[Coworking] Re: Coworking Partnership

2014-12-16 Thread Will Bennis, Locus Workspace
Thanks for the positive words, Faraz, and really glad to have you on board! With regards to your original post about partnering with your space: I'm generally always open to the idea of partnering in spirit with other coworking spaces. Can you say a little more about what--in practice--you

[Coworking] Christmas, Rudolph Coworking

2014-12-16 Thread Will Bennis, Locus Workspace
Hi All, I posted this a couple years back, but now that Christmas is again drawing near... I love this clip from the 1964 classic, *Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. H*e and one of Santa's misfit elves (pretty much) embrace the idea of coworking: http://youtu.be/C19H95-YI0M Merry Christmas!

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-12-16 Thread Steve King
Wall Street Journal reports http://www.wsj.com/articles/wework-now-a-5-billion-real-estate-sartup-1418690163WeWork just raised $355 million and is now valued at $5+ billion. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are

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

2014-12-16 Thread Alex Hillman
Funny enough, the article URL is more telling about what’s really going on here: /wework-now-a-5-billion-real-estate-sartup-1418690163 -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the

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

2014-12-16 Thread Aaron Cruikshank
Alex, Do you consider WeWork to be coworking or something else - closer to Regus? - Aaron Aaron Cruikshank Principal, CRUIKSHANK phone: 778.908.4560 e-mail: aa...@cruikshank.me web: cruikshank.me http://www.cruikshank.me twitter: @cruikshank https://twitter.com/cruikshank book a meeting:

[Coworking] New Member

2014-12-16 Thread jthalfling
Just found this place, interesting. I am new to this field and I am looking for as much information as I can get. Thanks John -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To

[Coworking] New Member

2014-12-16 Thread Amar Bennett
Greetings, I am a space catalyst located in Harlem NYC. This is my first post in the forum. I look forward to building meaningful relationships and curating the ideal artistic community!! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you

[Coworking] Re: So...where are all the space managers?

2014-12-16 Thread frank
I would like an invite to the slack group. I just started managing a coworking space in Colorado Springs called Epicentral. I have a lot to learn and could really benefit from a group like this. Please send an invite to fr...@epicentral.org. Thanks On Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:47:49 PM

[Coworking] Re: So...where are all the space managers?

2014-12-16 Thread jthalfling
I am new to this field and would greatly appreciate an invite. John Hannington jthalfl...@gmail.com On Saturday, September 6, 2014 8:47:49 PM UTC-5, Adam Teterus wrote: Hey, all. I'm Adam. So I've been running Indy Hall as the Point Man for just shy of 3 years, looking over this place

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

2014-12-16 Thread Alex Hillman
Yeah, definitely. They’re a real estate company. They’ve gotten better at their version of “community” than Regus has, for sure, but if you get closer to what they do instead of reading the press and their marketing material, you’ll find that it’s a high volume, high turnover real estate

Re: [Coworking] Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

2014-12-16 Thread Jerome Chang
I generally agree w/ Alex - valuation is sky high, and sustainability is questionable. In general, be careful of the hype. My 2 cents: WeWork is closer to a hotel operation. They’ve recently been exploring more and more the lounge/conference rooms side of the business, and in my opinion,