[Coworking] Re: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Hello Jeff, My partners and I are VERY interested in opening a co-working space in Loudoun County. A true space that will operate as a startup and welcome folks from all over NoVA. We also want to fund it by creating a BID in Loudoun. Would love to chat. Vanessa Maddox V.R. Maddox Consulting 571-252-9029 On Monday, April 20, 2009 7:51:33 AM UTC-4, Jeff De Cagna wrote: Good morning fellow group members! My name is Jeff De Cagna, and I am chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, located in Reston, Virginia. I am a strategic advisor to membership associations, and I've been in business for myself since 2002. You can see my bio at http://www.principledinnovation.com/about. I am really interested in coworking, and specifically the possibility of creating a coworking space in Northern Virginia. I'm wondering if anyone else here is living/working in NoVA. If so, it would be great to connect. You can find me on Twitter @pinnovation. I'm looking forward to the conversations! Jeff -- 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Laban, So I went to your web site and saw your logo for coworking but I didnt see any press release on what your coop is doing within the coworking community. Are you as a busines looking to consult with coworking spaces or providing them? Thanks, Danielle @WHERE On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Laban Johnson labanjohn...@gmail.comwrote: Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com http://www.labanjohnson.com/ Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
It depends on the coworking space. CubeSpace is very much set up for this, and we do bill the employers of some of our members directly. I think other spaces may not be as well set up for this, but I'm sure we'd all be willing to work with you to make this work. --David David Kominsky da...@cubespacepdx.com 503-206-3500 CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97214 On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Laban Johnson labanjohn...@gmail.comwrote: Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Seems like there's quite a bit of interest in a NoVA coworking facility (which is not surprising to me at all, actually). I'm a San Francisco boy (1981-2003) who got transplanted here because my wife works for AOL in Dulles. It looks we're here more or less permanently. (We keep telling people we're on year six of a one-year experiment, FWIW.) I'm a software developer, entrepreneur (currently on my third startup), professional public speaker, dilettante and social media wonk. You can read all about me (and my supersized ego) here at http://bucchere.com Anyhoo, I'm trying to start a space in or near Clarendon (Arlington County). My timeframe is end of the summer or early fall of this year and I want to get four or five partners involved to share the lease so that we could all get a fairly good space for $500/mo each. I don't want to make money on this; I see it more as a give back to the community sort of thing. However, I do want to at least not *lose* money, hence the need for partners. I would be happy to let out of town and local guests drop by and hotel in the office or cubes, use the conference rooms and kitchen, etc. for free. If it becomes a more regular thing -- and it may or may not be necessary to set up guidelines of what defines regular -- then the partners would need to decide if it's time to add another paying partner. Does that more or less make sense? Have other coworking facilities been set up in a similar way? If anyone is interested in becoming a partner (and the location, timeframe and cost seem reasonable), I've set up a private $GOOG group for that purpose. Let me know if you'd like to be invited. Again, the coworking facility, when it goes live at the end of the summer or in the fall, will be open to all, but I want to keep the number of partners limited to four or five people/companies. Chris Bucchere ch...@bucchere.com http://twitter.com/bucchere On May 3, 4:55 pm, Eric Marden eric.mar...@gmail.com wrote: Laban, It seems that I would either offer coworking reimbursement (they pay the space, you pay them) or you ask the coworking space to bill you directly for your employees that are members. Regardless of how the space is managed, paying for someone else's membership seems like an easy enough thing to do. - Eric Marden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://ericmarden.com On Apr 26, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Laban Johnson wrote: Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Hi Mike, I'm just discovered this group. I plan to search the other threads for more info, but I'm interested in learning more about the group interested in starting a coworking facility in Loudoun/Ashburn. I have a similar interest in participating in/ starting a facility. Matt On Apr 26, 4:48 pm, mikefeldman mikefeldma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jeff, A couple of us are just starting to look at the possibility of creating a coworking space here in Loudoun County, possibly Ashburn. It looks like you'd be more interested in Reston or at least somewhere in Fairfax County. Even so, maybe we could talk sometime and share ideas about how to get started. There a lot of information in this group but there are probably specific resources for northern Virginia we could talk about. I'm not sure if you know about them already but SuiteSpaces (http://www.suitespaces.biz/) is listed as a coworking facility in Oakton. I haven't been there or contacted them yet. Feel free to email me to talk more. Mike On Apr 20, 7:51 am, Jeff De Cagna jeff...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning fellow group members! My name is Jeff De Cagna, and I am chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, located in Reston, Virginia. I am a strategic advisor to membership associations, and I've been in business for myself since 2002. You can see my bio athttp://www.principledinnovation.com/about. I am really interested in coworking, and specifically the possibility of creating a coworking space in Northern Virginia. I'm wondering if anyone else here is living/working in NoVA. If so, it would be great to connect. You can find me on Twitter @pinnovation. I'm looking forward to the conversations! Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
I'd say it's best to organize this decentrally. Have the employees choose their arrangements and then reimburse them or give them a coworking allowance. Each individual has different preferences, each location is different, etc. So, there doesn't seem to be a problem to solve, but perhaps I'm overlooking something. On Apr 26, 2009, at 5:52 PM, Laban Johnson wrote: Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Laban, It seems that I would either offer coworking reimbursement (they pay the space, you pay them) or you ask the coworking space to bill you directly for your employees that are members. Regardless of how the space is managed, paying for someone else's membership seems like an easy enough thing to do. - Eric Marden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://ericmarden.com On Apr 26, 2009, at 8:52 PM, Laban Johnson wrote: Suppose I am a business owner and I have people I am working with all over the country or who work independently from home and I want to offer them office space in a coworking environment as an incentive to work with me. How difficult is that with umpteen different coworking facilities which are all probably managed slightly differently and have their own rules, procedures, etc? How difficult is it for a large company to make use of co-working facilities as part of the plan and not just the occassional exception to the rule? Might there exist a need for co-working agencies to broker space anywhere/everywhere so that larger companies can easily arrange for space in multiple facilities through a single contact, on a single invoice? Maybe a few of you will take the co-working broker idea and run with it :) Laban Johnson Founder, President CEO, The Laban Johnson Group http://www.LabanJohnson.com Improving the Quality of Life la...@labanjohnson.com 888-841-4282 (vm / fax) LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/labanjohnson Twitter: @labanjohnson Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=601471689 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Introduction and Northern Virginia Coworking
Hi Jeff, A couple of us are just starting to look at the possibility of creating a coworking space here in Loudoun County, possibly Ashburn. It looks like you'd be more interested in Reston or at least somewhere in Fairfax County. Even so, maybe we could talk sometime and share ideas about how to get started. There a lot of information in this group but there are probably specific resources for northern Virginia we could talk about. I'm not sure if you know about them already but SuiteSpaces (http://www.suitespaces.biz/) is listed as a coworking facility in Oakton. I haven't been there or contacted them yet. Feel free to email me to talk more. Mike On Apr 20, 7:51 am, Jeff De Cagna jeff...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning fellow group members! My name is Jeff De Cagna, and I am chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, located in Reston, Virginia. I am a strategic advisor to membership associations, and I've been in business for myself since 2002. You can see my bio athttp://www.principledinnovation.com/about. I am really interested in coworking, and specifically the possibility of creating a coworking space in Northern Virginia. I'm wondering if anyone else here is living/working in NoVA. If so, it would be great to connect. You can find me on Twitter @pinnovation. I'm looking forward to the conversations! Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
