Re: [Coworking] Coworking Space in Hyderabad

2014-10-14 Thread Raghuveer Kovuru
Thanks a lot Alex! Those are some really encouraging words. And coming from a veteran like you, my morale is all boosted up now! On Monday, 13 October 2014 22:12:39 UTC+5:30, Alex Hillman wrote: Raghuveer, the good news is that you’re not alone. The kinds of problems you’re encountering

Re: [Coworking] Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2014-10-14 Thread Jamie Russo
Jane, did you get any idea of shipping time from Lockitron? Their site hasn't been updated since April and I read that they haven't yet shipped all Lockitrons to their backers...but some folks on this list seem to have them. Thanks! On Sunday, September 7, 2014 10:31:36 AM UTC-7, Jane Behr

[Coworking] Handling phone calls in an open coworking office

2014-10-14 Thread Jensen Yancey
We're a relatively new coworking office and have run in to a bit of an issue that I'm sure lots of you have had to deal with before. The whole office is open plan, just one big room, and the majority of the time there will be about 5-8 people in the space, sometimes there will be multiple

[Coworking] Re: I love when journalists actually TRY Coworking instead of just writing about it.

2014-10-14 Thread Brady Swenson
This is a great piece, thanks for sharing, Alex. I thought I'd add a link to a piece in APM's Marketplace from a few weeks ago in which we invited a reporter to try coworking from her apartment in Brooklyn as a beta test of our online coworking community, SpareChair https://sparechair.me.

Re: [Coworking] Re: Emergency preparedness

2014-10-14 Thread carly
Hey everyone, I run Industry Lab coworking space in Cambridge, MA and we're working on our emergency preparedness. Can anyone suggest a solution for group SMS/email blasts to use in the case of an emergency? Thanks, Carly On Monday, December 12, 2011 6:09:25 PM UTC-6, Susan Evans wrote:

[Coworking] Newly Opened Space, Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies

2014-10-14 Thread Will Ennis
Hi Everybody, My name's Will, my partner and I just launched a co-working space in Toronto called Station 477. We're keep the day rates pretty low for now and marketing online to our facebook friends and twitter followers, for starters. My question is: outside of paying for advertising what's

Re: [Coworking] Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2014-10-14 Thread Jacob Sayles
Yeah they are working through a lot of manufacturing issues but they are being nice and transparent about it. On this topic we are talking here at Office Nomads about if we want to continue to develop the lock I built for The Red Victorian this summer. I'd love to see a solid open source solution

Re: [Coworking] Newly Opened Space, Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies

2014-10-14 Thread rachel young
Hey Will, I'm sure you'll get a heap of responses for the techniques other spaces have found helpful, but for one thing, you can connect with the other local coworking spaces. I'll send you a message from CoworkingToronto and mention CoworkingOntario and CoworkingCanada as well. Owners and

Re: [Coworking] Handling phone calls in an open coworking office

2014-10-14 Thread Alex Hillman
Hey Jensen, Here’s the answer I wrote when somebody asked a question like this on Quora, which was one member asking about how to deal with another member.  http://www.quora.com/Is-it-normal-to-take-a-lot-of-phonecalls-in-coworking-space/answer/Alex-Hillman It's not a matter of

Re: [Coworking] Who's shopping for electronic door locks?

2014-10-14 Thread Jane Behr
Just exchanged emails with someone from Lockitron - originally they said my order would be shipped in October but when I went back to the website to check the status, found broken links and couldn't find my order. They said the website will be fixed very soon and all dates have been pushed

[Coworking] Re: Newly Opened Space, Word of Mouth Marketing Strategies

2014-10-14 Thread Jane Behr
Our space is not open yet (end of the month!) - so I will be watching this thread for ideas! We're focusing on building partnerships; for example, we're coordinating efforts with our local Chamber of Commerce - we've had a mixer to introduce the concept and we're also going to host a Chamber

Re: [Coworking] Re: Emergency preparedness

2014-10-14 Thread Janice Caillet
Senwordnow.com is the best worldwide!! - full disclosure I am one of the confounders. I created it with my good friend Sandy Cohen. We were both in NYC during 9/11 and I could not call my grandmother to tell her I was alive as landlines and cell phones were co-opted and overloaded... but we had

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Space in Hyderabad

2014-10-14 Thread Alex Hillman
Raghuveer - I just noticed that you’ve got “tummler” as part of your title in your signature.  That rules. :) -Alex On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:18 AM, Raghuveer Kovuru raghukov...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks a lot Alex! Those are some really encouraging words. And coming from a veteran