Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Alex Hillman
I'll echo Tony a bit here - I'm a bit of a crowd funding hipster, given that we launched Indy Hall largely from membership prepayments but long before Kickstarter and the like existed ;) And I've seen lots of our members launch crowdfunding campaigns of different scales for their projects. Some

Re: [Coworking] Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?

2015-05-14 Thread Alex Hillman
The best option I found was a company that leases commercial trash compactors like the ones you see in malls airports. The really nice ones are quite nice - they even have sensors to adjust their compacting schedules based on usage and to alert via SMS or email that they need to be emptied soon!

Re: [Coworking] What do you recommend space size per person?

2015-05-14 Thread Jerome Chang
Please hire an architect or designer. These sizes depend upon furniture, usage, columns, windows, etc. Jerome On May 14, 2015, at 2:07 AM, Yaron Tal yaron@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am looking for recomendation about the space size per person. how many people can work at the office?

[Coworking] What do you recommend space size per person?

2015-05-14 Thread Yaron Tal
Hi, I am looking for recomendation about the space size per person. how many people can work at the office? what are the office size for: 1 person? 2 person 3 person 4 person 5 person 6 person 7 person 8 person thank Yaron -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You

[Coworking] Re: Fourth Friday Slackathons!

2015-05-14 Thread Harpreet Singh
Would love to get involved. We're located in Brampton, Ontario. harpreet @ lab-b.ca On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 12:59:00 PM UTC-5, Melissa Geissinger wrote: A while ago we set up a Slack team for coworking leadership - all the folks involved in owning and running a coworking

Re: [Coworking] Re: Fourth Friday Slackathons!

2015-05-14 Thread rachel young
Me too! Please add rac...@camaraderie.ca r. *rachel young*rac...@camaraderie.ca *We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor* *(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)* *Find us online:* Website/blog

Re: [Coworking] Re: Fourth Friday Slackathons!

2015-05-14 Thread Melissa Geissinger
ATTN All: We now have an open URL to sign yourself up so it doesn't have to go through an admin. Sign up here! http://bit.ly/coworking-slack Thx everyone 3 -- *Melissa Geissinger* President COO | WIMP LLC http://www.beawimp.org WIMPspace: Cowork • Colearn • Coexist

[Coworking] Re: Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Eric Lituchy
Karen, thanks for sharing! Can you tell me why getting the campaign is so time-consuming? It is wordsmithing, getting together photos, or something else? Are you producing a video? It seems straight forward, but I know from experience that things are usually harder than they seem. Eric On

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Eric Lituchy
Alex, great advice. The only reason the space will fail is if I don't to the prep work. So it's really up to me to do the legwork. The crowdfunding is purely just another way to market the idea. Besides talking to as many people as I can in this great cowork community, I am starting to

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Eric Lituchy
Tony - I was speaking to Robert at Bull City Coworking http://www.bullcitycoworking.com/ and he said I should be speaking to you. Thanks for your response. I grow up in Commack and have been in Port Washington for the last 10 years. What about yourself? I completely understand your position

[Coworking] Re: Anybody have a trash compactor in their kitchen?

2015-05-14 Thread Jeannine
Dying of curiosity how this came out. :-) Updates? On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 8:52:22 PM UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote: We've been looking for ways to improve the trash situation that's generated at Indy Hall - general waste is exacerbated by an active kitchen and lots of food events.