Similar to Felicity's thoughts, our local press coverage validates our
existence when I go out and chat people up. I'm all about grassroots
stuff and this is how we've gotten 90% of our members. I have yet to
convert anyone after they've attended one of our free, sponsored
events. I get more inter
Great point about validation of existence. I don't think any of our paying
members came from traditional press. We had some conversion from the Daily
Candy piece. But I've mentioned before (either here or on my blog) that
mainstream press is really little more than validation for future growth
oppo
I am looking to trek out to SF to observe Bay Area's coworking
facilities in action. I believe it will be a trip at the end of
October. Is anyone willing to show me around, and where are some
great, but inexpensive places to sleep (hotels, hostels, etc.)?
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Hi Everyone,
My name is Karen Origlio and I value independence.
I understand the need and value of coworking because I have a work-at-
home gig. I've been reading the posts here and all kinds of ideas are
starting to surface. I’m inspired by the energy, creativity, the get-
your-hands-dirty-and-
A few questions, I do have a nonprofit management background:
1. Who will fund the venture?
2. You will be an insurance broker, do you have your licenses?
3. How do you seperate yourself from the numerous other organizations
that provide business services; I literally have 12 knocking at my
do
We've found that we get decent conversion over time when we target a
specific community. In our case, the tech/open source community has
been incredibly important for us. The big caveat, however, is that it
takes a lot of time.
I think we only got 1 new member in the first 6 months after our firs
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