Re: [Coworking] Business Model Study Group

While June 2013 is still months away, I did announce a few weeks ago that there'll be a weekend gathering in June in SF @NextSpace for any coworking owners/operators who'll have been in current operation for 12 months. I anticipate a session on the below topic, as we did the same last year Octo

[Coworking] Business Model Study Group

Hello, I've been watching all of the Loosecubes news traffic today and reflecting on my own experiences over the past few years. Although I own a profitable space in Virginia, my ultimate conclusion is that coworking's business model is at best immature, at worst still unproven. We all know o

Re: [Coworking] Membership Dues Payment Methods

+1 on Jerome about the cash-flow issues, and that's the biggest pro I've come up with for doing a floating-start-date. I'd follow that up with not needing to do pro-rating, which can get confusing quickly. To answer your questions specifically: > 1) What do you use for recurring payments for me

Re: [Coworking] probation time ?

as we are gearing up to move pretty soon (December) into a bigger place and are accepting more people in the process is being clarified, especially how we can present how it works to new comers. we try to be quite clear on some topics such as taking part in daily and weekly tasks such as coffee ma

Re: [Coworking] probation time ?

In 6 years of operation we've only ever asked 2 people to leave. One was a their, the other was mentally ill. Those conversations were sensitive and difficult, but that's not what you're asking about. My questions are: Who is doing the vetting, you, other members, or both? Is there criteria/ex

[Coworking] Re: Loose cubes is closing

I will always have a soft spot for the Loosecubes crew. Their infectious enthusiasm has had no small impact on the coworking movement. Campbell, Anna, Anthony: if there is anything we can ever do to repay what you've done for the coworking community, please say so. Whatever amazing projects yo

Re: [Coworking] Loose cubes is closing

I don't write here very often, so this might be presumptuous on my part, but: On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Marieke Hensel wrote: > Hi, > > I just found out Loose Cubes is closing, and I'm sad to hear that. It's been > such a value to our coworking space and I'm sure many other coworking > spa

[Coworking] Re: Loose cubes is closing

Loosecubes just announced they are shutting down this Friday. This is upsetting news because I liked the direction that Loosecubes was taking shape with more detailed member and coworking space profiles that added helpful context to both sides. I know the coworking members here enjoyed getting

[Coworking] Loose cubes is closing

Hi, I just found out Loose Cubes is closing, and I'm sad to hear that. It's been such a value to our coworking space and I'm sure many other coworking spaces. Does anyone know why they are closing? Is there a way to set forth the initiative that Loose Cubes has started? :-) Marieke -- --

[Coworking] Re: Taking a "work vacation" to another spot

Sorry to say Loosecubes is shutting down so that is no longer an option right now. Creative Density does participate in the Coworking Visa giving two free days to out of towners that are part of another coworking space, and we've had coworkers do workcation from all around the US in the last fe

[Coworking] Re: Brief history of Workspace Design

Thanks for this. I was recently read Herman Miller: Purpose of Design that also gave an interesting take on the workplace over the last 110 years. I think it's important to understand workspace design history in order to understand how owners can use design as a tool to facilitate community. Cr

[Coworking] Re: Let's fix the stupid job crisis ourselves

Hey. Tony and all, If anybody were, say, moved to put this presentation on the Coworking Marketplace, say, for instance, under collaborations, I would be thrille- er, think that was very appropriate. :-) Jeannine On Wednesday

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Marketplace

We're up and running,come see! On Thursday, October 18, 2012 11:00:34 PM UTC+2, Jeannine wrote: > > Okay, I think everybody's in. > > Anybody not in, I don't have your email. You can send it to me at > jeann...@k

[Coworking] Re: Taking a "work vacation" to another spot

We're up and running, come see! On Saturday, September 8, 2012 10:48:31 AM UTC+2, Jeannine wrote: > > The Coworking Visa is a basic exchange program; There are also several > subgroups of Coworking spaces that hav

[Coworking] In true Coworking WIki Fashion, the Coworking Marketplace has launched!

Hi, guys, The Coworking Marketplaceis now open for editing. I am still working on graphics, pictures, and so forth to make it more interesting. Here is a blog post about it. Kyle says it better than I do, as usual. Several

[Coworking] Brief history of Workspace Design

Hi all, Here's a link to a short talk that TILT gave on the history of workspace design at The European CoWorking Conference in Paris last week. http://www.slideshare.net/lafonderie/8-tilt-cwc-2012 We hope you like it. www.studiotilt.com -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.cowo

[Coworking] Zee Launch Pad: the first Coworking Space in Amman, Jordan!

Hello everyone! Zee Launch Pad is the first coworking space in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Woohoo! We are very excited about launching Zee Launch Pad to the locals and expatriates over here. I need advise on how to better market Zee Launch Pad to the community, and I thought who knows b

[Coworking] Setting up a Coworking Space at Bandung, Indonesia.

Hi Everyone! My Friend and I are planning to open a coworking space in Bandung, Indonesia. There are a lot of great advice here, however there are few things that i would like to ask. 1. Here in Indonesia, coworking is a really new concept, does anybody know the best way to educate people a

Re: [Coworking] Membership Dues Payment Methods

Interesting ... We want invoicing and payments to be 100% automated so there is no crazy day of invoicing for us, only the system we set up. Billing and pulling payments on the 1st of the month seemed better for the member because it would be easier for him/her to remember when we'll be pulling

[Coworking] Re: Membership Dues Payment Methods

Hi Julia! I'm in charged of the payments here in The Biz Dojo may be my experience over here could be helpful for you. We have a normal bank account and a paypal to give to our residents some payment options. We use Xero to track every money in and out of the office, this has become a very i

[Coworking] probation time ?

hello, at Tau we have a little process going on to give "permanent" seat to people. I remember reading Alex Hillman posts about how they (at Indyhall) had to setup a vetting process to have some basic trust around. basic idea is : ok you want to have permanent access to the facility and we need t