Re: [Coworking] Sharing Coworking Stories

2012-12-12 Thread Matthias Wiemann
Hi there, I really like the discussion going on here. I think storytelling is an amazing tool. I've been actively experimenting with it for over 2 years now. GoodCoworking is a project I decided to do since I love coworking and I thought what I had in mind didn't exist. Even thought it only

[Coworking] Re: Pitching to corporations about coworking

2012-12-12 Thread smartofficeguy
Haven't done so yet but would love to see how you go. Traffic these days is the thing that will cause companies to give serious thought to this as an alternative to their workers having to stress up on the way to work. Also, diversity of a new workplace should add to productivity. Tony Arena

[Coworking] Re: Our New Website. For Indy Hall, By Indy Hall.

2012-12-12 Thread Vanessa Vela
Alex, congrats! I love your new website. What I like most about it is the simplicity of the language and how self-explanatory it is. So cool that you got your own members to collaborate and achieve this together. I really like your calls to action, Come Take a Tour, especially when people are

[Coworking] Opening a new space -- a couple questions

2012-12-12 Thread Alison Baker
We're in the planning stages for the opening of a co-share space. I was wondering what percentage of projected gross revenue should be devoted to rent. A traditional or standard percentage for commercial leases is 10% of projected gross revenue, but I think that's really low for a co-share

Re: [Coworking] Opening a new space -- a couple questions

2012-12-12 Thread Alex Hillman
I can confirm that revenues from membership that put rent at 30% of gross or lower are absolutely achievable. We're playing catchup from our expansion this year so we'll close out with annual revenue that puts rent closer to 45%, but we pay around the same cost per square foot and have

[Coworking] Has anyone tried promoting Coworking spaces through traditional office space listings?

2012-12-12 Thread oren.salo...@gmail.com
Hey there, I was just wondering if anyone has tried promoting their coworking space through means usually reserved for traditional office space? These would include Craigslist, Loopnet http://www.loopnet.com/, Costarhttp://www.costar.com/, and probably many more that I'm not aware of. Just

Re: [Coworking] Opening a new space -- a couple questions

2012-12-12 Thread Jerome Chang
oh, I totally misread Alison's email - sorry. I meant 50% of operating expenses. And yes, I agree w/ Alex: rent can be as low as 30% of the revenue. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work FOR yourself, not BY yourself www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los