[Coworking] Re: Starting A Co-working / Art Space Development in Cleveland Ohio

2010-08-21 Thread ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com
If you have not already, you may want to have a long chat with your local art museum director's and artisan guild leaders. In Fort Wayne, I have found the few that we have to been great resources to guide me through certain aspects, such as finding potential clients, speaking at events, etc.

[Coworking] Re: Pre opening events

2010-08-21 Thread ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com
What I have found out that works really well is finding a speaker or panel of speakers to discuss a certain topic? Since you don't have a space, I would find out who is the sought after speaker, in your area, on a topic that would engage the audiences that you have in mind. And then allow that

Re: [Coworking] Re: Starting A Co-working / Art Space Development in Cleveland Ohio

2010-08-21 Thread mark gilbreath
You can also approach art galleries and partner with them to rotate art installations through your cowork space. We had an agreement with a nearby gallery wherein they rotated a new show through our space each quarter (every three months). Our building was fairly large so this was typically

Re: [Coworking] Re: Pre opening events

2010-08-21 Thread Tara Hunt
At Citizen Space, we did things that involved the community in our building: 1. Ikea furniture building day - opened up an invitation for people to come help build the furniture, offering beer and pizza and good tunes. About 30 people came to help throughout the day. It was awesome. And we gained

Re: [Coworking] introduction

2010-08-21 Thread Евгений Бораев
Great Sarah! I wish you luck in your business! The main thing for your business is a reliable partner. 2010/8/9 sarrah zadehsar...@yahoo.com Hello i recently joined the coworking network and wanted to introduce myself. i am in the process of starting a space in Bogota, Colombia. I have been

[Coworking] I'm gonna DO IT!!!

2010-08-21 Thread Nyahda
Hello, All ~ My name is Nyah and I'm from Upstate NY - home of General Electric, Uncle Sam, and The world's first Nanotechnology college! (cnse.albany.edu). I've wanted to start my own business for a long time. I was exploring a retail clothing idea when I discovered the concept and potential

[Coworking] gathering info...

2010-08-21 Thread sacjaz
Hello all! I am happy to have found this community. I am looking into transforming existing space into a co-working space. I am in Sacramento, CAthere are a couple of spaces here, glad to see the range here onliine. I am a small business owner, and didn't want to close down shop completely