...a meaningful and generous share... > > --Benjamin > > > On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:34:02 AM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just hit >> our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons >> we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about membership >> numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... >> >> There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF >> that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an >> easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and >> expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. >> >> The post is here: >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space >> >> Hope y'all find it helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts, and we're >> happy to answer questions via the blog comments, and/or here, or wherever... >> >> Thanks! >> >> Matt >> The Skillery >> theskillery.com | @theskillery >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Locks! (Smart and not-so-smart.)
Hi Carly. I'm no locksmith - and can't really offer many detailed suggestions… but I'll say this: We opened our space (which has four exterior doors) with regular old-school locks… and it was a nightmare. We were always responsible for opening and closing doors, locking and unlocking the space, shifting keys to and from guests and others who may need after-hours access…. it was brutal. We invested about $1000 to install an electronic entry system on our main entrance (just one of the four - we keep the other three locked when we're "closed".) The system has key fobs, which we can program for specific members, and an iPhone app which allows us to remotely lock or unlock the door. Whether that's the right or wrong solution for you, know this: It has saved us a TON of headache, and it's been worth every penny. It's more secure, it's easy to manage, it gives us a simple way to offer 24-hour access to full-time members, which we couldn't do previously… but, most of all, it saves us *time*. Don't underestimate the importance of that when considering the expense…. for us, the trade-off (spending the cash on the key fob system to save our team valuable time) has been well worth it. Good luck! -Matt On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 12:17:11 PM UTC-5, Carly Nix wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Wanted to resurrect the topic of locks. I saw some past threads about > this, and wonder if there are any updates to what folks would recommend > since last year. At Industry Lab we've been looking into different lock > upgrade options, and haven't settled on a best bet yet. Here's our > situation: > >- We're in a building with 2 exterior entrances >- Our space spans 3 floors with 8 points of entry >- We share the building with other tenants >- Don't have tons of money to throw at this problem. > > Any thoughts? What's worked for other spaces? > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Our experience with community-first
Thanks for sharing, Trevor. Congrats on the success thus far! On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 9:55:27 AM UTC-5, Trevor Twining wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I just wrote this recently and wanted to share. I know it’s a common topic > here but I don’t think we can emphasize the importance of community-first > coworking enough. > > Also, thanks to Alex Hillman. Were it not for the groundwork laid at > spaces like IndyHall, we’d still be likely in the planning stages of our > space concocting all sorts of elaborate schemes to get people through the > door. > > > http://www.trevortwining.me/blog/2015/10/16/community-trumps-capital-every-time.html > > > Trevor Twining > trevor...@gmail.com > 416-201-2254 > twitter/skype/linkedin: trevortwining > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: How we landed our first coworking members
Hi everyone. Our site is back up, which means my original blog post is back up: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/10/26/how-we-landed-our-first-customers (I also dropped a new one on there today, about why we (mostly) ditched offering classes and workshops: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/11/2/after-four-years-were-mostly-ditching-classes-and-workshops-heres-why) Happy to answer questions. Hope it's helpful. -MD -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] How we landed our first coworking members
Hi all. Yes, our site is down for a few days while we upgrade and update a few things. I'll let you know when it's back up. I agree with Jen and Alex, but I'll add this... We don't host many Meetups, but we've been doing classes and workshops for four years - including 2.5 years before we had a coworking space - and it has absolutely gotten harder to a) sell tickets and b) get people to show up. There could be any number of reasons for this trend (I have a lot of theories), but one that may be universal has to do with how busy we've all become, and how much distraction and noise there is in the world. We joke that, for our class/workshop business, our biggest competitor is Netflix. Keep your head high, and, yes, be patient. But also be mindful of the ROI when hosting events. We're about to seriously downshift our event business, and we're working on a blog post that details why. We're also working on a separate post that makes some suggestions for coworking space owners/operators who may be thinking of incorporate classes and workshops. We've got some data and insight to share that I imagine might be helpful to some. Keep us posted. Curious to hear what works (and doesn't) for everyone! -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] How we landed our first coworking members
Thanks for reading, Alex. Glad to share! Hope it helps someone…. On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 9:06:03 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Love this post Matt - thanks for the shout out in it too :) > > -Alex > > On Monday, October 26, 2015, Matt D. > > wrote: > >> Hi everyone. >> >> I wrote a blog post about how we got our first coworking members before >> we opened our doors. I thought some folks might find it helpful, so here's >> the link: >> >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/10/26/how-we-landed-our-first-customers >> >> Included at that post (near the bottom) is a link to the PDF of the >> "Early Adopter Membership Agreement" that we used. Feel free to download it >> and put it to good use, if it helps! >> >> Enjoy! >> -Matt >> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > -- > *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* > Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com > Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] How we landed our first coworking members
Hi everyone. I wrote a blog post about how we got our first coworking members before we opened our doors. I thought some folks might find it helpful, so here's the link: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/10/26/how-we-landed-our-first-customers Included at that post (near the bottom) is a link to the PDF of the "Early Adopter Membership Agreement" that we used. Feel free to download it and put it to good use, if it helps! Enjoy! -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Sound control
Hi Gretchen. I've got a guy up here in Nashville who makes relatively cheap sound paneling. He did some panels for us, and they worked quite well to muffle sound. Holler if you want a hookup. On Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 9:59:02 AM UTC-5, Gretchen Bilbro wrote: > > We have a main room with a concrete floor and plaster walls with high > ceilings. The echo is so bad when you get more than five people in the > space. I know I have seen round 3D sound control ball type things that hang > from the ceiling in some spaces but am having trouble finding it online. > Any help? > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Why does your business exist?
Whoa. That's a heavy question to ask on a Monday. But here's what I'm wondering… Why are you running a coworking space? Why does your space exist, and (beyond offering workspace, obviously) what role does it play - now and in the future - for you, your members, your city? What do you view as the "why" behind what you do? No right or wrong answers, here… no judgement… just curious to see what motivates you all. The "why" behind your "what". Would love to hear some ramblings from anyone who's interested in sharing Thanks, =) Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Looking for folks to help us pilot a workshop…
Hi everyone. I posted recently to see whether any of you might be interested in offering our Introduction to Entrepreneurship <http://www.theskillery.com/introduction-to-entrepreneurship/> workshop at your coworking space. Several of you replied "yes, absolutely!" and then provided us with very valuable feedback. Many thanks for that. We're glad to have been able to turn to this group for some insight. We're now in the process of packaging the workshop - the curriculum, of course, along with a facilitators guide, course materials, marketing materials and more - so that other folks can offer it. Before we make that available to the world, we're looking for just a few coworking spaces that might be interested in offering the workshop this fall… as a bit of a trial run. Anyone interested? You would need: 1) the desire to offer the workshop at your space in October or early-November 2) someone within your community - an entrepreneur, a teacher, a community builder - to facilitate the workshop 3) a willingness to provide us with feedback - and lots of it - during the pilot process As I mentioned, we'd provide all of the necessary materials, including the curriculum, marketing materials, workshop supplies and a facilitators guide with everything you'd need to offer the workshop. This would be part of a pilot program, in which we learn what works and what doesn't work, as we consider whether to license the curriculum more officially down the road. There's no charge here - we're not selling anything. Just looking for some folks who might be interested in offering a workshop like this, while helping us gather feedback along the way. Interested? Let me know, and I can provide more details. Thanks! -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Want to offer entrepreneurship classes at your space..?
Hi Ky. Thanks so much. If it's okay, I'll call in a few minutes. My cell is a 203 number. Many thanks, -Matt ____ Matt Dudley The Skillery | Nashville, TN www.theskillery.com On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Ky Ekinci (Office Divvy ™) < askpalmco...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Matt*, my number is: 386.445.4153 > > Ky > > > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/E5bE8O00JLI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Want to offer entrepreneurship classes at your space..?
Thanks to all that have replied, here and off-group. I'm extremely grateful. A few of you have asked for a bit more info about the programming we've offered in the past… We’ve been offering classes and workshops at The Skillery for a few years. Some are taught by outside experts - on topics like "Intro to Google Analytics", or an upcoming working called "Insurance for the Creative Entrepreneur" - and some are developed in-house and taught by me. We've developed a one-day “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” workshop, but we've also offered more intensive courses that last several weeks (like a recent nine-week business development course aimed at food entrepreneurs.) In the process, we’ve developed curriculum, course materials, and other resources that could (potentially) be used to offer similar programming at other locations. We’ve really enjoyed offering this programming, and we think other spaces might enjoy doing so, as well. So we're exploring. Happy to chat with anyone who is interested in learning/sharing more… just give a shout. Many thanks! On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 3:54:15 PM UTC-5, Matt D. wrote: > > Hi all. > > We've been offering home-grown entrepreneurship workshops (like this one: > http://www.theskillery.com/introduction-to-entrepreneurship/) at our > coworking space for most of the last year. I'm wondering if any of you > would like to offer this sort of workshop at your space, but maybe you > don't have the resources/time/etc. to pull it together... is that you? > > If so, would you be willing to chat for a few minutes? Phone, Skype, or > even email? No sales pitch - promise. Just interested in learning from > other owner/operators who may be noodling this sort of thing. We'd love to > make the curriculum and course materials available for others to offer > within their communities… so we're interested in learning more. > > Anyone willing to chat? If so, let me know! Many thanks, in advance. > -Matt > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Want to offer entrepreneurship classes at your space..?
Hi all. We've been offering home-grown entrepreneurship workshops (like this one: http://www.theskillery.com/introduction-to-entrepreneurship/) at our coworking space for most of the last year. I'm wondering if any of you would like to offer this sort of workshop at your space, but maybe you don't have the resources/time/etc. to pull it together... is that you? If so, would you be willing to chat for a few minutes? Phone, Skype, or even email? No sales pitch - promise. Just interested in learning from other owner/operators who may be noodling this sort of thing. We'd love to make the curriculum and course materials available for others to offer within their communities… so we're interested in learning more. Anyone willing to chat? If so, let me know! Many thanks, in advance. -Matt -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space
You're welcome, Yvonne! We're happy to share. -MD On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 3:12:27 PM UTC-5, Yvonne English wrote: > > This is amazing. I absolutely love that folks in this industry is so > collaborative and supportive of one another. #SoNotLiketheCorporateWorld > :-) > > On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:34:02 AM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just hit >> our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons >> we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about membership >> numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... >> >> There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF >> that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an >> easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and >> expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. >> >> The post is here: >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space >> >> Hope y'all find it helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts, and we're >> happy to answer questions via the blog comments, and/or here, or wherever... >> >> Thanks! >> >> Matt >> The Skillery >> theskillery.com | @theskillery >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space
You're welcome, Jennifer and Anca. Happy to share. > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Matt D. > wrote: > >> Hi everyone. >> >> Sorry for the delay — I've been traveling. I'm going to try to respond to >> some of your posts, below: >> >> Melissa, Jamie, Gretchen, Alex and Ramon - you're welcome! We're happy to >> share. >> >> Jeannine - you're more than welcome to link to the post and share it >> however you like, absolutely! We're happy to chat about developing it >> further, if you like. Hit us up via email (theskillery.com/contact). >> >> Some of you asked a question about the "license fee" that's part of our >> revenue. Great question. This is comprised of one, two or all three of the >> following things: >> >>1. A coffee shop just opened in our building. Before they opened, I >>invited them to operate a pop-up coffee shop our of our kitchenette. This >>gave them nine months of operational experience before they moved into >>their own space. My deal with them was that they pay us a monthly stipend >>to cover utilities (which shows up in the license fee) and they had to >> give >>our members free coffee. They moved out a few months ago, leaving us >>without their licensing fee, and, more importantly, without their coffee. >> =) >>2. I invited a local writers collective to call The Skillery home. >>They hold their classes in our space, and their two directors are >> full-time >>members. We also list their writing classes on the /classes page of our >>website. This is a slightly unique arrangement from a typical membership, >>so we consider them "licensees" and they pay us a monthly fee to call The >>Skillery their home. >>3. We invited a local company to occupy the 1,700 square foot section >>in the rear of our space. They use it for client work 5-10 days per >> month. >>When not in use, the space is still available to our members. We >>consider this company a "roommate". This is a good situation for us for a >>few reasons: >> 1. First and foremost, we like these people. We have known them >> for a long time, and are glad to see them in our space on a daily >> basis. >> 2. We like the work they do. They teach design thinking, >> prototyping, empathy, storytelling, and other skills that we feel are >> a >> good fit for our members and our community. >> 3. They furnished the space that they license from us, which saved >> us capital expenses in the early days. That meant that we didn't have >> to >> pay to furnish almost 1/3 of our space. >> 4. Their space is stocked with whiteboards, flexible furniture, >> and tons of post-it notes. Our members love the resources back there. >> 5. Their license fee pays half of our rent. >> >> These arrangements are unique. They are more than memberships. They are >> possible for us because our space is big enough to accommodate them, but, >> more importantly, because the people involved understand that they are part >> of a shared space. A community. They are good roommates, tenants, >> licensees, members and friends. These relationships work. Nonetheless, the >> agreements are month-to-month, and we're constantly reevaluating whether >> they're a good fit. >> >> Happy to answer other questions! >> >> -Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:34:02 AM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey everyone. >>>> >>>> I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just >>>> hit our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons >>>> we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about >>>> membership >>>> numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... >>>> >>>> There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF >>>> that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an >>>> easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and >>>> expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. >>>> >>>> The post is here: >>>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space >>>> >>
[Coworking] Re: Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space
Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay — I've been traveling. I'm going to try to respond to some of your posts, below: Melissa, Jamie, Gretchen, Alex and Ramon - you're welcome! We're happy to share. Jeannine - you're more than welcome to link to the post and share it however you like, absolutely! We're happy to chat about developing it further, if you like. Hit us up via email (theskillery.com/contact). Some of you asked a question about the "license fee" that's part of our revenue. Great question. This is comprised of one, two or all three of the following things: 1. A coffee shop just opened in our building. Before they opened, I invited them to operate a pop-up coffee shop our of our kitchenette. This gave them nine months of operational experience before they moved into their own space. My deal with them was that they pay us a monthly stipend to cover utilities (which shows up in the license fee) and they had to give our members free coffee. They moved out a few months ago, leaving us without their licensing fee, and, more importantly, without their coffee. =) 2. I invited a local writers collective to call The Skillery home. They hold their classes in our space, and their two directors are full-time members. We also list their writing classes on the /classes page of our website. This is a slightly unique arrangement from a typical membership, so we consider them "licensees" and they pay us a monthly fee to call The Skillery their home. 3. We invited a local company to occupy the 1,700 square foot section in the rear of our space. They use it for client work 5-10 days per month. When not in use, the space is still available to our members. We consider this company a "roommate". This is a good situation for us for a few reasons: 1. First and foremost, we like these people. We have known them for a long time, and are glad to see them in our space on a daily basis. 2. We like the work they do. They teach design thinking, prototyping, empathy, storytelling, and other skills that we feel are a good fit for our members and our community. 3. They furnished the space that they license from us, which saved us capital expenses in the early days. That meant that we didn't have to pay to furnish almost 1/3 of our space. 4. Their space is stocked with whiteboards, flexible furniture, and tons of post-it notes. Our members love the resources back there. 5. Their license fee pays half of our rent. These arrangements are unique. They are more than memberships. They are possible for us because our space is big enough to accommodate them, but, more importantly, because the people involved understand that they are part of a shared space. A community. They are good roommates, tenants, licensees, members and friends. These relationships work. Nonetheless, the agreements are month-to-month, and we're constantly reevaluating whether they're a good fit. Happy to answer other questions! -Matt On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:34:02 AM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hey everyone. >> >> I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just hit >> our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons >> we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about membership >> numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... >> >> There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF >> that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an >> easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and >> expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. >> >> The post is here: >> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space >> >> Hope y'all find it helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts, and we're >> happy to answer questions via the blog comments, and/or here, or wherever... >> >> Thanks! >> >> Matt >> The Skillery >> theskillery.com | @theskillery >> > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space
Hey everyone. I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just hit our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about membership numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. The post is here: http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space Hope y'all find it helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts, and we're happy to answer questions via the blog comments, and/or here, or wherever... Thanks! Matt The Skillery theskillery.com | @theskillery -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking
Dear Steve, Interesting survey. I hope to launch a new co-working space in London, would you be able to forward your early survey results to my email. It would be very helpful ad I would be very grateful for the help. Thanks Matt mjabea...@gmail.com On Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 7:33:20 PM UTC, Steve King wrote: > > I just tabulated some early results from the survey. By far the top answer > so far to our attitudinal questions about coworking is "I'm happier because > I'm coworking." > > Other survey answers support this and point to coworking having a > substantial positive impact on the social lives of members. > > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Coworking Space New Zealand
If anyone is looking for a coworking space in New Zealand, here is a great list of spaces. http://www.sharedspace.co.nz/coworking-spaces.html Does anyone know of any other spaces that should be included on this list? -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Temporary internet solution?
Hi all. We are in need of a temporary internet solution for our space for a month, or maybe two, while our local ISP figures out how to re-install service to our building. Any ISP that would work for our space (that I can think of) will require a long-term commitment. I'm looking for something temporary that we can get up and running quickly, and it must be able to provide decent service for a number of users simultaneously. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[Coworking] Re: Looking for a platform/software to allow our coworking members communicate with each other. Any idea?
Hey there! It seems like you're not the only space that is looking for a better way to help members communicate with each other on a more frequent basis. About 3 months ago, I sent out a survey to approximately 60 coworking spaces around Canada and the US, and nearly half of the spaces who responded said they were looking for better ways to get their members to engage with each other. So myself and a rails developer I know decided to start building a new coworking space management application that includes a member facing social system as part of the core feature set. We actually just launched a closed beta for our application today, so we can gather some user feedback and ideas for continued iteration and progress towards a public launch. Currently, our social system is kind of a cross between forums and chat. Members have the ability to broadcast a message to anyone, or send a private message to just one person. They can also send messages to a topic group that only gets seen by other members who are subscribed to that topic. They are persistent, meaning they won't disappear from view like chat messages when closed, and when a new reply is added to the message thread, the thread will is moved back to the top of your message list. You can filter your message list based on the type of message (public, topic, or private), and you'll be able to star message that are important to you and they will be displayed in a separate list. The social system as of now is definitely a work in progress. We have a vision for where we want to go with it, but the more feedback we get, the better will end up being. You're welcome to request an invite to the closed beta and take a look. You can do so at http://dovetail.io. The app will also include a member management system (coupled with payment processing eventually), metrics dashboard for monitoring both space and individual member metrics (like member churn rate, peak usage times, sales performance based on membership plans, and much more), and integrations with a series of 3rd party apps to reduce the amount of time space managers spend creating / updating member contact points. So when you integrate your existing apps for accounting, email marketing, billing & invoicing. etc. with Dovetail, you'll be able to make a change in the Dovetail member record, and it will automatically push the changes to our other apps. If you'd like to know more about the app and our plans for the future, I'd be happy to answer any questions. Cheers, On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:56:46 AM UTC-7, en...@indiegrovejc.com wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > We are a coworking space in Jersey City, NJ area and seeking a platform > that helps our members communicate/chat and also start some discussions > between them. This would help them to collaborate, socialize and help each > other with any needs. > > For example, they could be able to post some requests based on their needs > as well as just share some useful information about anything. > > Based on some research we came up with Hipchat, Campfire and some other > IRC platforms. However, we are not just looking for chat softwares. As I > mentioned above, the conversation should remain permanently instead of > disappearing chat windows. > > We also have found Alche.my and requested from them to try demo but they > didn't contact with us yet. > > Hope you understand what we need and come up with a solution or idea for > us! > > Thanks!.. > > Please check out Indiegrove Coworking Space: > > http://www.indiegrovejc.com/ > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Member voices, tough truths
For sure. Definitely not saying the outcome has a direct relation to the size of a space, but I'd tend to think it happens more frequently in bigger communities vs. small ones. That said - it can certainly happen in any coworking community if the voices of the coworkers aren't being heard, or shared for that matter. On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:30:17 PM UTC-7, Alex Hillman wrote: > > There can be a correlation between size and this effect, but I caution you > from mistaking correlation for causation. > > In particular, note this bit from the member's email: > > I went to a couple other coworking spaces just to see if maybe there >> weren’t other options. They called themselves coworking but what they >> really were was co-officing. They were lifeless. Underimagined. Not a shred >> of a sense of a vibe of who they were. >> > > >> I asked a co-founder to tell how they would describe their space as if it >> was a person – Would they be curious? Irreveverant? Respectful? Genuine? >> Playful? Quiet? Conservative? Experimental? He just looked at me funny and >> started telling me on to what kind of wifi connection they had. > > > To me, that's not related to scale. That's simply the lack of > intentionality, purpose and frankly, humanity that worries me about shifts > from coworking as a "movement" to coworking as an "industry". > > I can speak from two perspectives about the size/scale issue: one of > course is Indy Hall, which has grown from 1800 sq ft with 20 members to > ~10,000 sq feet and hundreds of members without sacrificing quality. Not > without challenges, of course, but we've grown stronger by actually dealing > with them. > > The other is from the countless examples of spaces and communities that > I've personally visited and experienced. I've seen success and failure in > every quadrant of the size/quality matrix. > > Size can be a virtue or a vice, depending on how you choose to use it. > > -Alex > > > > > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Matt Farley > > wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing Alex. >> >> Do you think occurrences like this happen as bi-product of space size? As >> communities continue to grow and move past self-sustaining and into >> profibility, do they end up sacrificing individual relationships with >> people for the sake of systematizing? Does this happen in smaller >> communities too? >> >> I'm curious. >> >> On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:14:40 AM UTC-7, 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<https://medium.com/better-humans/c9d8c69f4592> >>> >>> -Alex >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> /ah >>> indyhall.org >>> coworking in philadelphia >>> >> -- >> Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to coworking+...@googlegroups.com . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking Management Software...Help!
Hi Chana, Figured I'd chime in here as well. My name is Matt, and I'm one of the cofounders of Dovetail - a new member management and community engagement application we're building specifically for coworking space managers. Dovetail is intended to help coworking space managers spend less time with data and more time with people, because that's what coworking is really all about - the people. So one of our app's core functions will be the ability to integrate with a variety of accounting, billing / invoicing, CRM, email marketing and scheduling applications that space managers use every day. So you'll input data once in Dovetail, and the changes get pushed to all of your other apps. We're also going to build in analytics to measure stuff like peak usage times, member churn rate, monthly sales reports, and other useful metrics (because data helps you make informed decisions about the current state of things at your space), and in app social tools like chat channels, forums and direct messaging that can be used by your coworkers daily to stay connected to each other and build community. There's still LOTS of work to be done before we're ready to launch version one of the app, but we're really excited about the opportunity to service the global coworking community - as coworking is something that our team is passionate about. So right now, we've got a basic splash page up that gives some general descriptions of features and a screen shot (high fidelity mockup at this point) of one of the app screens. You can check it out at http://dovetail.io. We're going to be adding a blog and more in-depth explanations of features in the next couple of weeks. In terms of actual product development, we've worked through the interface design and solidified the feature set of our MVP. We've got high fidelity mockups of most of the core feature set done, and we've been coding the application for the past 2 weeks. We hope to be ready for beta testing by the end of August or first week of September. And we'd love to get as much feedback as possible during the beta test phase. After all, the whole idea is to make space management easier for you, so the more testers we get on board, the more feedback we can get, which will help us make informed decisions on where we need to improve the product before public release - and what the product roadmap looks like after. You can sign up to beta test the app on our website. And if you have any questions about the app, please feel free to post them here, or send an email to he...@dovetail.io Cheers! On Thursday, June 6, 2013 7:43:52 AM UTC-7, Carme Z. wrote: > > Hi Chana, > > We are the developers of Openbravo for Coworking spaces management > solution, a comprehensive cloud-based solution to manage the complete > coworking space operations from member relationship and sales through to > operations and finances. As I don't want to seem too commercial, I invite > you to judge it by yourself ;-) > > Here is our website link: http://www.openbravo.com/coworking > Demo Center: http://www.openbravo.com/resources/demo/center > > We're also delivering a couple of webinars so you're invited to join us is > you want to know more: See our event's > calendar<http://www.openbravo.com/content/openbravo-events> > > Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with. > > Best regards, > > Carme. > > > > El jueves, 2 de junio de 2011 17:00:09 UTC+2, Chana escribió: >> >> Help, please! We have outgrown our current (cobbled together) >> coworking space management system. >> >> I am struggling to find new management software (room reservations, >> member accts, merchant account processing, QB compatible). What is >> working for you? Which software does your coworking space use? Has >> anyone tried Cobot? >> >> Your suggestions, advice and time will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Chana >> Mayor of Connect113 > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Re: Member voices, tough truths
Thanks for sharing Alex. Do you think occurrences like this happen as bi-product of space size? As communities continue to grow and move past self-sustaining and into profibility, do they end up sacrificing individual relationships with people for the sake of systematizing? Does this happen in smaller communities too? I'm curious. On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:14:40 AM UTC-7, 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 > > > -- > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[Coworking] Re: Pricing and Plans
So does this mean you have an office manager on staff to punch these? Are they only good for a regular hours, like 9-5? Matt Gorecki On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:16:50 AM UTC-6, ShannonSkylightCoworking wrote: > > Hi Melissa, > > At our coworkers' requests, I've introduced "Drop-In Punchcards." > Coworkers can buy 5-Packs, 10-Packs, and 20-Packs... and this seems to be > the popular option now. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com
[Coworking] New Member from Tokyo!!
Hi All, I am now in Japan and try to boost "Co-Working" system here in Tokyo area as well. I believe there is No borders in this system. Anyone who can agree with my idea, please send me a message. I am currently run small company called iDEAL inc. www.i-deal-inc.com (Sorry it is written in Japanese) My main business is e-learning Business English material. www.wisdomsq.com (Sorry it is also Japanese WEB) My daily blog. http://i-deal-inc.com/wp/ What I want to do here is that make a bridge between talented people in Asia and capable persons in US & Europe. Please write me and do start something NEW!! I look very much forward to hearing from YOU. Regards Matt@Japan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] 10 Benefits of Coworking
Hey all, check out this article on the top 10 benefits of coworking. http://www.sharedspace.co.nz/latest-news/23-coworking.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Regus says they are the world's largest provider of coworking space; and that they invented coworking 20 years ago...
Hey Tony! Thanks for sharing the article- it's great! Would you be interested in doing any sort of profile of a coworking space? Citizen Space is not only the first of it's kind, but is a great starting point for a lot of content that shows coworking in action. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Matt Hunt From: Tony Bacigalupo Reply-To: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:14:41 -0500 To: Subject: Re: [Coworking] Regus says they are the world's largest provider of coworking space; and that they invented coworking 20 years ago... I just wrote a blog post outlining the differences between office rental facilities, startup incubators, and coworking spaces. I don't expect the madness to stop, but it might not hurt to educate some people. http://happymonster.co/2011/11/07/what-are-the-differences-between-office-re ntal-facilities-startup-incubators-and-coworking-spaces/ Cheers! Tony --- New Work City Site <http://nwc.co> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/nwc> | Newsletter <http://nwc.co/newsletter> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Mark McCorkle wrote: > I was about two signatures away from signing a year lease on the > shared empty room at Regus in the little town I was in many moons ago, > but I backed out and found real coworking to be a much better > alternative. > > What Regus does is rented offices to unrelated business people which > share a printer and conference room, but otherwise don't chat much. > > They did have a room with a long table on the east and west walls > (reminded me of detention back in high school) that they called their > "coworking" space, but when I toured the space multiple times, the > room was 100% empty, and it still required a multi-month commitment > from me and my business, which I wasn't interested in doing. > > That's just my experience with Regus in one town, but I wouldn't call > them co-working at all. > > > ::Mark > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Ky Ekinci (Office Divvy ) > wrote: >> > I chuckled when I read this press release by Regus today. >> > >> > >> http://www.marketwatch.com/story/coworking-revolution-regus-cites-rising-dema >> nd-for-shared-office-space-among-mobile-workers-start-ups-and-freelancers-for >> -us-expansion-2011-11-07 >> > >> > Obviously they realize that their existing business model will not >> > sustain, and is now passé. It is concerning though that they claim >> > overnight that they are not only a coworking space provider but also a >> > pioneers in the movement. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Twist on Coworking
Messy. During the installation there is dust everywhere. The wood pulp is fluffed by a large machine mounted on a truck. Without the ceiling treatment it would be impossible to have a conversation in our office, though. :) Well, I guess you could talk with your own echo... On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: > Been looking for something like that for a while, thanks. How's the > installation process? > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Matt London wrote: > >> Our ceiling is coated in this stuff: >> http://www.spray-on.com/products/k13.html >> >> It looks like shag carpeting and helps reduce the noise. >> >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eHv1PV_WbsZrHHNpsNJtJvmJry-XaQdTWG6hYki-OwQ?feat=directlink >> >> Matt >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM, The Foundry - Breckenridge < >> i...@coworkingbreck.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ray, >>> >>> We are a new co-working space in a community that previously didn't >>> have any co-working. Noise is a major concern for our space because >>> it has very few sound absorbers, and great projecting acoustics. Some >>> ideas that we have been implementing or thinking about may or may not >>> be practical for your space. >>> Headsets to lend to people to plug into phones or just to cancel out >>> noise. >>> A vintage Telephone booth and stick it in a corner >>> Sound panels >>> >>> Just some thoughts that we have been working with, >>> >>> Stephanie >>> >>> On Jun 4, 7:14 am, DallasIT_AgE1974 wrote: >>> > Hello all! >>> > >>> > I have been reading the posts on this group for some time and I have >>> > been inspired by the stories shared. I wanted to ask some advice >>> > regarding a twist on coworking that I have been considering getting >>> > started here in Dallas. It seems that most of the coworking spaces >>> > here locally in DFW (which are very few by the way) or across the >>> > country mainly focus on startups, web dev, architects, ect. but very >>> > few offer an experience tailored for the mobile sales worker. I have >>> > been a remote employee for most of my 10 years in sales and I can tell >>> > you from experience that many of the challenges expressed by other >>> > coworkers on this board are very similar to the ones remote sales/ >>> > account reps face. >>> > >>> > Challenges like: >>> > >>> > 1. Feeling disconnected (hard to feel like your part of something that >>> > is spread over the globe!) >>> > 2. Lack of inspirational work space (cubes suck!) >>> > 3. Need for a quite space to work/focus (Kids and dogs are great but >>> > they dont help you get work done!) >>> > 4. Work along side people you would not normally meet/work with (My >>> > best ideas have come when talking to someone outside my industry) >>> > 5. Meeting with local coworkers in a cool space that doesnt cost an >>> > arm and a leg (Coffee shops, restaurant and hotels are not ideal for >>> > this but really all that is available normally) >>> > >>> > Some of the main issues that I am facing when I am map this out in my >>> > mind are: >>> > >>> > 1. Noise (sales people talk - alot) >>> > 2. Competition (Most folks are respectful but what about the ones that >>> > aren't?) >>> > 3. Value (coworking is based on a "better together" type attitude it >>> > seems...can that translate into this model?) >>> > >>> > I know a space like this would be a god send to people like me (2 >>> > kids, 1 dog and no real office in the house). Does anyone have >>> > thoughts around this? >>> > >>> > All perspective are welcome! >>> > >>> > Thanks! >>> > >>> > Ray >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Matt >> >
Re: [Coworking] Re: Twist on Coworking
Our ceiling is coated in this stuff: http://www.spray-on.com/products/k13.html It looks like shag carpeting and helps reduce the noise. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eHv1PV_WbsZrHHNpsNJtJvmJry-XaQdTWG6hYki-OwQ?feat=directlink Matt On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM, The Foundry - Breckenridge < i...@coworkingbreck.com> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > We are a new co-working space in a community that previously didn't > have any co-working. Noise is a major concern for our space because > it has very few sound absorbers, and great projecting acoustics. Some > ideas that we have been implementing or thinking about may or may not > be practical for your space. > Headsets to lend to people to plug into phones or just to cancel out > noise. > A vintage Telephone booth and stick it in a corner > Sound panels > > Just some thoughts that we have been working with, > > Stephanie > > On Jun 4, 7:14 am, DallasIT_AgE1974 wrote: > > Hello all! > > > > I have been reading the posts on this group for some time and I have > > been inspired by the stories shared. I wanted to ask some advice > > regarding a twist on coworking that I have been considering getting > > started here in Dallas. It seems that most of the coworking spaces > > here locally in DFW (which are very few by the way) or across the > > country mainly focus on startups, web dev, architects, ect. but very > > few offer an experience tailored for the mobile sales worker. I have > > been a remote employee for most of my 10 years in sales and I can tell > > you from experience that many of the challenges expressed by other > > coworkers on this board are very similar to the ones remote sales/ > > account reps face. > > > > Challenges like: > > > > 1. Feeling disconnected (hard to feel like your part of something that > > is spread over the globe!) > > 2. Lack of inspirational work space (cubes suck!) > > 3. Need for a quite space to work/focus (Kids and dogs are great but > > they dont help you get work done!) > > 4. Work along side people you would not normally meet/work with (My > > best ideas have come when talking to someone outside my industry) > > 5. Meeting with local coworkers in a cool space that doesnt cost an > > arm and a leg (Coffee shops, restaurant and hotels are not ideal for > > this but really all that is available normally) > > > > Some of the main issues that I am facing when I am map this out in my > > mind are: > > > > 1. Noise (sales people talk - alot) > > 2. Competition (Most folks are respectful but what about the ones that > > aren't?) > > 3. Value (coworking is based on a "better together" type attitude it > > seems...can that translate into this model?) > > > > I know a space like this would be a god send to people like me (2 > > kids, 1 dog and no real office in the house). Does anyone have > > thoughts around this? > > > > All perspective are welcome! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Ray > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] "McCoworking" is here!
I don't know, Rachel -- the stock photo clearly shows a group of professional women applauding a gentleman who is shaking hands with his client. Looks like community to me. ;) Matt On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, rachel young wrote: > > nah, they look like just another executive office franchise chain to me. > where is their community? where do they encourage collaboration? where do > they celebrate their members? where do they encourage continuity and > knowledge sharing? > > many times we've seen people or companies start spaces and then look for > the bodies to fill it and many of them have failed or became sterile stuffy > spaces. the old adage of "if you build it they will come" doesn't work, but > that's what this seems like. > r. > > * > rachel young > *rac...@camaraderie.ca > > > * > * > > On 22 April 2011 11:41, CoCoMSP wrote: > >> Hey all you groovy coworking types. >> >> Even here at CoCo though we're doubling down on the notion of hosting >> a unique destination coworking space, I'm fascinated by the >> possibility that somebody will eventually introduce what I >> affectionately call "McCoworking." By that I mean a chain of coworking >> spaces that are deployed across multiple locations and that employ >> economies of scale (e.g., franchising model, common systems, etc.). If >> the predictions of the >> >> So I just got wind of an effort based in our home state that you might >> want to check out: http://allideasmatter.com/cms/ >> >> It appears to be a franchise model, which is interesting. Guessing >> that most of the franchisees will be in strip malls in the suburbs, as >> that's the most uniform real estate, in the most uniform markets... >> >> I'll let you know if I learn any more. I don't know the biz owner >> personally, but might be able to get through to him via intermediaries. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Barcelona, anyone?
"Somos un grupo de creativos, de freelance, de locos de la imagen, un grupo de gente que..." "We are a group of creatives, freelancers, *the very picture of lunatics*, a group of people that..." I'm definitely going to say "hola" the next time I'm in Barcelona. :) On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Jeannine wrote: > There are several on the wiki. But I ran across this one recently and > really wish I had an excuse to go to Barcelona to check it out: > http://www.parcelacreativa.com/index.html. How can I *not* like a > place where they define their purpose (if I am translating it > correctly) as "a place to seek refuge from our own folly and share it > with others of our species"? > > But alas, they are not in Coworking Europe or Nomadwork (yet? lol) > either. > > Jeannine > > On Mar 30, 4:44 pm, Alex Hillman wrote: >> I'm going to be in Barcelona with one of the teams I work with next weekend. >> Are there any people on the list in or nearby Barcelona that I can meet? Any >> coworking communities to check out? >> >> -Alex >> >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] formar parte del grupo
¡Bienvenido! Su espacio aparece muy moderno y elegante. ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que comenzó usted? Matt The Branch Office 2011/3/21 Coworking Gestión Valencia : > Este es un nuevo espacio de trabajo en Valencia. Coworking Gestión > Valencia > www.coworkinggestionvalencia.es > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Co-Working in South West London
Hello, We have recently opened a brand new Co-Working space in Putney, South West London, UK. The space is designed to fulfill the needs of the local community, which includes tech based industries, start-ups, as well as more established, traditional enterprise. I would love to hear from anyone with any feedback on our space, more details can be found at www.co-work.co All the very best, Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Hi everybody. I'm new, but hope to help with PhoneWire.
My company, PhoneWire.com, is all about coworking. In fact, I didn't even know what I was doing was called "coworking" until I stumbled upon the term. I've built my small business on providing services that encourage collaboration, openness, community, accessibility, and sustainability. I'd love to join your group and hope that I can contribute to the conversation! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Foursquare classification
Thanks, Nic. that would be great. Yesterday I didn't have a "claim your venue" link, so I think we're moving in the right direction already. Matt On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Nic wrote: > Hi Matt, > > I had that issue as well, would you like me to put you in touch with the > person that helped me? > > Best, > > Nic > > > On Jul 15, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Matt London wrote: > >> Perhaps I wrote too soon. The link redirects you to the homepage. Cheeky. >> >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Matt London wrote: >>> It's fixed! >>> >>> Space owners: claim your venues! >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Harald Amelung wrote: >>>> Hi Nic, >>>> >>>> Nic schrieb: >>>>> >>>>> If you've attempted to claim your venue on Foursquare and were unable to >>>>> do so, it's possible that your place has been already (and properly) >>>>> classified as a coworking space which falls under the corporate/office >>>>> category and thus can't be claimed. This means that you can't be >>>>> registered >>>>> as staff or offer specials. >>>>> I've been in touch with a Forsquare staff member and she was very helpful >>>>> in changing categories and letting me claim Cobb Exchange. She agreed that >>>>> it would be a good idea to re-classify coworking spaces and asked me for >>>>> some information to help her make the case to the rest of the team. I >>>>> pointed her to the wiki, but I'm not sure whether she'll find everything >>>>> she >>>>> needs. If you'd like to see this change happen and wouldn't mind helping a >>>>> bit I'll put you in touch with her. >>>> >>>> I tried to claim our space (Coworking0711) too and found the same problem, >>>> that this category couldn't be claimed. So I just changed the category to >>>> Services and claimed my space. Anyway I have never received any feedback >>>> from foursquare. If you could arrange a contact to the staff member I would >>>> be thankful. >>>> >>>> Harald >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Harald Amelung M.Sc. Webdeveloper http://nuspirit.de >>>> https://www.xing.com/profile/Harald_Amelung >>>> Coworking-Space Stuttgart http://coworking-stuttgart.de >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Coworking" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Foursquare classification
Perhaps I wrote too soon. The link redirects you to the homepage. Cheeky. On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Matt London wrote: > It's fixed! > > Space owners: claim your venues! > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Harald Amelung wrote: >> Hi Nic, >> >> Nic schrieb: >>> >>> If you've attempted to claim your venue on Foursquare and were unable to >>> do so, it's possible that your place has been already (and properly) >>> classified as a coworking space which falls under the corporate/office >>> category and thus can't be claimed. This means that you can't be registered >>> as staff or offer specials. >>> I've been in touch with a Forsquare staff member and she was very helpful >>> in changing categories and letting me claim Cobb Exchange. She agreed that >>> it would be a good idea to re-classify coworking spaces and asked me for >>> some information to help her make the case to the rest of the team. I >>> pointed her to the wiki, but I'm not sure whether she'll find everything she >>> needs. If you'd like to see this change happen and wouldn't mind helping a >>> bit I'll put you in touch with her. >> >> I tried to claim our space (Coworking0711) too and found the same problem, >> that this category couldn't be claimed. So I just changed the category to >> Services and claimed my space. Anyway I have never received any feedback >> from foursquare. If you could arrange a contact to the staff member I would >> be thankful. >> >> Harald >> >> -- >> Harald Amelung M.Sc. Webdeveloper http://nuspirit.de >> https://www.xing.com/profile/Harald_Amelung >> Coworking-Space Stuttgart http://coworking-stuttgart.de >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Foursquare classification
It's fixed! Space owners: claim your venues! On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Harald Amelung wrote: > Hi Nic, > > Nic schrieb: >> >> If you've attempted to claim your venue on Foursquare and were unable to >> do so, it's possible that your place has been already (and properly) >> classified as a coworking space which falls under the corporate/office >> category and thus can't be claimed. This means that you can't be registered >> as staff or offer specials. >> I've been in touch with a Forsquare staff member and she was very helpful >> in changing categories and letting me claim Cobb Exchange. She agreed that >> it would be a good idea to re-classify coworking spaces and asked me for >> some information to help her make the case to the rest of the team. I >> pointed her to the wiki, but I'm not sure whether she'll find everything she >> needs. If you'd like to see this change happen and wouldn't mind helping a >> bit I'll put you in touch with her. > > I tried to claim our space (Coworking0711) too and found the same problem, > that this category couldn't be claimed. So I just changed the category to > Services and claimed my space. Anyway I have never received any feedback > from foursquare. If you could arrange a contact to the staff member I would > be thankful. > > Harald > > -- > Harald Amelung M.Sc. Webdeveloper http://nuspirit.de > https://www.xing.com/profile/Harald_Amelung > Coworking-Space Stuttgart http://coworking-stuttgart.de > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Wiki vandalism
The wiki would be better off without comments. - spam in comments is bad - comments sorted by date means outdated comments at the top - useful wiki information is lost when posted as a comment - discussions in the comments go stale -- the conversation is happening here! I am willing to help moderate the wiki to reduce vandalism. I already get email notices when pages are added or modified -- would moderation notifications work the same way? Matt London (206) 588-2341 www.mapleleafbranch.org On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > I'd be happy to share the workload of reviewing and approving an edit > queue, as long as there's a push-based notification system (email > notifications) - I'm not keen on having to regularly poll a web page for > updates. > > > On 7/1/10 10:55 AM, Tara Hunt wrote: >> Okay...who is willing to be the admins for this? I currently admin the >> Google Group (there are others, but I think they've turned their >> notifications off). Who wants to volunteer for the wiki admin position(s)? > > -- > Dossy Shiobara | do...@panoptic.com | http://dossy.org/ > Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ > "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own > folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Introduction: Coworking SPACE
Hello, Isaac! You should check out the Coworking Seattle group: http://www.coworkingseattle.org Our next meetup is Thursday, July 8, 5pm @ Office Nomads. Look forward to learning more about you and your space! Matt 206-588-2341 www.mapleleafbranch.org On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Cotec wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I just joined and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Isaac Marcum > and I have a Coworking SPACE in Seattle. It's call Cowork Create > SPACE. http://www.seedspace.org/events/8-cowork-create-space/details > > I am interested in networking with other people who have Coworking > spaces. > > Thanks everyone, and I am looking forward to the conversation. > Isaac Marcum > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Feedback Requested: Coworking Across America
After Beth roams with the Nomads she should hang out at The Branch in North Seattle. :) Matt (206) 588-2341 www.mapleleafbranch.org On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Nic wrote: > If you are coming by GA you are welcome at Cobb Exchange (cobbx.com). We even > have enough parking space for the RV. > > Nic > > > On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Mike Pihlman wrote: > >> AltamontCowork in Tracy, CA is a good place to stop after a long hot ride, >> and before you actually reach a destination worth talking about ! >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> On 6/23/2010 10:05 AM, Tara Hunt wrote: >>> You are always welcome at Citizen Space in San Francisco (even though I >>> won't be there) and, if you get to Montreal (which you should!), I'm sure >>> Pat and Dan would love to see you (and let me know, cause I'll make sure to >>> work out of there that day!). >>> >>> Tara >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Chris Conrey >> <mailto:con...@chrisconrey.com>> wrote: >>> >>> You're of course welcome at Gangplank anytime you're passing through >>> the Phoenix Area. http://gangplankhq.com >>> >>> On Jun 23, 5:33 am, "Wes & Steve - Verge" >> <mailto:vergegr...@gmail.com>> >>> wrote: >>> > Hey Angel and Beth, >>> > >>> > Awesome idea, count coIN Loft in, located in Wilmington, DE. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Stevewww.thecoinloft.com <http://Stevewww.thecoinloft.com> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com>. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> tara 'missrogue' hunt >>> >>> Company: Shwowp (http://www.shwowp.com) >>> Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) >>> Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) >>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue >>> phone: 514-679-2951 >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Mike Pihlman >> AltamontCowork >> 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 >> Tracy, CA 95376 >> Phone: 209-757-8862 >> Web: AltamontCowork.com >> Twitter: @AltamontCowork >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Hourly and half day rates
I started a "half day" pass at The Branch here in Seattle and it's been popular. Basically: pay half to show up after 1pm. This way there is no need to track hourly usage. Matt 206-588-2341 www.mapleleafbranch.org On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 7:31 AM, mark gilbreath wrote: > Darryl > I think there is a market for hourly seating. However, do keep in mind that > if you offer more options in your business model you have to be able to > manage it. Have you given any thought to how you will track your member's > actual time usage? > Mark > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:15 AM, spacelogix wrote: >> >> I am in process of opening a space in Greensboro NC and wanted to get >> some feedback as to the experience of offering half day and hourly >> rate for open seating. I have seen some post that many clients use a >> space at times only a few hours a day. Thanks Darryl Howard - Space >> Logix >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Mark Gilbreath > > PO Box 2830 > Ketchum, ID 83340 > > mobile 208-720-8107 > skype mfgilbreath > twitter markgilbreath > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Coworkopolis Cleveland Heights OH Introduction
Good morning. My name is Matt Kuenzel and I'm currently working on getting a coworking space started in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. My background is in software and my most recent business was Mapopolis which developed and sold navigation/mapping software for Palm PDAs and other handheld devices. I'm wondering if anyone would give some feedback on two questions: 1) the space that I'm considering is about 1000 feet from a lively business district, somewhat tucked away though. Is this a good spot? Google street view: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=44118&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=42.987658,74.794922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cleveland,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio+44118&ll=41.503258,-81.565794&spn=0.002491,0.004565&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.503256,-81.565908&panoid=CcqtbJxNx0dHkeHrW3eR6Q&cbp=12,357.59,,0,-16.32 2) I'm wondering about the best way to structure it in a business sense. I'm thinking that it could be a traditional for-profit business, a non-profit, or some sort of co-op/member-owned structure. Does anyone have any thoughts on the best way to structure a coworking space? Thanks, Matt On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 4:29 AM, wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics > > Introduction [2 Updates] > Started our Coworking Research Project [1 Update] > Coworking space concept geared for graduate students [1 Update] > > Topic: Introduction > > Carol F Jun 05 09:30AM -0700 ^ > > Congrats Diane on getting started with opening a coworking site. > Please keep us posted on your progress. > > Mark- Thank you for sharing all of your extensive knowledge! I'm > thoroughly impressed with the level of detail you've provided. Thanks > again. > > I too, am in the planning/researching stages of starting a coworking > site in North County San Diego. There are a couple locations in the > Downtown areas of San Diego but a little too far for the people that > live North. In the surveying I've done, it seems as though the > community wants & needs a coworking space. > I'm glad that the coworking community is so open & willing to share > ideas. I know have a better understanding of what questions to ask as > well as what expectations to set. > I grow more inspired every time I read the coworking group thread to > get the ball rolling. So the journey begins... > > Carol Farrar > > San Marcos, CA 92078 > carolinafar...@gmail.com > > > > > > > Eco Investment Club Jun 05 12:15PM -0700 ^ > > Hi Carol, > > My name is Yeves Perez and I'd like to help open the location in North > County. I am a co-founder of a green coworking space in San Diego and my > partners own a building in Vista and are willing to open up a duplicate of > our model here in Kerny Mesa... Please read here and let me know if you'd > like to work together... > > http://www.sheepless.org/magazine/shorts/ecohub-brings-new-meaning-green-building-san-diego > >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > -- > Thank you for your support. > > > Sincerely Green, > > > Yeves R. Perez, CEO + CGO > EINI, Inc. > a. The EcoHub > 4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 170 > San Diego, CA 92111 > t. 1-866-960-9495 > yt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxWYIlVKa4E > > Please consider the environment before you print this email and check out > our Flagship Brand: > > The Eco Investment Club > http://www.ecoinvestmentclub.com > "Where Green Dollars Fund the Green Movement" > http://twitter.com/ecoinvestors > > This message may contain confidential and legally privileged information and > is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended > recipient, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify us by > return e-mail immediately. > > Join the conversations, too... > > http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/glenn-croston/starting-and-growing-green-businesses/what > > http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/11/05/75-green-start-ups-that-can-make-a-difference/ > > http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6979&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a > > http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7069&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0u3OAXzPgM > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHk5bO7r--w > > > > This message may contain confidential and legally privileged information and > is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended > recipient, distribution or copy
[Coworking] Posting to Introduction/Bozeman post on
My name is Matt Helgeson, and I'm a student working in the Entrepreneurship program here at Montana State University. Right now I'm working with a company that's starting a coworking site in Bozeman, MT called Office Place. We're in the development stage and have just started to get a survey out (http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2smv716g6py2cdw/start).We found this post on google groups called :Introduction/Bozeman and wanted to try and connect to these people. However, it says we need to connect to you guys to put a post up under this topic. What do I need to do/how do I post on Introduction/Bozeman? You can check out our webpage at http://officeplacemt.com. Thanks! -Matt Helgeson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Greetings from Northeast Seattle
Hello, My name is Matt and I am an independent software developer. My family owns a property in Northeast Seattle and we are remodeling a 1500 sq ft office. It could be a great coworking space. - The floor plan is open with lots of natural light. - Three bus lines have stops within forty feet. - We have on street parking and a bicycle rack. - The reservoir across the street is being converted into a huge park. (Noise now, picnics later.) - Fiber optic tubes nearby provide zippy Internet access. - There are coffee shops, bars, an indy grocer, etc. within walking distance. After stopping by Office Nomads and chatting with Susan and Jacob (hello!), we think starting a new coworking space in Northeast Seattle could be feasible. Is anyone interested in checking out the space? I have a ton of other questions, but those will have to come later. Thank you! Matt London -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement
While I don't know if I'll be at SXSW this year, but Austin is an easy enough drive from Dallas that Company|Dallas should be able to represent. Matthew matt...@companydallas.com http://www.companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Susan Evans wrote: > Party on coworkers...I'll be there with bells on! > > Susan > > On Feb 1, 10:00 am, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > Woohoo, can't wait! Thanks for stepping up Cody! > > > > Afterparty at Cogaoke... best day ever! > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Drew wrote: > > > Thanks Cody! for getting things together for this!!! > > > Will be there for sure! > > > > > On Jan 31, 6:08 pm, Cody Marx Bailey wrote: > > > > Hey everyone, > > > > > > On behalf of all the coworking spaces in Texas, I'd like to welcome > > > > everyone to this years Coworking Meetup during SXSW. In years past, > we > > > > have used the lovely San Jose Hotel, but this year, we'll be having > it > > > > at the newly opened Texas Coworking just blocks away from the Austin > > > > Convention Center. > > > > > > We're doing it a bit earlier than years past, so we don't take away > > > > from the party atmosphere that happens later in the night. That said, > > > > here's the skinny: > > > > > > Date: March 13th, 2010 > > > > Time: 6PM - 8PM > > > > Location: 200 E. 6th Street, 3rd Floor -- Austin, TX > > > > > > If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll respond on/off list. > > > > > > Cody Marx Bailey > > > > 979-574-9199 > > > > The Creative Space (.org) > > > > Desired Hearts (.com) > > > > Hashtags (.org) > > > > 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy > > > > Bryan, Texas 77803 > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Coworking" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: New to Group
Hi Heidi. Good to see you on the group. I got your email. Did you get my message back? Matthew Titsworth matt...@companydallas.com http://www.companydallas.com/ http://www.twitter.com/companydallas/ On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Heidi Jesko wrote: > Angel Absolutely! Any suggestions or ideas are totally welcome. > www.smartoffice.pro > > > Heidi Jesko > SmartOffice > changing how we work > > www.smartoffice.pro > 922 Surrey Drive > Flower Mound, TX 75022 > 469.322.1482 > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:cowork...@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Angel > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 5:17 PM > To: Coworking > Subject: [Coworking] Re: New to Group > > That's great! I come from an HR background too! I just hired my > realtor and when he learned what type of space I'll need he said," I > know a bunch of people who would be in to that!" How exciting! Is > your website up for looking yet? > > > On Dec 28, 2:01 pm, Heidi wrote: >> Coworking Rocks!! Trent Clark owner of SmartOffice located in Flower >> Mound (10 min north of the dfw airport)hired me to kick off this >> business. The first phase of our website is complete and we've hosted >> a few open houses. I love learning all about coworking and think it's >> truly an awsome movement. In my past life I worked in HR for a >> software company and know lots of techies and they all LOVE the idea. >> SmartOffice is considered a bedroom community so we have a few >> challanges to face. Any ideas or suggestions are totally welcome. >> I'm convinced once the word gets out and we get these guys out of >> their home offices we'll be beating them off with a stick ... lol. >> Let's hope ;) > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Comedy co-working space?
If we expand the idea beyond just comedians to performers and others in similar profession, then there are some unique needs to be accomodated - rehearsal spaces, theatres, etc. A friend of mine has told me about Source and FlashPoint in DC, which are theatres that run incubators for artistic businesses. The big difference I see - not being able to really suss what they mean by incubator - is their price point is way higher than most if any of the coworking spaces I know of, and their model hits your pocket a bit harder. This may be out of necessity - there are probably plenty of unique challenges that places like that face. Still, it's a place to start. Matthew On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: > I think that comedians are therefore no different than writers, etc.. > Coworking works for them and many others, so I wouldn't recommend > making your space that that niche. > > > Jerome > __ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Meta Comedy wrote: > >> Jerome asks a good question: >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Jerome Chang >> wrote: >>> Hi. >>> This is Jerome in L.A. May I ask: why would comedians need an >>> office? To >>> write and practice their routines? >>> >> >> Many comedians operate in a similar fashion to, e.g., web developers >> and freelance writers. >> >> Pure stand-up comedians might find a place in a co-working space, but >> there are also, e.g., freelance editors and writers for online and >> print publications, film industry writers, and some comedians who >> simply create media on their own and make money publishing them >> independently later. >> >> The question remains: is comedy the type of niche market that might be >> well-served by a co-working space? How might one (like me) go about >> answering that question? >> >> Thanks for guidance, >> meta >> >>> Jerome >>> __ >>> BLANKSPACES >>> "work wide open" >>> >>> www.blankspaces.com >>> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) >>> Los Angeles, CA 90036 >>> 323.330.9505 (office) >>> On Dec 28, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Meta Comedy wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> First off, coworking is a fantastic concept and it is nice to see >>> such a >>> thriving and open community surrounding every aspect of it. >>> I am wondering whether anyone has tried setting up a coworking >>> space for >>> independent comedians before. Any horror stories, successful (still >>> existent) spaces, or tips re: finding initial interest for setting >>> up a >>> place? >>> What kind of investment does setting up a new coworking space take? >>> Best, >>> metacomedy >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >>> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Hello
I do know Bre and a bunch of the hackerspace crowd. I haven't talked with any of the techshop people. Their scale, although awesome just kind of twists my brain. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: > Very cool. Do you know Bre Petis et al at: > > http://www.nycresistor.com/ > > Or the good people at SF's TechShop? > > http://techshop.ws/ > > T > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:34 AM, mattw wrote: > >> Hi, I'm Matt Westervelt, and I'm introducing myself to the list. I >> recently (last month) started a space in Seattle that can be >> classified as a co-working space. It's Metrix Create:Space, and >> although it isn't quite office space, it is a shared work space for >> crafters and makers. We have electronics supplies, a laser cutter, 3d >> printer, vented soldering area and lots and lots of tools. It's a >> bit like a hackerspace, but open to the public at large and designed >> to be a comfortable place to work on projects. >> >> Jacob (at office nomads) suggested I get in contact with other >> coworking spaces, and I've been following from afar for a while. I'm >> definitely interested in seeing what is going on in other cities, in >> Seattle, and with coworking as a whole. >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=. >> >> >> > > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=.
[Coworking] Re: Interview from Lafayette, LA Jelly 7/16
Found that earlier. It's on my weekend watching list. Matthew On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Aaron Lozier wrote: > Hey all, > > We had a jelly in Lafayette, LA today and several us talked more about > starting a permanent coworker space here. I posted one interview/discussion > here: > > http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=111467182326&h=_Rrbe&u=gy3zh&ref=mf > > Feedback welcome! > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: DIVVY
Awesome. Love it and am looking in to it. Thanks for the share. Matthew On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM, creativespace wrote: > > a great app for co-work spaces. We'll be using it. > http://www.divvy.com/ > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: SXSW Panel on Federated Coworking
Chris, Sounds like a cool idea that I'd love to talk more about. From what I understand, there have been steps which are being taken along those lines of promoting further connectivity between spaces. Being on here is one of those steps, as quite a number of space owners/administrators post pretty regularly about all sorts of topics. There's also alot of collaboration going on between some of the more truly established spaces. I don't know if you've heard of the coworking visa, but I'd definitely consider it part of the growth and evolution of coworking. Unfortunately though, it's hard to have much of a thought on the subject without more information. Most of the things you list are things that I'm sure have been bandied about at one point or another in different forms, but without some specific thoughts it's hard to have feedback. I'd love to hear some more specifics though. Also, We've got a space up here in Richardson called Company|Dallas, and if you'd like to talk about this in person, please feel free to give me a shout. Matthew matt...@companydallas.com http://www.companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Chris Stewart wrote: > > Good Evening All, > > My name is Chris Stewart, and I'm currently a software developer > for an insurance company based near Dallas, Texas. I've been > passionate about coworking for over a year now, and decided to write a > 2010 SXSW Interactive panel proposal on Federated Coworking. I was a > panel liaison this year and loved the experience so much that I > decided to put together a panel of my own. The term "federated > coworking" doesn't seem to be used at the moment, but my thought > behind it is the need for greater collaboration and resource pooling > between existing spaces to raise awareness of coworking to the general > population. It appears from reading posts on this forum and elsewhere > about the Starfish/Spider argument that coworking spaces are against > strong top-down organizational hierarchy, and are happy to work > independently from each other apart from knowledge sharing and > occasional meetups. My contention is that we need to respect the > desire for coworking spaces to maintain independent, unique > atmospheres, while at the same time embracing new levels of > connectivity. > > From my perspective, federated coworking is an umbrella term used > to represent a centralized authority elected by the spaces to 1) > represent their interests amongst government, business leadership, and > the general public; 2) serve as a collection point for knowledge, > money (to fund awareness and development), and best practices; 3) > provide training to people who want to start a coworking space but > have no idea how to begin; and 4) actively develop new coworking > spaces in partnership with area business and government to house > creative collectives of individuals who will have the benefit of a > comfortable, warm office environment in community with other creatives > without the office politics of a traditional office. > > Whether or not the SXSW panel is approved, I believe it's important > that we begin asking tough questions about the future of coworking, as > this movement will not grow to its fullest potential housed in loosely- > connected silos. I'd like to present several plans during the panel on > what federated coworking could look like, and allow the panelists to > debate the pros and cons of each strategy. Instead of making a lot of > noise during the event and then returning to the status quo, we can > make this panel a jumping off point to real-world change in the way we > approach coworking. > > I'll add more thoughts on this subject as I listen to your > feedback. Respond to this post directly or contact me via twitter > @socialtopher. > > Thanks, > > Chris Stewart > Endaris (my iPhone stealth company) > http://www.twitter.com/socialtopher > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Lafayette, Louisiana
Aaron, My old college stomping grounds! I'm so glad to hear that fiber finally went through. I remember there being quite a fight over it. I've said to a number of people that I know around town that I really think Lafayette is primed to join in on coworking. I even have a couple of friends around lafayette that themselves really want to get a coworking space started. I've already mentioned this email to them and they'd love to get in contact with you. Given the stage that your in, beginning planning and what not, my thought for you would be to, rather than begin work on trying to put together a coworking space, begin work on trying to put together a coworking community. That's one of the things that I and some others who just opened our doors recently have been finding out. Through different situations and what not, it seems that the common thing has been that we had opportunities on space and took them, figuring that it might be easier to build community that way... I won't speak for the others, but I know that our experience has seemed a bit more up hill because we had the space, now we're working on the community. I don't know what kind of community you have around town already, but definitely going in with a strong backing seems to help, and it's all work you'll have to do afterwards anyway. If you put your efforts into bringing people together and getting a solid foundation of coworkers going, then let the space come out of that, my guess is that you'll have more luck and see more visible progress. Glad to hear it's going on down there though, and if you don't mind I'd like to pass an email on to the friends in Lafayette who are also themselves working on the idea. Matthew On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Chris Johnston wrote: > Aaron, > You should contact the guys at launchpadnola.com. I know that throught > Net2NO.com we have some contacts in Lafayette that might be able to help you > connect with the larger tech community. > > Christopher M. Johnston > 504.208.1766 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston > > *If Sent, Replied To, or originated from a mobile device, I apologize ahead > of time for spelling, brevity, and / or grammatical errors :-) > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:21 AM, ajlozier wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I am a web developer in Lafayette, Louisiana who is starting to work >> with others on creating a coworking space in our town. We feel this >> is an especially opportune time after the recent launch of a city-wide >> fiber optic network which allow us access to some of the fastest >> internet speeds in the country. http://lusfiber.org/ >> >> Right now we are at the planning stage and may soon be seeking >> financing to rent a space. Just basically introducing myself to the >> group and will keep everyone posted of our progress. Very much >> looking forward to hearing of everyone's experiences and ideas. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Aaron Lozier >> Lafayette, LA >> >> > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Blog Entry on Coworking
ditto. Matthew Titsworth matt...@companydallas.com http://www.companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:00 AM, WHERE MMM wrote: > Your posted comments on your link are EXACTLY what WHERE is about too.. > > Would love to contribute/ collaborate where...@gmail.com > > Danielle Nicoli > www.wheremmm.com > Facebook WHERE Meet, Mix, Mogul > Twitter @wheremmm for site & member updates > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Mike Pihlman > wrote: >> >> I wrote a very quick blog entry on Coworking and my experiences so far >> (2 months being open) out here in Tracy, CA (commuter-ville USA). >> >> http://telbitconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/coworking/ >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> -- >> Mike Pihlman >> TracyVirtualOffice >> "A Coworking Community" >> 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 >> Tracy, CA 95376 >> Mobile: 209-608-4340 >> Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com >> Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice >> >> >> >> > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: New member; modest question/idea...
Nathaniel, That sounds like a brilliant idea! Not only does it help improve upon the known flaws/preferences for an existing idea, but it also provides for a way to help build larger community and provides a way to create roots in what sounds like a community that's trying to get started. One of the first things I got told around here in trying to get a coworking space up and running is that the people in the community you're trying to foster are your best resource. One of the ways to take advantage of that, help bring them in, and grow the size of your community is to provide them with a way of taking ownership of part of the community and the things going on in it. One of the other things that I got was that different communities will build upon different things and end up with different community goals. One of our members at Company|Dallas is really big into the python programming language and unix, and alot of the people we've had come through have been affiliated with that. We've already hosted one PYUG meeting, and if I'm not mistaken we're due to host the next one this saturday. For you it sounds like your strengths lie in PERL and the community there, so by all means, tap into that! If that's going to be what gets you and your community going, then by all means seize upon it! As far as Brooklyn goes, I don't know about anything springing up there (Not a whole lot of that news reaches Dallas), but if there is, I would imagine that Tony from New Work City would probably have some info. You can find him commenting about things all over this group. Matthew Titsworth Company|Dallas - A Place to work in the Telecom Corridor matt...@companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, nathaniel wrote: > > Hi: I just signed up for this group, and, per instructions, I'm > starting out by sending a message to the group. I only recently > learned about coworking, having visited a space in Columbus, OH, while > visiting relatives. > > > If I may put one question or idea out there, concerning those > "coworkers" (if there is a proper term for this, please let me > know...) who do computer programming - related work. I thought it > would be nice to develop an archive for coworkers to introduce > themselves and present some code that they do not mind making public, > along the lines of CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network), Boost, > etc. The difference about a coworking - related archive, aside from > it being open to any language or application domain, would be that > coders could optionally provide a location where they could be found > -- I've often found myself wishing I could talk in person to whomever > wrote code that I am browsing or using from the internet, and it might > help those of us looking for "clients" for our coding efforts find an > audience ... Anyhow, I'm involved with a programming group for the > Perl language, and such an archive might be a good project to > demonstrate the powerful of modern Perl development techniques, > particularly with respect to parsing code from different language -- a > next-generation code archive could provide user-customized syntax > highlighting, language-construct specific searching (i.e., search > among classes, method names, etc.), etc., a kind of miniature IDE in a > browser. My question is whether there are any programmers out there > who think this is a worthwhile project and whether there would be > enough people around the web who would "sign up" (i.e., contribute > code...). > > Well, perhaps that's a grandiose suggestion given that I'm a newbie to > coworking, but that's the kind of project I'd like to work on, so I > thought I'd mention it and see whether anyone has comments / > suggestions. Aside from that, I'd certainly like to led a hand to get > a Brooklyn cowork space open (my understanding is that this group is > being used to try and promote that). Let me know if I can contribute > somehow to the web site or databases or whatever relevant ... and > thanks for your attention. I look forward to following the traffic > and developments in this group. > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Had to Share
Jeff, There's definitely a place for programming and for that matter math in most of those. As an example, check out poetron: http://www.algabrosticspastigraphy.com/josh/tinyscramble_2.htm . It's system for creating poems automatically. Matthew matt...@companydallas.com http://www.companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/mktitsworth On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Xanalogica wrote: > > kirby urner wrote: >> Portland, Oregon is somewhat in rebellion mode, but is expressing >> itself through proper channels, by setting up charter schools equipped >> to teach a more geek oriented curriculum, means the math has to have >> programming, or it's DOA. > > I've wondered though - is there a place for programming in non-math > fields? Literature analysis? Historical trend analysis? Grammar > diagramming using software developed by the student? Heck I haven't > seen much programming even in chemistry or biology, with bio-engineering > being a hot topic these days. > > -Jeff > a coworking member @ company|dallas > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Crisis management: One day to the opening and the floor is totally messed up.
Oh good. I was thinking the of artsy/character thing as well, but thought it might seem dismissive to present it. If Tony's going to suggest it though, I'll definitely back that. The community building stuff had not crossed my mind though. Really, to me the whole thing sounds like a great "gift from god." To clarify that, I've been doing improvisational theatre for a number of years now, and that's a fairly commonly used term for when something happens in a scene that you couldn't possibly have forseen coming - baby crying, phone ringing, fire truck driving by with sirens blaring... you name it. The idea then with the "gift from god" is to seize upon it as something random which truly makes what you're doing unique; to turn that potential crisis into the biggest advantage you have and make it look as if you'd planned it that way all along. There is now something unique and out of the ordinary involved that can't be created, and I am almost always of the opinion that things completely unique should be embraced and used as an advantage. I would vote that you leave it as is, because more likely than not, if you view it as a positive thing and play it as if it were all intentional, the people coming in to your space will view it as a positive thing and wonder at how you managed to do it. Provided that I'm missing something hugely negative which hasn't been mentioned, I would actually say congratulations, because you've just found one of those pieces that will really make your space yours and impossible to be like any other. Matthew P.S. : Can we get some pics? Cause like Tony said, that sounds pretty cool. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > Liu, > Crisis team assemble! > Three ideas: > 1. The description actuallysounds kind of artsy and cool, is it purely ulgly > or just unprofessional? I hated the concrete floors in my space until I > properly realized how much character it gave. > 2. Call on volunteers to help you do a low-budget, last minute floor > painting job and/or bring rugs. Thus can be a great community-building > exercise anyway. > 3. Maybe even tie it in with the opening. Bring a clean rug, work that day > for free! > These are the sort of opportunities that can be turned to your advantage if > you reshape the problem into an opportunity for the community to come > together and help. > Keep us posted and let us know how it goes! > Best, > Tony > > On Jun 29, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Liu Yan wrote: > > Tomorrow is our big day and the floor guy called yesterday morning and told > us this bad news: the color of our new cement floor is completely messed up. > It looks like a child smear the mud all over his face, the wildest pattern > design you could ever imagine! > > It is possible to use this space, I figured, because I remember Dave Troy > once told me here " don't impress your coworkers with your hardware", but we > don't want to scare our coworkers off with our hardware, either! Anybody > help me with some tips how to manage these? > > Big thanks! > > Liu Yan > > -- > Liu Yan刘妍 > (+86) 135 2429 5509 > Xindanwei Coworking Playce > Xindanwei Coworking China Network > @theliuyan > @xindanwei > http://xindanwei.com > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Starting up a coworking space
Howdy Lauren, I'm one of the folks helping to run Company|Dallas over in Richardson, and I have to say how delighted I am to hear about somebody wanting to get a coworking spot going over in Fort Worth. I've run into a number of people from that area who are interested in the idea. Feel free to drop me a line about the specifics of coworking in DFW. I'd add to what Tony has said above, but right now those are exactly the things we're working on to get ourselves up to snuff. All the best, Matthew http://www.companydallas.com matt...@companydallas.com http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > Welcome Lauren! > Some Cliff's notes of advice: > - Start one person at a time > - Focus on people and community needs first, not space > - Use a cafe or a house or otherwise free space as a staging area for your > community > - Consider starting a Jelly (http://workatjelly.com) > - Hook up with as many other DFW-area communities as you can, including some > folks who are already doing coworking there. > - Be extra open and transparent in all that you do. Share photos, blog > posts, tweets, and talk about what's good and what's hard. Engage people and > get them involved. > - Empower the would-be members of you community to take an active role in > helping grow the community. You'll have more committed members and a lot > more help :) > - Read the messages in this group! > Best of luck and keep us posted! > > Cheers, > Tony > - > New Work City - Coworking NYC style. > Phone: (888) 823-3494 > Email: ...@nwcny.com > Web: http://nwcny.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM, laurenw1021 wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just joined the group and am interested in starting a coworking space >> in Fort Worth, TX. I was first introduced to the idea this past March >> in Austin at SXSWi and find it refreshing and am passionate about >> establishing a space for the Fort Worth community. For any of you out >> there that have started your own space, what are some of your key >> pieces of advice to get started? >> >> Thanks, >> Lauren Smith >> laurenw1...@gmail.com >> @laurenwsmith via twitter >> >> > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[Coworking] Re: Keeping people coming through the door
Jerome, We've yet to see that come around, and I've thought about introducing something whereby if you can get to the dart station, maybe we'll come pick you up. I'm headed to a meeting about just these topics. And yeah, I'm also working on the friend angle. Thanks for the thoughts. Matthew On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: > > Hi Matt. > > I used to live in Dallas. You're pretty near that large DART and bus > station at the NE corner of Arapaho and 75 - have you seen any benefit > to that proximity? > > L.A. is just as spread out as Dallas, although definitely more dense > in more areas to the point that parking is an issue, unlike Dallas. > There have been great comments on this topic already, so I'll keep > mine brief: have you tried to enlist your friends/colleagues to camp > out there for free? Sometimes, crowds bring in more crowds, then > siphon off the freebies and replace with paying residents. > > > Jerome > __ > BLANKSPACES > "work wide open" > > www.blankspaces.com > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) > Los Angeles, CA 90036 > 323.330.9505 (office) > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Matt Titsworth wrote: > >> >> Alex, >> >> Thanks for the vid and blog. That is exactly the kind of thing I was >> looking for. Wish I'd have found it ahead of time so as to keep from >> presenting the same problem here over and over again. I'm going to go >> sit down and run through these things, then if the list doesn't mind, >> share them back here for some feedback. >> >> Tara, >> >> It was less a matter of that than it was having a whole bunch of extra >> space. The company I work for which owns Company|Dallas has had this >> space sitting vacant for a year, sucking away money in rent and >> utilities. We tried again and again to get it leased out, but with the >> impending economic downturn, nothing ever came through. About two >> months ago we had the idea to turn it into a coworking space. I guess >> though, you might be able to say that, as we didn't make sure to go >> ahead and get commitments ahead of time. >> >> Part of it is also a problem that I think Dallas faces is that it is >> so spread out. I've been all over just the Dallas area (And Dallas is >> only half of the larger DFW area) and while I've met TONS of people >> who would be interested, a big stop gap seems to be that it would be >> out of the way and inconvenient (Tony, I think this gets to one of >> your points mentioned). This is not just something that I face, but >> that the other folks trying to get coworking started here have as >> well. I guess then that tells me that I need to hump it less all over >> Dallas, and get more centralized to the things going on really >> locally. As far as getting people invested love-wise, the two resident >> members we do have are getting there, if not so already. I guess >> another thing for me to do is talk with them and get their input, let >> them take some ownership to make the space better and whatnot. >> >> Thanks once again everybody for the thoughts on these things. >> >> Matthew >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Alex Hillman >> wrote: >>> I've updated our "IndyHall 201" series with a post about this topic: >>> http://www.indyhall.org/blog/category/indyhall-201/ >>> If you haven't already watched, Geoff and I talk a lot about these >>> topics in >>> our FAQ videos as well: >>> http://www.indyhall.org/blog/category/movies/ >>> -Alex, IndyHall >>> -- >>> - >>> -- >>> - >>> Alex Hillman >>> im always developing something >>> digital: a...@weknowhtml.com >>> helpful: www.unstick.me >>> visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com >>> local: www.indyhall.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Mike Pihlman >> > >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ah...I opened May 1 and I mostly sit empty doing my blogs. I have >>>> a 6th >>>> grader I'm tutoring, her Dad works for that hour a couple times a >>>> week. >>>> >>>> BUT, the good newsI had TWO calls yesterday out of the blue. >>>> One >>>> will start using the place next week, and the other said he would be >>>> using it as well (we will see..). >>>> >>>> So maybe all it takes is timereading some of the comments here >>>> a
