Re: [Coworking] AltamontCowork Update

2012-01-17 Thread Coworking Merignac Bordeaux
Hello EveryBody Coworkers ! A new Coworking Space in Merignac Near Bordeaux FRANCE Bon Voyage: All the Cowerkers Community will be Welcome A Shared Workspace in Merignac Bordeaux France A coworking habitat that provides freelancers, startups, and mobile workers an inspiring, collaborative envir

[Coworking] Coworking Unconference: CoHousing Available

2012-01-17 Thread Veel Hoeden- Where Many Hats Meet!
I'm excited to be attending my first Coworking Unconference in Austin! In the spirit of collaboration (and bootstrapping) I have booked a house on airbnb. We can hold 6 guests comfortably, and we currently have 3 spots available. If you have not yet booked a room or are striking out, please con

[Coworking] Just had a visitor who said...

2012-01-17 Thread Mike Pihlman
I am brilliant...for the coworking concept. I saidnot me It is Y-O-U all! If Brad sees thisit's YOU! :-) -- Mike Pihlman, Video Conferencing Consultant TelBitConsulting.com 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Phone: 209-757-8862 Twitter: @AltamontCowork Drive Safe! Nev

Re: [Coworking] TIPS on negotiating a lease to create a cowork space

2012-01-17 Thread bruce edward Whitaker
What term of lease have most of your signed? Rachel's point is a great one as we just found out the space next to us will be available soon. Thanks all. Will let you know how it goes. Bruce On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Joshua Marpet wrote: > doing this on my phone sorry. Lookup triple net si

Re: [Coworking] TIPS on negotiating a lease to create a cowork space

2012-01-17 Thread Joshua Marpet
doing this on my phone sorry. Lookup triple net single net and gross lease understand what the differences are On Jan 17, 2012 4:43 PM, "bruce edward whitaker" wrote: > We are about to put in an offer on a vacant space to house a new > coworking group. Any and all items to include in the offer wo

[Coworking] Re: Community Service Projects

2012-01-17 Thread Katie Charland
Jodi -- All of our locations have a community outreach component connected to local nonprofit organizations. We put on food drives, programs for at- risk youth, planning to do a community garden, etc. Local nonprofits are also invited to come in and present on their work to help raise awareness an

Re: [Coworking] TIPS on negotiating a lease to create a cowork space

2012-01-17 Thread rachel young
Hi Bruce, If you are moving into a space where there are other units, consider asking to add in a clause that give you first right of refusal should another adjacent space nearby becomes available. It came in handy for us and we were able to expand to another floor. r. * rache

[Coworking] TIPS on negotiating a lease to create a cowork space

2012-01-17 Thread bruce edward whitaker
We are about to put in an offer on a vacant space to house a new coworking group. Any and all items to include in the offer would be very much appreciated. Some that I can think of: - length of lease (1 or 2 years). - is insurance included and what does it include? - what about taxes and utilities

Re: [Coworking] AltamontCowork Update

2012-01-17 Thread Mike Pihlman
Liam: 1. I wouldn't have started in the middle of this dang recession :-) 2. Know your audience. In Tracy, CA we are older and we still love our "walls". Once I moved back to my original spaceI saw an immediate uptick of people who toured the space then actually renting. The other thing is

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Visa - Take up levels and branding

2012-01-17 Thread Jerome Chang
Hi Andrew. We discussed this at our coworking owners' weekend in October @BLANKSPACES SM. We all agreed that this visa would be great if better leveraged, etc. However, a logo, a consistent brand, etc. all requires one collective group, an association, or similar. And that's where we couldn'

[Coworking] Setting up a new coworking space in Tunis, Tunisia

2012-01-17 Thread Rym B.
Hi Coworking friends around the World, My name is Rym. I am from Tunisia but currently reside in United Arab Emirates. With my partner Mariem, we are planning to set up a coworking space in Tunis by summer 2012. Our aim is to postively contribute to the development of our city and country after

[Coworking] Scrib coworking launches in Boulder; thank you coworking group

2012-01-17 Thread Toby in Boulder
The founders of Scrib in Boulder would like to say thanks. We've been extracting such valuable thoughts from this group over the past few months while starting-up our coworking site. This collection of thinkers and collaborators has been our greatest resource, by a mile. We plan to give back over t

Re: [Coworking] Re: Who's working with universities? Who's working directly with students?

2012-01-17 Thread Bruce Yang
Hi everyone, I'm considering starting a coworking space. I love the idea of student memberships. How does that affect your business model? In my research, it seems difficult enough to breakeven just from selling shared space at the 'full price'. At the discounted rate, are you concerned at

[Coworking] Hi Coworkers, I've a space at my place for Coworkers in Delhi, India, All coworkers are Welcome

2012-01-17 Thread AJ
Hi Coworkers, I've a space at my place for coworkers in Delhi, India, All Coworkers are Welcome. I'm new here, so please guide me more bout it, and I can set my space better for you, and start participating with you all as a Coworker too in my space itself. Regards, AJ. -- You received this m

[Coworking] Re: Who's working with universities? Who's working directly with students?

2012-01-17 Thread Wes
At The coIN Loft, we worked with the University of Delaware to develop USEED. It's essentially a white label KickStarter for University alumni engagement. The project went live in October and raised several thousand dollars by Dec. 31st. We also work with 8-10 interns throughout the year. Students

RE: [Coworking] Digest for coworking@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 3 Topics

2012-01-17 Thread Dan Anderson
Hi Group Any new data on the number of coworking facilities in the US? I've been approached by several entrepreneurs seeking planning and design assistance in setting up new or expanded co-work spaces. My feeling is that there are still an increasing number of sites opening each year. I am inte

Re: [Coworking] Advice on pricing....

2012-01-17 Thread jaymes hines
Daily provides more options. Hourly is being at Kinko's Just my thoughts On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:03 PM, CAJ wrote: > Coworking Group, > > Planning coworking space.Need feedback on hourly vs daily rates. > We are in a rural/suburban area outside St.Louis and this is indeed a > new concept

[Coworking] Re: How Innovation Happens in Coworking spaces

2012-01-17 Thread Wes
We've had 4 startups come out of The coIN Loft since last year. We weren't trying to be innovative and we definitely weren't looking to start new companies. We were just living life in community with each other. One of the startups got $500,000 in angel financing. When we started last year we thou

[Coworking] New Coworking Space in Las Vegas!

2012-01-17 Thread Kathlyn CoWorking Vegas
Hi All! I have been 'peeking' at this group about coworking for a long time now...waiting for the day to post something. Well today is the day and I have butterflies in my stomach because I know that you are a great community of support for each other and have been for me too! WE signed the leas

[Coworking] New Coworking Space in Palermo, Italy

2012-01-17 Thread Nicola Adamo
Hello everyone. I'm proud to announce the near-birth of a Coworking space in Palermo, Italy. the name is : neu[nòi] - space at work We will officially open on the 27th of Jenuary but we are still ready to host people. The website is already online with few contents but it will be completed befor

Re: [Coworking] AltamontCowork Update

2012-01-17 Thread Liam Gooding
Congratulations Mike! Looking back, is there anything you would have done differently to hit break even sooner? And are there any key pointers you could share that have been critical to hitting break even? [sorry this email was sent broken] Thanks Liam Gooding --- he...@liamgooding.com On

Re: [Coworking] AltamontCowork Update

2012-01-17 Thread Liam Gooding
Congratulations Mike! Do you think you could identify anything you would have done differently to hit bre Thanks Liam Gooding --- he...@liamgooding.com On 11 Jan 2012, at 09:23, Mike Pihlman wrote: > As of yesterday, after almost three years in business, AltamontCowork broke > even for the

[Coworking] Re: New Coworking Community Online

2012-01-17 Thread Nicola Adamo
it doesn't work right now On 9 Gen, 23:07, Nitch wrote: > Check outwww.nitch.biz. Designed to connect coworking spaces with one > another and your vendors to drive cost-savings and collaboration. We > just launched. Would love any feedback you might have. It's free to > join. Thanks! -- You re

[Coworking] Coworking Visa - Take up levels and branding

2012-01-17 Thread Andrew Dakers
Dear all, As a coworking space that has signed up to the Coworking Visa I just wondered whether anyone: 1) has a sense of how much the Coworking Visa is being used; and 2) thinks that a common Coworking Visa logo/ brand that could be added to membership cards/ fobs would be helpful to promot

Re: [Coworking] SOPA / PIPA protest?

2012-01-17 Thread Stephen Roberts
good work guys, get this done, then on to repeal NDAA On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > Our very own Sara Chipps whipped up some really handy code to make it easy > for you to black out your site. A lot of huge sites are jumping on board. > > You can get the files here:

[Coworking] Spreading the Concept

2012-01-17 Thread David Otalvaro
I'd hate to use the term "evangelizing" because of the religious implications, but one of the greatest barriers I have encountered is educating people on the concepto of coworking. This has been a real challenge to get people on board. I'm aware of the alternatives Jelly's (We are active participan