[Coworking] Re: New horizons

Hi Chad As I'm researching into starting a space in Hanoi, Vietnam, I do agree with you that it has to stay 'local'. with Regus also trying to move into this space, not surprising, it will eventually become commercial, if it's not already; case-in-point, this article http://www.businessinsider

Re: [Coworking] Call to Action: Coworking Community to respond to Yahoo! memo - we need your signatures

Any luck with the Guardian and New York Times? r. * rachel young *rac...@camaraderie.ca *We're now at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor* *(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)* *Toronto, ON M6R 1X6* *See details at http://bit.ly/MovingToRoncy.* *Find us online:* Website/blog

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

Hi Bobby, Here is a link to core values which have historically defined a true coworking space. http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/10/coworking-core-values-series-translated/ The other well circulated definition is the Coworking Manifesto originated by Gangplank in AZ, USA http://wiki.coworking

[Coworking] Re: Put your Free Coworking Offer on the Map!

Update (1) Free Coworking Map: New Offers (7), Total Now (63) Since the launch of the Free Coworking Map on Friday

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

A few weeks ago, Derek Neighbors gave me with a brilliant analogy for the spectrum of coworking spaces. Restaurants. The title of "coworking space" is about as descriptive as "restaurant". Both are places that people go to do things with or around other people - one to work, one to eat. The pr

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

For me, the way I see coworking space (as in making sense to me) is looking at a media-based company, consisting of various divisions except these divisions are their own bosses (entrepreneurs), and all contributing, collectively or singularly, to a final piece of finished product. So these div

[Coworking] New Orleans Meet up/Happy Hour, March 29, or 30th

Hello all! Myself, and fellow co-working conspirators from Baltimore and Austin will be in rendezvous in New Orleans March 29 and 30, and would love to expand the conversation with a couple of your brilliant minds. Our backgrounds are in community development, CSA's, housing, real estate, and

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

Thanks Alex. We kinda feel the tried and true spaces were going to say "Chad, don't go there! You're selling your soul to the corporate "man!";o) But as Derek shared, and you reiterated, we all offer a unique flavour and why not multiply the brand if it's asked for? We have an amazing Wood Fir

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

Chad, I think I know what you mean here but I want to say this anyway for others: > if the community, values and vibe was the same. My ONLY caution in this mode is starting with the result in mind. As many of you with amazing communities know, they're the product of their inputs. Start wit

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

Yes. Birth is a better word. Because we use agriculture in our explanation of our ecosystem.( there ya go, ecosystem) I was using the word "plant" or better yet, "seed" a new space. But birth is a bit better, since it's, well, human in nature. A corp franchises success is dependent upon contr

Re: [Coworking] New horizons

Funny timing, just today I rediscovered an OLD post (circa 2008) on this topic: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1022-you-dont-create-a-culture My 5 year old comment is relevant to this conversation: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1022-you-dont-create-a-culture#comment_25834 To the commenters who