Re: [Coworking] Help - with new website

[Natalie James]

We are not happy with the Nexudus platform.

I have used Happy Desk in the past and it as much easier to use.

Not familiar with Xero.

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 3:19 PM dorian schimmel 
wrote:

> Hey everyone - happy new year!
>
> After following this group for a while and getting a lot of help from it -
> this my first time posting :)
>
> We founded our first space one year ago and are now about to open our
> third - it is time to invest in a better website.
>
> We have been using Neudus as our management software  - but have received
> very negative feedback from developers which we have approach in respect to
> the ease of which Nexudus can be integrated into a custom built website. I
> have three questions:
>
> 1 - Has anyone has any experience integrating Nexudus into a custom built
> website (We are thinking of using Wordpress)
> 2 - Has anyone had any positive experience working with other management
> software and integrating it into you website.
> 3 - Alternatively we are thinking of scraping a management software
> systems and thinking of using individuals apps such as Xero and alike.
>
> Thank you kindly in advance - would really appreciate the feedback
>
> est - Happy holidays!
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[Coworking] Help - with new website

[dorian schimmel]

Hey everyone - happy new year! 

After following this group for a while and getting a lot of help from it - 
this my first time posting :) 

We founded our first space one year ago and are now about to open our third 
- it is time to invest in a better website. 

We have been using Neudus as our management software  - but have received 
very negative feedback from developers which we have approach in respect to 
the ease of which Nexudus can be integrated into a custom built website. I 
have three questions: 

1 - Has anyone has any experience integrating Nexudus into a custom built 
website (We are thinking of using Wordpress) 
2 - Has anyone had any positive experience working with other management 
software and integrating it into you website.
3 - Alternatively we are thinking of scraping a management software systems 
and thinking of using individuals apps such as Xero and alike. 

Thank you kindly in advance - would really appreciate the feedback 

est - Happy holidays!


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[Coworking] Help Professors Prove that Coworking WORKS!

[Gyles Meng]

Hi!
Do you believe that freelance work is the way of the future? Help us prove 
that ditching the 9-to-5 has a measurable and positive impact on worker 
well-being and productivity. If you currently work in a coworking space, 
you are in a unique position to help contribute to this very poorly 
understood population of workers and to raise awareness among academics and 
the general public about the benefits of this new style of work. 

We are partnering with Baylor University to conduct a research study on *worker 
dynamics in coworking spaces*, and we invite you to consider being a part 
of it! It only requires your input in a few short surveys over the next 
couple of months - including a pre-survey followed by the primary portion 
of study that requires 3 daily very short surveys for 5 business days. The 
researchers will then follow up with you once more over the next two 
months. Each of these touch points will only take a few moments, and the 
input you give will be invaluable in helping the researchers provide 
recommendations and insight into how we can maximize the effectiveness of 
the coworking model for users. 

To sweeten the deal, all participants will be entered to win $20 Amazon 
gift cards (1 in 20 chance of winning) and perhaps even more interesting, 
will receive a summary of the study findings. 

The next 1-week study session will start on *Monday, Nov 26th*. If you are 
interested, please click here to read more and sign up: 
https://baylor.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6fixqnpaw9jXRzL 

We will also be doing another round in early January if this would fit your 
schedule better. Please email Emily at eda...@ceibs.edu if you’d prefer to 
be invited for the next round.

Thank you for considering this unique opportunity! For good karma, help us 
spread the word by forwarding the information about this study to friends 
who might be interested: *https://coworkingstudy.com* 


Emily David, Ph.D. 
CEIBS 

Sara Perry, Ph.D. 
Baylor University 
Lars Johnson, Ph.D. 
Wayne State University

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Re: [Coworking] help?

[Marion roger]

Thanks that is it!

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:46 AM Angel Kwiatkowski 
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[Coworking] help?

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

Check out deskmag.com

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[Coworking] help?

[Marion roger]

I recently saw a link about a paper or study that was 59 pounds sterling
and did not have my company card on me  ,,,it was in the past 5-7 days I
believe.  Also did anyone get any decks from london GCUC event? I did not
get to go and am looking for stats for a presentation...and need the
latest/greatest info on how many coworking space in the real sense there
are an how much the flexible office industry is growing etc...thank you
guys in advance...marion

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[Coworking] Help Support Cornell University's Coworking Space Research

[Sohyun Sarah Lee]

*Help Support Coworking Space Research:*
 
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*Hello Coworking Community! *

My name is Sarah, and I am a graduate student pursuing M.S. degree in the 
Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University. My 
thesis is titled "Third Places to Work in the Digital Age: Preferred 
Environmental Features that Shape the Coworking Spaces".

As part of my research, I am currently gathering insights from users like 
you to understand the value of design in coworking spaces. Whether you are 
a member, staff, or occasional user of a coworking space, your opinions are 
valuable! Would you accept my invitation to participate in a 10-15 minute 
survey?

All your feedback is completely anonymous, and there is no known risk for 
you in participating in this research. You will also have a chance to join 
a lucky draw to win one of four $25 Amazon gift cards as a thank you for 
your support.
 
Please follow this link:
Take the Survey 

Or copy and paste the URL below into your Internet browser:

*https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NYDHL9tNHJ4CwZ 
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I’d appreciate if you could complete the survey by the end of 
*​Tuesday, May 1st*. Have your voices heard and help shape the future of 
coworking space design!

If you have any questions regarding this research, please feel free to 
contact me at sl2...@cornell.edu.

Your participation is greatly appreciated. Thank you! 

Best Regards,
Sarah Lee

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[Coworking] Help

[Mohamed nawito]

We are building a big coworking space and we are looking for different
innovative revenue models, any advise ?

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Re: [Coworking] Help me: How did you set up your coworking space?? LLC, C-corp, S-corp? (& other questions)

[Glen Ferguson]

Hi Eli,

Let me tackle the last one first:

We did a fairly small amount of paperwork to register at the US Post Office
as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA). We've been using Spheremail
 to simplify billing and mail notification.

As an aside, I found out over coffee with an ex-manager of our local Regus
that they don't formalize their mail service with that extra step. She told
me a few stories about complications from that arrangement; one included a
visit from undercover DEA agents investigating one of her client
businesses. As a CMRA, I can refer folks like that across the street to the
Post Office since all the client information is filed with them. Fingers
crossed that I won't ever have to do that.

So whatever type of company you register as, make sure you do choose one to
insulate your personal assets from situations like this.

My advice for your first question is: Everybody has a different situation.
Different countries, states, taxes, economic development incentives, etc.
all play a part in how you choose to be structured. Talk to your accountant
and/or business tax planner. They know the laws for your locale and are the
best qualified to give you the best answer for your circumstances.


*Glen Ferguson*
Phone: 301-732-5165
Email: g...@coworkfrederick.com
Website: http://coworkfrederick.com
Address: 122 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Eli  wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> As stated on the subject line, how did you set yours up? LLC, S-corp,
> C-corp?
>
> Moreover, did you set it up as a service company?
>
> Even moreover, how did set yours up to save on taxes, etc.? Words from the
> experienced would be greatly appreciated!
>
> As for book-keeping, I have experience with Quickbooks. Is this what you
> are using?
>
> This last question I REALLY been thinking on. Say I have 70 full time
> desks with 70 different registered companies. How to I legally make it so
> that we have one address with 70 different unit numbers? Do I contact an
> agency to make this 'change'?
>
> Thanks ahead! :D
>
> Eli
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[Coworking] Help me: How did you set up your coworking space?? LLC, C-corp, S-corp? (& other questions)

[Eli]

Hi all!

As stated on the subject line, how did you set yours up? LLC, S-corp, 
C-corp?

Moreover, did you set it up as a service company?

Even moreover, how did set yours up to save on taxes, etc.? Words from the 
experienced would be greatly appreciated!

As for book-keeping, I have experience with Quickbooks. Is this what you 
are using?

This last question I REALLY been thinking on. Say I have 70 full time desks 
with 70 different registered companies. How to I legally make it so that we 
have one address with 70 different unit numbers? Do I contact an agency to 
make this 'change'?

Thanks ahead! :D

Eli

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[Coworking] Help us spruce up the wiki and develop some best practices!

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Hey friends! Open Coworking is undertaking an effort to spruce up some of
the publicly available resources that power this movement, starting with
the wiki and the blog. In particular, we’re looking to:

   - *Overhaul messy and outdated wiki pages,* so people will be more
   likely to find the information they need and, ultimately, connect with you!
   - *Compile best practices from this group* so the invaluable information
   we share with each other every day isn’t lost in the jungle of thousands of
   forum messages.

*The wiki gets visited about 10,000 times every month,* and most of those
visits are from people who are learning about coworking for the first time.
*The* *more effective we make it, the better chance there is that those
people will find you and your community!*

If you’d like to help out, we’re creating simple ways to join in on the
fun.

To update your city’s wiki page, for instance, you can make use of a new
template

and editorial guidelines

that we’ve developed. You can see some examples of how people have
implemented this new scheme in Brussels
 and
Brighton .

If you’d really love to help but are having trouble setting aside the time,
never fear! I’ve set some dates when I’m planning on making some updates
myself, and I’m inviting you to join at those times to cowork with me.

The schedule is below; click through to RSVP on Facebook:

*Coworking wiki spruce-up sessions!*

   - Thursday, October 29 at 11:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 19:00 CET
   - https://www.facebook.com/events/1474963232812543/
   - Tuesday, November 24 at 8:00 PT / 11:00 ET / 4:00 CET
   - https://www.facebook.com/events/857733564341323/
   - Tuesday, December 3 at 11:00 PT / 14:00 ET / 19:00 CET
   - https://www.facebook.com/events/657151201091558/

*Let’s compile best practices! *

   - Thursday, November 5 at 9:30 PT / 12:30 ET / 17:30 CET
   - https://www.facebook.com/events/1500259223603293/

All of this is possible thanks to the folks who support Open Coworking.
We’re looking for supporters to help finance our operations; if you’re
interested please contact me or head here to learn more:
http://opencoworking.org

Vive le coworking!
Tony
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Re: [Coworking] Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Passed it along to my coworkers. Rock on, Steve!

On Saturday, February 28, 2015, Steve King sk...@emergentresearch.com
wrote:

 Everyone: Thanks for the help.

 Will: Happy to have anyone, anywhere in the world who is a coworking
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[Coworking] Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

[Ramon Suarez]

Published in 21 social networks and sent to our 203 coworkers. We will also 
include it in the Betacowork newsletter that goes out next week to 2.4k people. 

Looking forward to see the see the results, although I will miss GCUC this year 
:(

Good luck, 

Ramon
Author :coworkinghandbook.com 

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

[Steve King]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let me know if you  have any comments or questions.

Thanks for your help.

Steve

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[Coworking] help! My Posts fdon arrive at the list, nor my name under List of users!

[Dieter Lange]

help!  My Posts fdon arrive at  the list, nor my name under List of users!
what is going on?
do i make some kind of Mistake?
help!

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Re: [Coworking] HELP Needed-- Success Stories and data on Private coworking space and city officials partnering together

[Cheryl Jaycox]

Alex,

As always I am thankful for you and your advice! Thank youI think have 
Done You Proud  with the coworking space I have developed into a 
successful venture after following you and your advice.After 3 years, I 
look back and wished I had had the sense to take more of itA lot of 
lessons learned It was your weekly newsletter and this Group that you 
always seem to have time for  and all the other ways I stalked you and 
Indy Hall that help bring it all together and realize things about my 
community that I was building.  It is not for the weak at heart..LOL! . 
...But I LOVE it!!! It is all mine ( No investors, no funding) and my 
husband and I work like crazy, but we look at each other after a long day 
and laugh.We could never have this much fun owning / running any other 
business 

PS: We began with 2,000 sq ft and now we are at 15,000 sq ft , now offering 
storage, private offices, meeting and auditorium. 

Thank you again for the links

Cheryl J
HIVE44 Business Coworking Center
Fenton, Mo. (St. Louis)

On Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:03:16 AM UTC-5, Alex Hillman wrote: 

 Here's a post I shared recently with tips  for working with govt (really 
 they're useful for any kind of collaborations but are especially useful for 
 the kinds of challenges you run into with institutions. 


 http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/05/5-ways-to-succeed-when-collaborating-with-your-local-government/

 There are a few links in there as well that include success stories. 

 -Alex

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 javascript: wrote:

 Hi Everyone,

 HIVE44 Business Center is located Fenton Mo. in St. Louis County. We have 
 been open for almost 3 years, we have had ups and downs, but we are holding 
 strong!
 We are the 1st and only coworking/shared workspace in the county. There 
 are are 5 Independent like us in the city, however St. Louis City funds 
 their own incubator which they are currently opening a coworking center 
 tooANYWAYI have finally persuaded a city official to OPEN their 
 Minds to the opportunity that they have by having a private coworking 
 center, how they can use it to benefit the community, to become the only 
 city in St. Louis County that has a coworking business center. I do not 
 want money from the city, I need no funding from ANY government official/ 
 department. We have become successful and continue to grow. What I want is 
 their support, to promote HIVE44 as the City of Fenton Business Center.

 I would like to get any information, success stories, links to news 
 articles you may know of and any ideas of how coworking and cities work 
 together for economic growth of their community..

 Any past archived topic of discussion would help too!!

  .


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[Coworking] HELP Needed-- Success Stories and data on Private coworking space and city officials partnering together

[Cheryl Jaycox]

Hi Everyone,

HIVE44 Business Center is located Fenton Mo. in St. Louis County. We have 
been open for almost 3 years, we have had ups and downs, but we are holding 
strong!
We are the 1st and only coworking/shared workspace in the county. There are 
are 5 Independent like us in the city, however St. Louis City funds their 
own incubator which they are currently opening a coworking center 
tooANYWAYI have finally persuaded a city official to OPEN their 
Minds to the opportunity that they have by having a private coworking 
center, how they can use it to benefit the community, to become the only 
city in St. Louis County that has a coworking business center. I do not 
want money from the city, I need no funding from ANY government official/ 
department. We have become successful and continue to grow. What I want is 
their support, to promote HIVE44 as the City of Fenton Business Center.

I would like to get any information, success stories, links to news 
articles you may know of and any ideas of how coworking and cities work 
together for economic growth of their community..

Any past archived topic of discussion would help too!!

 .


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Re: [Coworking] HELP Needed-- Success Stories and data on Private coworking space and city officials partnering together

[Alex Hillman]

Here's a post I shared recently with tips  for working with govt (really 
they're useful for any kind of collaborations but are especially useful for the 
kinds of challenges you run into with institutions. 


http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/05/5-ways-to-succeed-when-collaborating-with-your-local-government/




There are a few links in there as well that include success stories. 




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On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Cheryl Jaycox thehiv...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi Everyone,
 HIVE44 Business Center is located Fenton Mo. in St. Louis County. We have 
 been open for almost 3 years, we have had ups and downs, but we are holding 
 strong!
 We are the 1st and only coworking/shared workspace in the county. There are 
 are 5 Independent like us in the city, however St. Louis City funds their 
 own incubator which they are currently opening a coworking center 
 tooANYWAYI have finally persuaded a city official to OPEN their 
 Minds to the opportunity that they have by having a private coworking 
 center, how they can use it to benefit the community, to become the only 
 city in St. Louis County that has a coworking business center. I do not 
 want money from the city, I need no funding from ANY government official/ 
 department. We have become successful and continue to grow. What I want is 
 their support, to promote HIVE44 as the City of Fenton Business Center.
 I would like to get any information, success stories, links to news 
 articles you may know of and any ideas of how coworking and cities work 
 together for economic growth of their community..
 Any past archived topic of discussion would help too!!
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[Coworking] Re: Freelancers create Hive businesses. Should coworking help facilitate this?

[Greg Olson]

Hi Craig,

I'm wondering the same thing with a slightly different twist. Are there any 
coworking spaces that proactively market the capabilities of the people 
working inside to the businesses and organizations on the outside that 
would benefit from more talent and a different perspective?  I think there 
there is a ton of innovation ahead in this area. If this resonates with you 
then I think you would also appreciate Chapter 14: The World of Work Has 
Changed, in my book, The Experience Design BLUEPRINT: Recipes for Creating 
Happier Customers and Healthier Organizations.

Connect with me on LinkedIn, Facebook, About, Twitter, Circles, etc. as you 
wish.
Most of that can be found on my profile at http://www.about.me/olsong

Kind Regards,
Greg Olson


On Monday, February 3, 2014 11:22:29 AM UTC-8, Craig Baute - Creative 
Density Coworking wrote:

 The Wall Street Journal wrote a great article today about how freelancers 
 are creating ad hoc groups to bid on larger projects. The freelancers keep 
 their own client lists but when a larger project comes along they form a 
 single entity with one bill, brand, and spokesperson. I know the coworking 
 thought about doing this a few years ago and I'm curious if any spaces are 
 a brand for larger projects.



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[Coworking] Re: Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking]

 All three of these responses have been a good approach. Anyone that is 
 working there is a member. We have done what Rachel explained and set a 
 limit for the private office at 4, generally. If they wish to have 
 additional people attend their office then they have to buy an additional 
 membership. We don't treat private offices as an entity but as individuals 
 as well from a culturally perspective.


 Here is another suggestion: Talk to the team member individually and don't 
necessarily do it as a group. This seems like an issue that can be worked 
out between you two and then set a precedent moving forward. 

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[Coworking] Re: Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[Mike Pihlman]

Thank you for helping!

I figured it out, with all your help, and will set the proposal in front of
the members on the 19th.

Mike




On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Mike Pihlman altamontcow...@gmail.comwrote:

 All:

 I recently started offering 2 Private Offices within AltamontCowork.

 I need your help.

 One of the private office businesses started out as one person, but, has
 now hired a part-time office assistant.  The assistant sits with him in the
 small office for about 20 hours per week.  When he leaves, she stays and
 works.  She obviously uses AltamontCowork resources just like everyone
 else, and in fact is in the office more hours than several of my full
 paying members.

 I currently do NOT charge extra for this person, nor does she have a
 building key for 24 x 7 access.  She does have the AltamontCowork office
 door combination code.  She is very nice and respectful.  The key, or no
 key issue, was a source of friction between the office member and myself
 this past week.

 We are planning an all-hands potluck lunch meeting the week after next to
 hash this out, but, I need your advice on how you think it best to handle
 this new situation before I head into the meeting.

 Any suggestions re:  Should I charge this person extra?  If so, what is
 reasonable?  Should she be there at no cost?  Should she be considered a
 key carrying member?  Should I consider private offices separate from
 coworking?

 What do you do with Private office members and people they hire in your
 coworking space??

 So many questions

 Help!  :-)

 Thanks, Mike


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 AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com, Inc.
 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205
 Tracy, CA 95376
 Phone: 209-757-8862
 Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/
 Twitter: @AltamontCowork
 Facebook: 
 http://Facebook.com/AltamontCoworkhttp://facebook.com/AltamontCowork
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[Coworking] Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[Mike Pihlman]

All:

I recently started offering 2 Private Offices within AltamontCowork.

I need your help.

One of the private office businesses started out as one person, but, has
now hired a part-time office assistant.  The assistant sits with him in the
small office for about 20 hours per week.  When he leaves, she stays and
works.  She obviously uses AltamontCowork resources just like everyone
else, and in fact is in the office more hours than several of my full
paying members.

I currently do NOT charge extra for this person, nor does she have a
building key for 24 x 7 access.  She does have the AltamontCowork office
door combination code.  She is very nice and respectful.  The key, or no
key issue, was a source of friction between the office member and myself
this past week.

We are planning an all-hands potluck lunch meeting the week after next to
hash this out, but, I need your advice on how you think it best to handle
this new situation before I head into the meeting.

Any suggestions re:  Should I charge this person extra?  If so, what is
reasonable?  Should she be there at no cost?  Should she be considered a
key carrying member?  Should I consider private offices separate from
coworking?

What do you do with Private office members and people they hire in your
coworking space??

So many questions

Help!  :-)

Thanks, Mike


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Phone: 209-757-8862
Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/
Twitter: @AltamontCowork
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Re: [Coworking] Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[rachel young]

Hey Mike,

It sounds like a classic misunderstanding of expectations or assumptions.
You assumed one thing and he assumed another.

If this was his own separate office outside of a coworking space, then of
course he would bring in whoever he needs for his business and give them
whatever access he deemed necessary.

Do you have a written agreement with him about the use of the room,
restrictions, number of people allowed in the room, cost for extras, etc?
If you don't, you should, but in fact you should have had that before you
let him move in. It's a lot harder to argue with something that was already
agreed upon and signed.

Is she then considered a guest? And if so, do you have anything in your
membership agreement about how guests are the responsibility of those they
are visiting?

Private offices don't have to be separate from coworking, but they can have
additional clauses to avoid just these kinds of issues. We have a clause in
our membership agreement specifically for those using startup rooms/private
offices that says how many members (not just bodies, but members) can use
our startup rooms at any given time, that all staff, interns, contractors
etc who are there with some regularity are considered members and must sign
a membership agreement, what the cost is for the room, and what the cost is
if they need additional memberships for folks that would use the open
workspaces.

And then in another section it states that members are responsible for
their guests and should be present when their guests are present.

Has this been an issue with your other community members?
r.
On 8 Feb 2014 13:34, Mike Pihlman altamontcow...@gmail.com wrote:

 All:

 I recently started offering 2 Private Offices within AltamontCowork.

 I need your help.

 One of the private office businesses started out as one person, but, has
 now hired a part-time office assistant.  The assistant sits with him in the
 small office for about 20 hours per week.  When he leaves, she stays and
 works.  She obviously uses AltamontCowork resources just like everyone
 else, and in fact is in the office more hours than several of my full
 paying members.

 I currently do NOT charge extra for this person, nor does she have a
 building key for 24 x 7 access.  She does have the AltamontCowork office
 door combination code.  She is very nice and respectful.  The key, or no
 key issue, was a source of friction between the office member and myself
 this past week.

 We are planning an all-hands potluck lunch meeting the week after next to
 hash this out, but, I need your advice on how you think it best to handle
 this new situation before I head into the meeting.

 Any suggestions re:  Should I charge this person extra?  If so, what is
 reasonable?  Should she be there at no cost?  Should she be considered a
 key carrying member?  Should I consider private offices separate from
 coworking?

 What do you do with Private office members and people they hire in your
 coworking space??

 So many questions

 Help!  :-)

 Thanks, Mike


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 AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com, Inc.
 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205
 Tracy, CA 95376
 Phone: 209-757-8862
 Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/
 Twitter: @AltamontCowork
 Facebook: 
 http://Facebook.com/AltamontCoworkhttp://facebook.com/AltamontCowork
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[Coworking] Re: Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[Angel Kwiatkowski]

I would start by digging in with the member who has taken issue with it and 
find out the root cause? Secondly, I would meet with the primary office 
member and explain that you'd like to officially make his staff a part of 
the community by giving her access, having her on email or whatever so 
everyone can communicate with her (chat rooms) whatever you guys use and 
then say that it would be incredible if you could add $25/month since in 
fact, any extra body does end up using supplies be it toilet paper, coffee, 
paper towels etc. 

THEN, I would go ahead and edit your membership agreement to flow with what 
happened above. I always add $25/person/mo for each extra in an office. I 
also make sure that all parties in the office are official members. This 
removes that awkward, oh wait, you're a not a member, just someone's staff 
person conversation. So anyway, anyone who is working at Cohere with any 
regularity is a full fledged member no matter what.

Angel

On Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:34:48 AM UTC-7, AltamontCowork wrote:

 All:

 I recently started offering 2 Private Offices within AltamontCowork.

 I need your help.  

 One of the private office businesses started out as one person, but, has 
 now hired a part-time office assistant.  The assistant sits with him in the 
 small office for about 20 hours per week.  When he leaves, she stays and 
 works.  She obviously uses AltamontCowork resources just like everyone 
 else, and in fact is in the office more hours than several of my full 
 paying members.  

 I currently do NOT charge extra for this person, nor does she have a 
 building key for 24 x 7 access.  She does have the AltamontCowork office 
 door combination code.  She is very nice and respectful.  The key, or no 
 key issue, was a source of friction between the office member and myself 
 this past week.   

 We are planning an all-hands potluck lunch meeting the week after next to 
 hash this out, but, I need your advice on how you think it best to handle 
 this new situation before I head into the meeting.  

 Any suggestions re:  Should I charge this person extra?  If so, what is 
 reasonable?  Should she be there at no cost?  Should she be considered a 
 key carrying member?  Should I consider private offices separate from 
 coworking?  

 What do you do with Private office members and people they hire in your 
 coworking space??

 So many questions 

 Help!  :-)

 Thanks, Mike


 -- 
 Mike Pihlman
 AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com, Inc.
 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205
 Tracy, CA 95376
 Phone: 209-757-8862
 Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/
 Twitter: @AltamontCowork
 Facebook: 
 http://Facebook.com/AltamontCoworkhttp://facebook.com/AltamontCowork
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Private Office and Coworking Help Needed

[Alex Hillman]

*So anyway, anyone who is working at Cohere with any regularity is a full
fledged member no matter what.*

This is the key, in my experience. Without this consistency, it opens the
door for the renter mentality creep in.

When we have members who bring on additional team members, we find that we
have to OVER explain that this person isn't just an add-on to
*their*membership, but a the new team members' own membership that
they happen to
be paying for.

From there, we also try to gauge how comfortable the primary member is
explaining all of the expectations. No matter what, we make sure that the
new member - however the add-on is structured financially - understands
what membership comes with.

I've said this over and over and over and over - teams are *complex* from a
perspective of integrating them with the community. They're extra work.
They always ask for a better rate because they're paying more when in
fact, they consistently put more stress on the entire ecosystem. This is
not just from my own experience at Indy Hall, but from the problems that
I've workshopped people through in other coworking spaces. Coworking spaces
can be great for teams, but teams are also create a whole new breed of
challenges. Use your discretion carefully.

-Alex



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On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.comwrote:

 I would start by digging in with the member who has taken issue with it
 and find out the root cause? Secondly, I would meet with the primary office
 member and explain that you'd like to officially make his staff a part of
 the community by giving her access, having her on email or whatever so
 everyone can communicate with her (chat rooms) whatever you guys use and
 then say that it would be incredible if you could add $25/month since in
 fact, any extra body does end up using supplies be it toilet paper, coffee,
 paper towels etc.

 THEN, I would go ahead and edit your membership agreement to flow with
 what happened above. I always add $25/person/mo for each extra in an
 office. I also make sure that all parties in the office are official
 members. This removes that awkward, oh wait, you're a not a member, just
 someone's staff person conversation. So anyway, anyone who is working at
 Cohere with any regularity is a full fledged member no matter what.

 Angel


 On Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:34:48 AM UTC-7, AltamontCowork wrote:

 All:

 I recently started offering 2 Private Offices within AltamontCowork.

 I need your help.

 One of the private office businesses started out as one person, but, has
 now hired a part-time office assistant.  The assistant sits with him in the
 small office for about 20 hours per week.  When he leaves, she stays and
 works.  She obviously uses AltamontCowork resources just like everyone
 else, and in fact is in the office more hours than several of my full
 paying members.

 I currently do NOT charge extra for this person, nor does she have a
 building key for 24 x 7 access.  She does have the AltamontCowork office
 door combination code.  She is very nice and respectful.  The key, or no
 key issue, was a source of friction between the office member and myself
 this past week.

 We are planning an all-hands potluck lunch meeting the week after next to
 hash this out, but, I need your advice on how you think it best to handle
 this new situation before I head into the meeting.

 Any suggestions re:  Should I charge this person extra?  If so, what is
 reasonable?  Should she be there at no cost?  Should she be considered a
 key carrying member?  Should I consider private offices separate from
 coworking?

 What do you do with Private office members and people they hire in your
 coworking space??

 So many questions

 Help!  :-)

 Thanks, Mike


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 AltamontCowork / ForCarol.com, Inc.
 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205
 Tracy, CA 95376
 Phone: 209-757-8862
 Web: http://AltamontCowork.com http://altamontcowork.com/
 Twitter: @AltamontCowork
 Facebook: 
 http://Facebook.com/AltamontCoworkhttp://facebook.com/AltamontCowork
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[Coworking] Freelancers create Hive businesses. Should coworking help facilitate this?

[Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking]

The Wall Street Journal wrote a great article today about how freelancers 
are creating ad hoc groups to bid on larger projects. The freelancers keep 
their own client lists but when a larger project comes along they form a 
single entity with one bill, brand, and spokesperson. I know the coworking 
thought about doing this a few years ago and I'm curious if any spaces are 
a brand for larger projects.


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Re: [Coworking] Open Coworking Help

[Jacob Sayles]

Thank you everyone for the offers to help.  I realize I sent that out right
before a long holiday weekend and I apologize for not getting back to
everyone promptly.  I'll send individualized, personal, responses as soon
as I'm back at the office and dig through my inbox but wanted to let
everyone know that I appreciate the support.   The answer is YES!  If you
want to help, we'll put you to work.  :)

Jacob

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On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Ashley Proctor ash...@foundery.is wrote:

 Jacob

 First of all, let me say thank you to ALL of you who have been the driving
 forces behind this project to date.
 We do appreciate your passion, good will and volunteer hours :)

 I would love to help out, although I'm still not sure in which capacity
 I'd be most helpful to the organization.
 I've been really busy with the Coworking Toronto  Coworking Ontario
 collectives lately (we are about to launch COHIP across the province -
 Coworking Health Insurance Plan),
 but I've been thinking a lot about sustainability on a global scale lately.

 The Wiki, the Map and the Visa program all interest me.
 I'd be happy to explore the potential for collaboration on these projects.
 Let me know what I can do,

 Ashley


 Ashley Proctor

 Foundery
 ash...@foundery.is
 www.foundery.is

 Creative Blueprint
 www.creativeblueprint.ca

 Coworking Toronto
 www.coworkingtoronto.ca

 On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:55 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:

 Hello World!

 Things continue to move forward here in the land of Open Coworking and I
 figured it's time to send an update out.  I know it can be difficult to see
 what's going on because I haven't been great about keeping everyone
 informed. That's one area that is clear to see we need some help with.
  There are many opportunities to get involved and I want to throw out a
 general invitation for anyone that wants to participate.  Please let me
 know if you are interested and we can find a role for you.

 At a high level, we have two big projects on the table right now (and
 always more in the works).  Our primary project is the Coworking Wiki, lead
 by Cristina Santamarina, and we are also launching the Coworking Map
 project soon, lead by Oren Salomon.  These both bump into the Coworking
 Visa so that's getting a lot of attention as well.  I also need help with
 the organization as a whole to build it into something sustainable... that
 is not propped up by my passion, good will, and volunteer hours.If you
 have non-profit experience and time to contribute, I'd love to hear from
 you.

 So that's where we are at!  I've been at this two years now although
 technically the non-profit was formed in March of 2012.  I'm very excited
 about what this can grow into and what we can accomplish together.  Can you
 help?

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[Coworking] HELP ! i need to spread awareness in my community about coworking!

[Zee LaunchPad]

Hello all,

I work in the first coworking space in Jordan, and it is a nightmare trying 
to spread awareness about the concept of coworking and the benefit of 
coworking spaces!

how can i do that ?!

Appreciate it :)

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[Coworking] Re: Open Coworking Help

[Felix Schürholz]

Hi Jacob,

I am happy to collaborate. Open Coworking and Free Coworking have the same 
aim. The core coworking values of collaboration, openness, community, 
accessibility, and sustainability. The tools we have set up until now for 
Free Coworking are open and easy to lock into. The Free Coworking Map 
http://bit.ly/FreeCoworkingMap  is based on Google Docs. The Coworking Visa 
programme for example could easily be linked into it and vice versa. 

The Coworking Calendar http://www.coworking-news.de/coworking-kalender/  is 
also open , not only by name, also by being a Google Calendar. I think it 
would be wonderful, if we could collaborate for the benefit of everybody 
involved and the coworking community as a whole!

Looking forward to discuss this in detail!

Greetings,
Felix
www.free-coworking.org



Am Dienstag, 2. Juli 2013 20:55:29 UTC+2 schrieb Jacob Sayles:

 Hello World!  

 Things continue to move forward here in the land of Open Coworking and I 
 figured it's time to send an update out.  I know it can be difficult to see 
 what's going on because I haven't been great about keeping everyone 
 informed. That's one area that is clear to see we need some help with. 
  There are many opportunities to get involved and I want to throw out a 
 general invitation for anyone that wants to participate.  Please let me 
 know if you are interested and we can find a role for you.

 At a high level, we have two big projects on the table right now (and 
 always more in the works).  Our primary project is the Coworking Wiki, lead 
 by Cristina Santamarina, and we are also launching the Coworking Map 
 project soon, lead by Oren Salomon.  These both bump into the Coworking 
 Visa so that's getting a lot of attention as well.  I also need help with 
 the organization as a whole to build it into something sustainable... that 
 is not propped up by my passion, good will, and volunteer hours.If you 
 have non-profit experience and time to contribute, I'd love to hear from 
 you.  

 So that's where we are at!  I've been at this two years now although 
 technically the non-profit was formed in March of 2012.  I'm very excited 
 about what this can grow into and what we can accomplish together.  Can you 
 help?  

 Jacob

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Re: [Coworking] Open Coworking Help

[Ashley Proctor]

Jacob

First of all, let me say thank you to ALL of you who have been the driving 
forces behind this project to date.
We do appreciate your passion, good will and volunteer hours :)

I would love to help out, although I'm still not sure in which capacity I'd be 
most helpful to the organization.
I've been really busy with the Coworking Toronto  Coworking Ontario 
collectives lately (we are about to launch COHIP across the province - 
Coworking Health Insurance Plan),
but I've been thinking a lot about sustainability on a global scale lately.

The Wiki, the Map and the Visa program all interest me.
I'd be happy to explore the potential for collaboration on these projects.
Let me know what I can do,

Ashley


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On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:55 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote:

 Hello World!  
 
 Things continue to move forward here in the land of Open Coworking and I 
 figured it's time to send an update out.  I know it can be difficult to see 
 what's going on because I haven't been great about keeping everyone informed. 
 That's one area that is clear to see we need some help with.  There are many 
 opportunities to get involved and I want to throw out a general invitation 
 for anyone that wants to participate.  Please let me know if you are 
 interested and we can find a role for you.
 
 At a high level, we have two big projects on the table right now (and always 
 more in the works).  Our primary project is the Coworking Wiki, lead by 
 Cristina Santamarina, and we are also launching the Coworking Map project 
 soon, lead by Oren Salomon.  These both bump into the Coworking Visa so 
 that's getting a lot of attention as well.  I also need help with the 
 organization as a whole to build it into something sustainable... that is not 
 propped up by my passion, good will, and volunteer hours.If you have 
 non-profit experience and time to contribute, I'd love to hear from you.  
 
 So that's where we are at!  I've been at this two years now although 
 technically the non-profit was formed in March of 2012.  I'm very excited 
 about what this can grow into and what we can accomplish together.  Can you 
 help?  
 
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[Coworking] HELP- Ideas about specific topics of coworking.

[Antonello Schiavo]

Hi all, 
I'm Antonello Schiavo a student from Italy. Currently, I start to write my 
Master's thesis about coworking and I have some issues.
My professor wants me to focus on a specific topic about coworking, for 
example (business plan,survey,quantitative data and also trying to 
elaborate one model).
I've already started to think about it, but I'm really confused and I still 
don't know one topic.

Could you help me with the choice of my topic? I would be very glad if you 
could give me some hints.

I hope to receive suggestions soon.

Thanks in advance.

Antonello.

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Re: [Coworking] HELP- Ideas about specific topics of coworking.

[Justin Harley]

Hi Antonio

What's your degree in ? This would help us suggest an area
Justin

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Hi all,
I'm Antonello Schiavo a student from Italy. Currently, I start to write my 
Master's thesis about coworking and I have some issues.
My professor wants me to focus on a specific topic about coworking, for example 
(business plan,survey,quantitative data and also trying to elaborate one model).
I've already started to think about it, but I'm really confused and I still 
don't know one topic.

Could you help me with the choice of my topic? I would be very glad if you 
could give me some hints.

I hope to receive suggestions soon.

Thanks in advance.

Antonello.

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[Coworking] Open Coworking Help

[Jacob Sayles]

Hello World!

Things continue to move forward here in the land of Open Coworking and I
figured it's time to send an update out.  I know it can be difficult to see
what's going on because I haven't been great about keeping everyone
informed. That's one area that is clear to see we need some help with.
 There are many opportunities to get involved and I want to throw out a
general invitation for anyone that wants to participate.  Please let me
know if you are interested and we can find a role for you.

At a high level, we have two big projects on the table right now (and
always more in the works).  Our primary project is the Coworking Wiki, lead
by Cristina Santamarina, and we are also launching the Coworking Map
project soon, lead by Oren Salomon.  These both bump into the Coworking
Visa so that's getting a lot of attention as well.  I also need help with
the organization as a whole to build it into something sustainable... that
is not propped up by my passion, good will, and volunteer hours.If you
have non-profit experience and time to contribute, I'd love to hear from
you.

So that's where we are at!  I've been at this two years now although
technically the non-profit was formed in March of 2012.  I'm very excited
about what this can grow into and what we can accomplish together.  Can you
help?

Jacob

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Re: [Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Nicolas Bergé]

Ah great. I stopped at the first obstacle. Thank you Gretchen.

  And don't worry, I'm not here for the treat. But, like Jacob said, for 
the bigger thing.

Cheers.

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Les Satellites

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Re: [Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Nicolas Bergé]

As we are too !

Thank you for this.

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Re: [Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Nicolas Bergé]

But we're already stuck at the first page of the survey for not being from 
the US...
Is there a way non-US coworking communities participate to this survey ? 
Would be great...

Nicolas Bergé
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Re: [Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Gretchen Spreitzer]

Hello Nicolas,

You are right that the survey is designed for coworkers in the U.S. but
we'd still love to have members in your coworking space complete the survey
if you like (though we don't have the capability to offer the same treat to
international coworking spaces --sorry!).  The location questions are soft
required - meaning that SurveyGizmo will prompt the user before advancing
to the next page to complete a skipped question.  However, if you try again
to click to the next page, it will allow you to do so.  In the open ended
comment at the end of the survey, you can provide information on what
country you are working in.

Thanks Nicolas for your support of our work! Have a great day!


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 But we're already stuck at the first page of the survey for not being from
 the US...
 Is there a way non-US coworking communities participate to this survey ?
 Would be great...

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[Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Gretchen Spreitzer]

Dear Members,

 

I am a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of 
Michigan.  I recently introduced myself to the moderators of this group and 
have received their support for an academic study I am leading on 
understanding the relationship between coworking and thriving at work.  My 
colleagues and I have recently developed an online survey that is meant to 
be taken by members of your coworking communities. It provides a voice for 
them to share their coworking experience with our research team.  *My hope 
is that you will consider distributing this survey to your members*.

 

We understand that your members are busy professionals, and we know that 
you do your best to shield them from unnecessary outside solicitations.  
Our study is noncommercial and, instead, is aimed at building an awareness 
and understanding of the broader coworking movement within our field of 
management and organizational studies.  In short, we want to help promote 
the coworking movement by building a long-term understanding of the 
underlying social mechanisms that enable people to thrive because of it.

 

The survey is designed to take between 10-15 minutes to complete.  As a 
small thank you for helping us spread the word about our survey to your 
members, the first 50 coworking communities that provide us with at least 
10 member survey responses will be provided with a $75 gift card to 
Seamless, which you can use to provide food or other snacks to your 
members.  If Seamless is not available in your area, we will happily 
provide you with a gift card of equal value to something comparable in your 
area so that you can treat your members on us.

 

If you are willing to participate in our research efforts, please contact 
me at sprei...@umich.edu, and my colleagues and I will provide you with 
additional information about the survey and how to participate.  Additional 
information can be found here:  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/coworking_survey.

 

Thank you.

 

Gretchen Spreitzer

Ross School of Business

The University of Michigan

 

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Re: [Coworking] help us understand coworking as the future of the workplace!

[Jacob Sayles]

This sounds like a great study and I'm excited to see where it goes.  I'd
love to see more of this kind of thing.  It gives me an opportunity to show
to our members that we are part of something bigger and invite them to
participate.  We're in!

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On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Gretchen Spreitzer sprei...@umich.eduwrote:

 Dear Members,



 I am a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of
 Michigan.  I recently introduced myself to the moderators of this group and
 have received their support for an academic study I am leading on
 understanding the relationship between coworking and thriving at work.  My
 colleagues and I have recently developed an online survey that is meant to
 be taken by members of your coworking communities. It provides a voice for
 them to share their coworking experience with our research team.  *My
 hope is that you will consider distributing this survey to your members*.



 We understand that your members are busy professionals, and we know that
 you do your best to shield them from unnecessary outside solicitations.
 Our study is noncommercial and, instead, is aimed at building an awareness
 and understanding of the broader coworking movement within our field of
 management and organizational studies.  In short, we want to help promote
 the coworking movement by building a long-term understanding of the
 underlying social mechanisms that enable people to thrive because of it.



 The survey is designed to take between 10-15 minutes to complete.  As a
 small thank you for helping us spread the word about our survey to your
 members, the first 50 coworking communities that provide us with at least
 10 member survey responses will be provided with a $75 gift card to
 Seamless, which you can use to provide food or other snacks to your
 members.  If Seamless is not available in your area, we will happily
 provide you with a gift card of equal value to something comparable in your
 area so that you can treat your members on us.



 If you are willing to participate in our research efforts, please contact
 me at sprei...@umich.edu, and my colleagues and I will provide you with
 additional information about the survey and how to participate.  Additional
 information can be found here:  http://sitemaker.umich.edu/**
 coworking_survey http://sitemaker.umich.edu/coworking_survey.



 Thank you.



 Gretchen Spreitzer

 Ross School of Business

 The University of Michigan



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[Coworking] Help us become eligible for 1 of 12 grants for $250,000+

[Toni Hogan]

We missed entering the Turnstone contest by a hair. But, we have
another chance to throw our name in the bucket for another contest.

Thanks to a program sponsored by Chase and LivingSocial called
Mission: Small Business℠, your support could translate into a $250,000
grant. But we need at least 250 votes at missionsmallbusiness.com.
Please visit the link below and search for The Office Connexion.

Thanks a quarter-million. LOL

OK. maybe that was cheesy. but your vote would be appreciated.

https://www.missionsmallbusiness.com

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[Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Julie Scanlon]

How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are leasing,
they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members shall
obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy protecting
Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this insurance we would
only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would be pointless.  How
can we have this work?

I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

Thank you!
Julie
Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA

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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Andy Stratton]

We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement states
(very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and covers
more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood, etc.).
Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention, we got
a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are leasing,
 they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members shall
 obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy protecting
 Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this insurance we would
 only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would be pointless.  How
 can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA


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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Andy Stratton]

And I just misquoted you about sub-lessors; sorry hands faster than brain!

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On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton theandystrat...@gmail.comwrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement
 states (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
 responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
 firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
 liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
 anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and
 covers more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood,
 etc.). Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention,
 we got a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

 --
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 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835



 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon 
 juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are leasing,
 they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members shall
 obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy protecting
 Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this insurance we would
 only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would be pointless.  How
 can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA


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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Chad Ballantyne]

Same here at The Creative Space Canada.  Members have to have their own 
insurance - all we have to do is carry liability for the space.

Chad

On 2011-07-26, at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton wrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement states 
 (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is responsible 
 for providing their own liability insurance.
 
 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio 
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage firm 
 here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general liability 
 that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have anyway; and 
 I'd technically require it to cover your butt.
 
 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and covers 
 more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood, etc.). 
 Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention, we got a 
 good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.
 
 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/
 
 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of 
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...
 
 --
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 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835
 
 
 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?
 
 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are leasing, 
 they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members shall 
 obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy protecting 
 Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this insurance we would 
 only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would be pointless.  How 
 can we have this work?
 
 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the 
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability 
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with 
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym 
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have 
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.  
 
 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?
 
 Thank you!
 Julie 
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA
 
 
 
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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Alex Hillman]

Same as others have recommended in Philly.

I highly recommend The Hartford, have sent many to our agent. They get us
and our needs, and will help you navigate the local/landlord requirements.

   Preston-Patterson Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 244
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Phone: (610) 834-0090, ext. 101

Ask for Stuart, tell him Independents Hall in Philly sent you.

-Alex
/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Chad Ballantyne
c...@thecreativespace.cawrote:

 Same here at The Creative Space Canada.  Members have to have their own
 insurance - all we have to do is carry liability for the space.

 Chad

 On 2011-07-26, at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton wrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement
 states (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
 responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
 firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
 liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
 anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and
 covers more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood,
 etc.). Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention,
 we got a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

 --
 Andy Stratton
 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835


 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon 
 juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are leasing,
 they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members shall
 obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy protecting
 Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this insurance we would
 only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would be pointless.  How
 can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA



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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Julie Scanlon]

Thank you for the quick responses!To clarify, the landlord is right??
How do you handle day use/ drop ins?

Julie
949.682.9141


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Alex Hillman
dangerouslyawes...@gmail.comwrote:

 Same as others have recommended in Philly.

 I highly recommend The Hartford, have sent many to our agent. They get us
 and our needs, and will help you navigate the local/landlord requirements.

 Preston-Patterson Co., Inc.
 P.O. Box 244
 Conshohocken, PA 19428
 Phone: (610) 834-0090, ext. 101

 Ask for Stuart, tell him Independents Hall in Philly sent you.

 -Alex
 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia



 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Chad Ballantyne c...@thecreativespace.ca
  wrote:

 Same here at The Creative Space Canada.  Members have to have their own
 insurance - all we have to do is carry liability for the space.

 Chad

 On 2011-07-26, at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton wrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement
 states (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
 responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
 firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
 liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
 anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and
 covers more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood,
 etc.). Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention,
 we got a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

 --
 Andy Stratton
 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835


 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon 
 juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are
 leasing, they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members
 shall obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy
 protecting Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this
 insurance we would only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that would
 be pointless.  How can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA



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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Alex Hillman]

Every landlord has their own requirements. Yours may not yet have taken the
time to understand your business.

I'd try to explain to them how things work - if they don't get it', they
might not be the right landlords for you. If that's the case, this could be
a blessing in disguise, since their mismatched expectations of you and your
business are likely rear their ugly head later on.

-Alex

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 Thank you for the quick responses!To clarify, the landlord is right??
 How do you handle day use/ drop ins?

 Julie
 949.682.9141



 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

 Same as others have recommended in Philly.

 I highly recommend The Hartford, have sent many to our agent. They get
 us and our needs, and will help you navigate the local/landlord
 requirements.

 Preston-Patterson Co., Inc.
 P.O. Box 244
 Conshohocken, PA 19428
 Phone: (610) 834-0090, ext. 101

 Ask for Stuart, tell him Independents Hall in Philly sent you.

 -Alex
 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia



 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Chad Ballantyne 
 c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote:

 Same here at The Creative Space Canada.  Members have to have their own
 insurance - all we have to do is carry liability for the space.

 Chad

 On 2011-07-26, at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton wrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement
 states (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
 responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
 firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
 liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
 anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and
 covers more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood,
 etc.). Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention,
 we got a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

 --
 Andy Stratton
 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835


 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.com
  wrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are
 leasing, they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members
 shall obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy
 protecting Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this
 insurance we would only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that 
 would
 be pointless.  How can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
 Collab Space, Costa Mesa CA



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Re: [Coworking] HELP! liability insurance:(

[Andy Stratton]

We just make sure they've signed our agreement. I'm under the impression if
they agree and don't have it and something happens they are just personally
liable...

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Web / Developer / Designer
443-623-6835


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.comwrote:

 Thank you for the quick responses!To clarify, the landlord is right??
 How do you handle day use/ drop ins?

 Julie
 949.682.9141


 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

 Same as others have recommended in Philly.

 I highly recommend The Hartford, have sent many to our agent. They get
 us and our needs, and will help you navigate the local/landlord
 requirements.

 Preston-Patterson Co., Inc.
 P.O. Box 244
 Conshohocken, PA 19428
 Phone: (610) 834-0090, ext. 101

 Ask for Stuart, tell him Independents Hall in Philly sent you.

 -Alex
 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia



 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Chad Ballantyne 
 c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote:

 Same here at The Creative Space Canada.  Members have to have their own
 insurance - all we have to do is carry liability for the space.

 Chad

 On 2011-07-26, at 3:59 PM, Andy Stratton wrote:

 We do not have sub-leasees, we have members. Our membership agreement
 states (very much inspired by Beehive Baltimore's) states each member is
 responsible for providing their own liability insurance.

 I have liability insurance as the Leasee, which I got through an Ohio
 underwriting firm. Ohio Casualty is the name I believe...but a brokerage
 firm here did it. As a freelancer/small business I have $1M in general
 liability that's less than $300/year. It's something members should have
 anyway; and I'd technically require it to cover your butt.

 Ours was a little under $800 for the year, which still wasn't bad and
 covers more than $1M and covers other costs if something goes crazy (flood,
 etc.). Luckily our landlord is very lax and just didn't pay much attention,
 we got a good deal and I think he mainly just doesn't want to be bothered.

 Hope this helps, http://www.ohiocasualty-ins.com/

 Doesn't look like they do CA but maybe they could point you to an arm of
 Libery Mutual Group that does? (or another vendor)...

 --
 Andy Stratton
 Web / Developer / Designer
 443-623-6835


 On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Julie Scanlon juliescanlo...@gmail.com
  wrote:

 How did you manage insurance coverage for landlords?

 We are just at the last point of negotiation for the space we are
 leasing, they are insisting on language saying that Leasee and all members
 shall obtain and keep in force a Commercial General Liability policy
 protecting Lessee and Lessor...I think if i had to require this
 insurance we would only be sub-lessors to full blown businesses - that 
 would
 be pointless.  How can we have this work?

 I have a general liability policy. My lawyer and I are creating the
 membership agreements that will have more assurances regarding liability
 protection.  He said my agreements must include a waiver of liability, with
 the member agreeing to hold harmless language similar to that of a gym
 membership for short term clients, and if they are long term they will have
 to provide certificates for business insurance coverage.

 I am in Orange County Ca.  Any ideas?

 Thank you!
 Julie
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[Coworking] Help with naming Incubator/Coworking Space hybrid...

[Cody Marx Bailey]

The Creative Space (Bryan, TX) has merged with an yet-to-be-named
incubator. We're trying to come up with a name for the overall operation.
They will be operating separately but together... we see this more as a
pipeline for coworkers/entrepreneurs from coworking to incubation.

Any of you have any names you didn't use for your operations? Names you came
up with later that you wish you would have thought of before you made your
announcement. This is a HARD thing to do...

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Re: [Coworking] Help with naming Incubator/Coworking Space hybrid...

[Jerome Chang]

inCreator.
The Exchange.


Jerome
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BLANKSPACES
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323.330.9505 (office)

On May 25, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Cody Marx Bailey wrote:

 The Creative Space (Bryan, TX) has merged with an yet-to-be-named incubator. 
 We're trying to come up with a name for the overall operation. They will be 
 operating separately but together... we see this more as a pipeline for 
 coworkers/entrepreneurs from coworking to incubation.
 
 Any of you have any names you didn't use for your operations? Names you came 
 up with later that you wish you would have thought of before you made your 
 announcement. This is a HARD thing to do...
 
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[Coworking] Help with my Blog

[J. Scheine]

Attn. Coworkers:

As some of you may recall I run a coworking space on Long Island. I'm
looking to get started with my blog for my website. I want it to
provide useful information about coworking, technology, business
formation/risk management and other topics of interest.

The first post I would like to write would be something along the
lines of, 25 reasons Coworking works for me as quoted by 25 different
coworkers from 25 different coworking spaces. (If 25 is too ambitious
it can be 5-10 coworking spaces.)  This post would list first name,
last initial, occupation, and Coworking space that they work from.
Each coworker would contribute a sentence or 2 about why coworking is
a good fit for them. Obviously I will tag the post with all the names
of the coworking spaces that contribute to the post. I will also list
the websites for the individual spaces within the post.

I'm aware that mashable.com and other sites have come out with reasons
to cowork lists but I think a diverse list with alot of  different
contributors will be an interesting read. If you are space owner feel
free to forward this to some of your coworkers or jelly attendees.
Please email me or post directly here. I appreciate all the help.
Thanks.

Sincerely,
John Scheine
Executive Director
The Business Corners
www.thebusinesscorners.com

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[Coworking] Help name our coworking space!

[Holly]

My name is Holly, I'm on the taskforce to launch a new coworking space
in Reading, Pennsylvania (US). Does anyone have any ideas for a
name?

The space is in a sort of bland office building (so it has no real
character of its own to help us think of a name). We may bring in some
funky furniture and local art to make the place a little more
stimulating.

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Re: [Coworking] Help name our coworking space!

[Thiago Leite]

Naming is always a difficult thing. I can tell you my suggestions probably
won't please you, but let's try:

LandHub?
Co-met?
Cowired?
PinnPoint? (lame I tried to mix Pinpoint with Pennsylvania lol)

I don't know, tell me something about the town, anything special or a
particular characteristic?

Thanks and regards,

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 My name is Holly, I'm on the taskforce to launch a new coworking space
 in Reading, Pennsylvania (US). Does anyone have any ideas for a
 name?

 The space is in a sort of bland office building (so it has no real
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Re: [Coworking] Help name our coworking space!

[PK Shiu]

ReadingWorks
ReadingRoom
ReadWorkSpace
ReadWorkPlay
ReadingRoomWithaTwist
ReadingWorksPA

P.K.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Holly hollylan...@yahoo.com wrote:
 My name is Holly, I'm on the taskforce to launch a new coworking space
 in Reading, Pennsylvania (US). Does anyone have any ideas for a
 name?

 The space is in a sort of bland office building (so it has no real
 character of its own to help us think of a name). We may bring in some
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[Coworking] Help Kickstarting a Coworking Space in Battambang - Cambodia

[Thilo]

Hi,

a blog post by a fellow developer
(http://freelancing-gods.com/posts/kickstarting_collaboration_and_co_working_over_coffee_in_cambodia)
made me aware of Kinyei (http://www.kinyei.org/), a coworking project in
Cambodia .

They currently try to raise funds to put things to the next level
(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1472956791/coworking-collaboration-and-coffee-in-cambodia).


In locations where resources and infrastructure are normally rare a
coworking spaces can do the most good. Please consider to support them.

Cheers
Thilo

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[Coworking] Help build a list of attributes/aspects/metadata of a Coworking Facility

[Jonathan Yankovich]

What are the facts/figures that you want to know about coworking
spaces?  If you run a coworking space, what are the numbers or metrics
that you tell people about your space?  If you're interested in
joining a space, what sorts of things do you look for?

I'm collecting various metadata or attributes that are generally
common to most spaces for the coworkingregistry.org web site.  These
attributes will be used to create structured data that will be added
to the existing profiles there.  Some examples of these attributes
would be Square Footage, Total Number of Desks, Cost of Day
Pass, to give you some idea.  While not common to every space, many
attributes are common to most.  Those are the attributes that we're
trying to list here.  Lets see if we can create a list that is
comprehensive and still maintains relevance for most spaces.

These can be numbers, yes/no values, or any other type of
information.  The important thing is that these metrics are relevant
to most space.

There's a column called Useful in a change-over-time report?.  The
idea with this column is that it could be useful to have reports
that space owners can add every 3/6/12 months.  The idea here is that
we can start to gather information about changes/trends in the size of
coworking spaces over time.  The vision is to have space owners be
automatically invited (nagged) to update their profile every few
months, and then be able to display time-series data about changes in
a given geographical region or a specific space.  (This can be thought
of as a quarterly report provided by a corporation.)

This information will help various groups of people, including: Space
owners, those looking for coworking, and those advocating for
coworking.

Please take a look at this spreadsheet and add any Attributes that
you feel are missing:

http://bit.ly/eBtqYo

Your input will help build out the proflie sections on
coworkingregistry.org and could potentially contribute to the
CoworkingDB project!  Let me know if you have any questions/concerns/
comments.

-Jonathan Yankovich
coworkingregistry.org
madisoncoworking.com

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[Coworking] Help pariSoma out

[Anne]

Hello coworkers worldwide!

We're entered in a contest to win a San Francisco bus shelter for our
space. We're really excited about the possibility to use this as a
cool meeting / call space and our members have all talked about how
much they'd love to have it.

Please take a moment and vote for us. We're up against twitter so we
need all the help we can get!

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[Coworking] Help us win a London Telephone Booth!

[j poon]

Hi coworking community!

Those of you running a coworking biz know how loud it can get in the space,
so we've submitted to win a London style telephone booth to take private
calls. Will you help us win it?!

All you need to vote, once a day for the next 3 days for our idea (or on as
many computers as you can get to)...Worlds smallest telephone booth (Nosy
office call center). It requires no logins. Just a simple click of the
button and poof. done!

http://www.visitbritain.us/campaigns/telephone_box/vote.aspx

Help us a fellow coworking space win!! Thanks!

-jenny from CO+HOOTS in Phoenix
www.incohoots.com
@cohootsphx

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[Coworking] Help us launch the 1st rural Iowa Coworking Space w/ your vote for the $1000 Dream Prize.

[Veel Hoeden]

Hello!  My name is Joel Bennett and I am the Chief Dreamchaser behind
an exciting coworking venture in rural Pella, Iowa.  We're launching
what we think may be the first rural Iowa (town of 10,000) coworking
community.  We've found a space, are currently renovating, securing
founding members, and God willing, will be launching Oct. 1.

We have an amazing opportunity to bolster the health of this community
by receiving a $1000 business grant from myentrenet.com, an Iowa
business development group.  This will help us with startup expenses,
allow us to provide members business resources, and general help the
launch go more smoothly.  But that is where we need your help!

Voting began today (Sept. 16) and we’re up against only 12 other
submittals.  We're currently in 1st (woo-woo!) but want to stay there,
so your votes could mean a big difference between success and
failure.  Rules as follows:
 • Individuals may vote for as many entries as they desire, but may
only vote for each dream once per day, To help prevent vote fraud, we
have imposed a limit of 1 vote per entry, per day by computer
network.

Since you are allowed to vote daily, if you would like to insure your
help is most effective, please set up a recurring calendar event from
Sept 16-30 at a convenient time when you'll be near you computer
anyway.  And of course, please spread the word to others you think
would support our coworking venture and would lodge a vote.

My dream is that we win by such a decisive margin that they'll ask
how, to which I'll respond, the coworking community is committed to
the success of its members, that's why coworking works!

To vote for our submittal, please go to:

http://www.dreambiggrowhere.com/entrydetails.aspx?entry=213

Please let me know if you have questions.  Thanks in advance for your
support!

Joel Bennett
Chief Dreamchaser
Veel Hoeden- Where Many Hats Meet
www.twitter.com/veelhoeden

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[Coworking] Help: Looking for Community Manager role (listed on another site)

[Steven Heath]

Folks,

In the last week or so I came across a role that one of the coworking
sites (think USA based) had for a Community Manager.

I liked how it was worded, had about desk usage plus things like
updating twitter/facebook, greeting prospects and members, as well as
share of membership revenue (ie no salary)

I do not think it was a 'recent' role posting but one still on blog type thing.

My google powers have failed me and I can not find it at all and cant
find it on the coworking websites that might have had it.

I know this is taking us away from coworking.com discussions but any
help or directions would be great.

Thanks

-- 
Steven Heath
Director, Foxbane Consulting
Founder, AltSpace
Cell: +64 21 706-067
www.foxbane.co.nz
Level 22
Plimmer Towers
2 Gilmer Terrace
Wellington

AltSpace.co.nz - Shared office space in Wellington for home based
workers, freelancers, or nimble companies

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[Coworking] Help me write my MA thesis on coworking!

[talia]

Hi All!

I am a graduate student at the Art Institute of Chicago and am
planning to write my thesis on coworking spaces.

I have designed a brief, online survey to gather information on
various coworking spaces. If you work at, manage, or own a coworking
space I would love to have you take the survey.  The results of the
survey will help inform the direction of my thesis. Please click here
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?
sm=NdS8mfStjplqwU8fNkH_2b_2fQ_3d_3d)  to take the survey.

Please feel free to reply with any questions!

Thanks -
Talia.

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[Coworking] Help Needed!!!

[Derby Creek Coworking Coop]

Hello!
I opened a coworking space in Oakland nearly 2 months ago and it has
been going ok. I have found it very difficult to find people to fill
my space. I have been advertising on craigslist, have sent emails to
everyone I know and have posted fliers in cafes around town. The space
is small, I'm only looking for 6 people, and I get a few people who
come in every week to check out the space. Unfortunately I thought the
space would fill up immediately so now I am starting to worry that
something is really wrong. Any suggestions? I don't have a lot of
money to work with, so that has limited my advertising capabilities
substantially. Thank you!

with peace,
Jerlina
http://derbycreek.blogspot.com
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[Coworking] Help Needed

[JDean]

I would like to have some feedback regarding the letter to potential
investors:

Downtown Fort Wayne is in the critical crossroads of revitalization.
In the past three years there has been a strong momentum to add new
restaurants, sports facilities, small retailers and technology
businesses have been added the current mix.  However, in the same time
frame the central core of Fort Wayne has lost a number of entities
accounting firms, law practices and investment corporations.
Additional, private firms may be lost due to today’s technological
advances.  Thus in this frequent shift of individuals within the
central core, there must be a strong focus on building a critical mass
to redensify the area and allow for sustainability.

OurSpace Fort Wayne will be coworking site in the downtown location,
that is planned to begin operations in Spring, 2009.   Coworking is a
movement to create cafe-like community/collaboration spaces for
entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, writers and others.  Although
no specific site has been selected, it is the workspace will have room
for 30 members per day, with a minimum of 45 per week.  Along with a
space for work, members will have access to a lounge/kitchen, private
offices and conference facilities.

To ensure that OurSpace is successful, your assistance is needed.
OurSpace will developed with private funds from investors who believe
in utilizing innovation, ingenuity and creativy to revitalize Fort
Wayne’s central core . In addition,
OurSpace is currently seeking potential members, please see the weblog
www.ourspacefortwayne.blogspot.com.  Finally, OurSpace is procuring
partnerships that will assist members grow and sustain their business,
balance work and life and maintain a active lifestyle.

Enclosed in this packet of information is an executive summary of the
plan and membership rates.  A full business plan is available upon
request.  To obtain additional information or a business plan please
contact Jodi Dean, OurSpace founder, at --- or e-mail.

Sincerely,



Jodi Dean


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[Coworking] Help - Fellow Coworkers!

[William]

I'm brand new to the whole idea of co-working but know this is just
what I need to be more inspired, motivated and encouraged.

We need your help and your suggestions on what I gather is one of the
most important ingredients (from some of the things we read so far) in
making a coworking site successful. And that is like-minded highly
energized and fun loving focused folks looking to help and benefit
each other, the group and possibly the community.

But where can one find such folks?

After getting more and more discontented at the level of success of my
present career, new fresh ideas coming in from such a format as
coworking sounds like a God send.

We have almost 1000 square feet of limited first floor space (with
room to expand with another 1000 s.f. 2nd floor space) with few office
furnishings, FiOS wireless  LAN internet, a nice full kitchen  full
bath, 7 large cubicles, 5 chair round table, small 8-10 occupant
conference room, storage areas,  small back office.

Now the hard part from what I gather is filling it and sustaining it!
What say you guys?
Obviously I really do welcome all and any reply. Oh, yeh this will be
a bit of a stretch for me since this is the first time ever that I
posted to a blog or even a wiki  Is there any hope at all?

I never had to personally set up a website either.

Signed - a bit technically challenged,
Bill



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