[Coworking] Re: How to colaborate with other coworking spaces?

2014-11-18 Thread Jeannine
Well, hi there! I think you are certainly in the right place. For your local collaboration with the other coworking space, I would myself probably just go over there and say hi. I am casual like that. It is my experience that you can tell pretty quickly if it is going to click; and if it is

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-11-18 Thread Tim Syth
Hey Steve! Yeah, WeWork is suddenly all over the place. I am curious as to what this list thinks as far as positives and negatives of their model/approach? On Monday, November 17, 2014 2:16:07 PM UTC-6, Steve King wrote: Fascinating - and eye popping - numbers on WeWork in the Forbes article

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

2014-11-18 Thread Barbara Sprenger
Hi Jacob, We have standardized on Paxton, and we're very happy with them. We're using a battery powered and wifi enabled lock on every office and conference room door. Easy to install without wiring to each door (except outside doors, which are wired). These units have the scanner built into

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-11-18 Thread Steve King
Tim: I did a blog post on this http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2014/11/the-rise-of-wework-coworking.html today. Our view is overall this is very good news for the entire coworking industry. WeWork is showing coworking is rapidly becoming a mainstream workplace alternative for startups,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-11-18 Thread Alex Hillman
I wrote this in 2011, but my thoughts haven’t changed much: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/11/sex-coworking-and-rock-n-roll/ WeWork is tiny compared to Regus (who employs nearly 1/4 of the headcount that WeWork is aiming for as membership in 2015). And yet we laugh at considering

[Coworking] Urgent: ShareDesk Contact?

2014-11-18 Thread Minna Van | TheNetworkHub.ca
Any one know direct contact for anyone from ShareDesk? Sent 3 emails, 1 twitter DM and filled out support form and no answer. ShareDesk sold a desk for a month, which we didn't know about until someone walked in... no headsup, no form, no agreement, no money. Not even sure if this is for

Re: [Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-11-18 Thread Leif Utne
This is awesome. And Alex, I love the restaurant analogy. Reminds me of how I and many friends wrung our hands when Whole Foods moved into Minneapolis about 15 years ago, just a couple miles from our beloved Wedge http://www.wedge.coop/ food coop. As it turned out, rather than taking business away

[Coworking] LAB B's Crowdfunding Campaign

2014-11-18 Thread Harpreet Singh
Hi all, First off, I would like to thank* this awesome community *for the help, insights and motivation that LAB B has received from all of you. I want to invite you to check out LAB B's crowdfunding campaign that we recently launched! *Why?* On October 2nd, 2014, we were served a cease

[Coworking] New to Co working

2014-11-18 Thread Cast Iron
Hi! I have a space in Hartford, CT. I'm transitioning this traditional office space into a coworking space! I'm very excited but struggle in advertizing! How do you all suggest getting the word out there about my space! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com ---

[Coworking] Re: How to turn down potential members?

2014-11-18 Thread stacy raby
Would any of you be willing to post examples of your application forms to see exactly what that looks like? I have been looking into opening a coworking space and heard that an application process is useful so Erynns question caught my eye. Stacy On Thursday, November 13, 2014 3:24:25 PM

[Coworking] Optimal Desk Sizes / Dimensions

2014-11-18 Thread Farhan Abbasi
Hi folks, I run a coworking space in Boston called Coalition and this community provided great info for me when launching. Thank you! I'm wondering if you folks have experience with an ideal desk dimension that optimizes seating (ie getting the most chairs out of the table setup)? I have a

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

2014-11-18 Thread Jacob Sayles
Wow that sounds like a pretty great feature set Barbara. I'll have to dig in to their hardware. I hadn't heard of them before. Thank you for the tip! I'd love to integrate something in to Nadine, our software, as well. Let me know how that goes for DeskWorks. Jacob On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at

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

2014-11-18 Thread Satellite
Will do. And if you ever want to see DeskWorks, I'm happy to show you! Barbara Sprenger bspren...@thesatelliteinc.com www.thesatelliteinc.com 831-222-2101 On Nov 18, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com wrote: Wow that sounds like a pretty great feature set Barbara.

[Coworking] Re: Optimal Desk Sizes / Dimensions

2014-11-18 Thread NODO Cowork
Do you know about open furniture? https://www.opendesk.cc/ El martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014 14:41:35 UTC-6, Farhan Abbasi escribió: Hi folks, I run a coworking space in Boston called Coalition and this community provided great info for me when launching. Thank you! I'm wondering if you

[Coworking] Re: How to colaborate with other coworking spaces?

2014-11-18 Thread NODO Cowork
Thank you Jeannine, I am totally interested in this. I already field up my form. Actually I have written a few times to ask for acces but never received response. Hope to participate =) Tamara El martes, 18 de noviembre de 2014 03:04:43 UTC-6, Jeannine escribió: Well, hi there! I think