Re: [Coworking] Re: Starting a new coworking space while employed fulltime

2015-01-05 Thread Jason Phelps
Thanks for the feedback, Alex. I'm currently a sales engineer for an Internet Security company and I use coworking since I work remotely. My background is IT (~13 years in network/sys admin roles and 4 years in a CIO role), so that's one aspect of the coworking space that won't be a challenge

Re: [Coworking] Re: Erasmus Plus Partner Search

2015-01-05 Thread Will Bennis, Locus Workspace
Hello Ibrahim, It would be great if you could write a little bit about the Erasmus+ program, with an eye specifically toward how it connects to us coworking spaces and why you're reaching out to us about it. Thanks! Best, Will On Monday, January 5, 2015 7:42:51 AM UTC+1, İbrahim Taşer

Re: [Coworking] Re: Starting a new coworking space while employed fulltime

2015-01-05 Thread Alex Hillman
Ah, that's great Jason. I somehow missed that you were already remote in the previous email, but that obvs makes sense since you're already a member of a space. :) Have you started in on gathering some early community members for your own yet? -Alex -- The #1 mistake

[Coworking] Re: New Member

2015-01-05 Thread Tabari Brannon
Welcome Amar, I was just in NYC I visited a couple of spaces while I was there. Much success to you! On Saturday, December 13, 2014 10:07:22 PM UTC-8, Amar Bennett wrote: Greetings, I am a space catalyst located in Harlem NYC. This is my first post in the forum. I look forward to building

[Coworking] Re: Any Parent Co-working spaces yet?

2015-01-05 Thread Melissa Mesku
This article we recently published on New Worker Magazine is an overview of the coworking-with-childcare spaces (and their struggles) and includes the ones that are in development (like Ellie's Coworking in Seattle): http://newworker.co/mag/working-parents-coworking-with-childcare The spaces

Re: [Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

2015-01-05 Thread Alex Hillman
Hey Stacey, welcome to the discussion! :) Hit me up off list, I'll catch you up on what I've found so far and some leads that might be worth following. I agree that there's a ton of value in better understanding the patterns in the mistakes made and problems encountered. -Alex

[Coworking] Re: LExC: public webinar on How to do a JV with a landlord

2015-01-05 Thread Jamie Russo
Bumping this back to the top. We have three great panelists for Thursday on a topic that I think could make coworking a much more sustainable model for those open to alternatives to signing 5-10 year commercial leases. Each of the three panelists will share his/her unique experiences with

[Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

2015-01-05 Thread Stacy Kessler
Hey Alex and Others, Long time lurker, first time poster :) I started Platform 53 http://www.platform53.com/, a coworking space in Cincinnati, OH/Northern Kentucky this past September, so still really fresh, but have been doing research and pop-up coworking events around the region since 2012,