Re: [Coworking] Poker Night and other events. How to monetize this?

2015-02-03 Thread NODO Cowork
Yes, one of the big problemas is that this city is divided in two. The north and the center. In the center there are a lot of turists and the local people from the north that can pay for the space don´t like to come down. So I hade to choices a) move of space but this was a lot of money or b)

[Coworking] Re: Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw

2015-02-03 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
Thanks Glen! On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 1:26:59 PM UTC-7, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool > that will help. > > >- I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2 >resources (rooms) for

Re: [Coworking] Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw

2015-02-03 Thread Glen Ferguson
I was just looking at tools for meeting room scheduling, although for a different use case. Try youcanbook.me or acuity scheduling.com Group messaging: there's a mobile app called GroupMe and there's Gather by MailChimp that uses SMS (https://gather.mailchimpapp.com) Hope to see you at SXSW. ---

[Coworking] Need recs for a scheduling app for sxsw

2015-02-03 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
Hi! I'm coordinating a specialized venue at sxsw and I need an app or a tool that will help. - I need multiple people (25 or so) to be able to see and schedule 2 resources (rooms) for appointments. - I need to be able to send the entire group notifications about special things tha

[Coworking] How would you take advantage of this?

2015-02-03 Thread Glen Ferguson
I have either a great opportunity or a terrible threat coming my way. I see it as an opportunity, and I want to get ideas from you to see how you'd take advantage of this situation. Quick background set up: We're located in a 70,000 person city and in the main part of the historic district downtow

Re: [Coworking] Abridged summary of coworking@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 5 topics

2015-02-03 Thread Alex Hillman
I just re-read to see if I could connect the dots, and saw the note about chemo. Oh no. :(  Sending you good vibes! -Alex -- The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.c

Re: [Coworking] Three Case Studies on Joint Ventures with Landlords

2015-02-03 Thread Loren Tripp
Thank you Jerome, this is really helpful! I've run a few versions of a P&L with a 50/50, 30/70 and other scenarios that work (or don't) and I have enlisted a commercial agent and attorney to keep me tethered to reality. Now I have to put a pitch together and see what happens. In the mean tim

Re: [Coworking] Abridged summary of coworking@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 5 topics

2015-02-03 Thread Becky H Smith, Ed.D.
We have a coworking space in beautiful Bozeman, MT, great air service, and lots of independent professionals, a large tech community because of Oracle who bought out RightNow Technologies...Greg, the former CEO is my neighbor. We have 12 pods, a large great room with tables, a private office, a co

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-03 Thread M.E. Ralph
Wow! I can't believe how eerily similar our stories are! I'm going into my third year now and my biggest challenge has been educating my community on what coworking is and how it can benefit them. The town I live in is about 32,000 in population with a strong history in the mining industry. Ther