[Coworking] Re: What does coworking has in common with the craft brewing movement?

2014-01-25 Thread Farhan Abbasi
I would love to hear from folks on this list as to why they feel new coworking spaces in their vicinity is a good thing, as opposed to a possible threat. Imagine I was an investor in your space. Would you tell me as an investor there are financial benefits to having a competing space open nearby

Re: [Coworking] Re: What does coworking has in common with the craft brewing movement?

2014-01-25 Thread Alex Hillman
The top competition for coworking spaces isn't other coworking spaces. The top competition for coworking spaces are: 1) Lack of awareness 2) Complacency In every city on the planet, there are more people who don't know about coworking than there are people who are familiar with it *and* seeking

[Coworking] Re: What does coworking has in common with the craft brewing movement?

2014-01-25 Thread Steve King
Craft Brewing is one of the industries we've studied and it does share a lot of attributes with coworking. So does the food truck industry and most other early stage industries we've looked at over the past decade. The common features across these nascent industries is they tend to be much mor

Re: [Coworking] Re: What does coworking has in common with the craft brewing movement?

2014-01-25 Thread Andy Soell
"More coworking spaces in an area means a greater chance of discovery of the concept, which means a larger potential market. Good for everybody." This, 100%. In the 16 months since we opened our space, I've had a constant struggle keeping my "lizard brain" in check whenever I hear about new cowo

Re: [Coworking] What does coworking has in common with the craft brewing movement?

2014-01-25 Thread Jerome Chang
What I like to explain to others is this: "There are many restaurants next to each other, because everyone needs to eat. So there can be coworking spaces near each other because everyone needs to work." In other words, if your assumption is that your coworking space can cater to every demograph