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On Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 10:22:46 AM UTC-7, Marcos Schwartz wrote: > > We are located at Curitiba. It is a city with 2MM inhabitants, 400 km from > Sao Paulo, Brazil. > > On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 2:02:47 PM UTC-3, Chris Cooley wrote: >> >> Marcos, where are you located? I'm finding a very different mentality / >> approach to this between countries... >> >> Also, check out what The Commons has done in Wisconsin. It's not a >> coworking space but they use a unique blend of industry, 24+ universities >> and coworking models (utilizing spaces) to generate a benefits that have >> become highly successful (and financial viable) for all... >> >> http://www.thecommonswi.com >> >> >> On Aug 20, 2017 12:30 PM, "Marcos Schwartz" <mschwa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Actually, they are planning to open a coworking space inside the campus >>> and I am looking for examples in other countries to offer a different >>> perspective if they build a partnership with an actual space. I have a >>> coworking space and was wondering how a partnership with them could be >>> complimentary to my community and the other way around too. >>> There is another University here that did the same, but they have barely >>> empty spaces without a soul with few teams incubated. They called that >>> coworking...:( >>> >>> On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 11:25:36 AM UTC-3, >>> ch...@thecoworkconsultant.com wrote: >>>> >>>> This is a super conversation! >>>> >>>> I have worked on a couple of projects that involved interaction and >>>> partnerships with universities. It's a tough but to crack because many of >>>> them believe they have everything they need for their students on campuses >>>> (in many cases they do!)...also, why would they want students to leave >>>> campus to utilize an outside coworking space (students spend alot off >>>> money >>>> on campus!). Remember, these universities are businesses so unless you >>>> give >>>> them a good financial reason to create or partner with coworking...they >>>> won't see the benefits. >>>> >>>> I wanted to understand this conversation from a students' perspective >>>> and below is a link to what I found when I interviewed a grad student who >>>> utilized one of the spaces I co-founded... >>>> >>>> http://thecoworkconsultant.com/college-students-think-coworking/ >>>> >>>> He actually didn't find enough variety in the interactions he had with >>>> other students at the University. Very interesting stuff! >>>> >>>> I second the idea about collaborating with industries and having >>>> coworking spaces act as a hub to partner with universities (I've seen this >>>> before VERY successful). Regardless, be create when you approach higher >>>> education but ALWAYS focus on the business aspect...they are making money, >>>> alot of it, and are built in that. >>>> >>>> If anyone is interested in connecting more about this please send me an >>>> email (ch...@thecoworkconsultant.com) and we can set up a time to >>>> chat. I'm happy to share my experience in all this:) >>>> >>>> Btw, are all of you in this thread operating, managing and creating >>>> co-working spaces? >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/coworking/laIKNKOjqNY/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> coworking+...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
