Re: [Coworking] Best advice to keep/get coworking space to full capcity

2016-06-06 Thread James Gifford
An important question to ask is "what is the benefit that people get from coworking?", and then sell *that*. Coworking by itself doesn't sell. Example: A big part of what we've done in a "sales" position at LaunchHouse is organize events that are of interest to the type of people we want in our sp

Re: [Coworking] How to manage Internet Bandwidth Usage for Power Users

2016-07-15 Thread James Gifford
What i’ve done (similar scenario) is to politely ask the people who are video editing to do it after peak hours, or over lunch. They’ve all been super nice and understanding, and complaints more or less stopped. The other thing you can do (I believe) is bandwidth limit specific users in the Uni

Re: [Coworking] What Makes Coworking Spaces Different From Shared Offices?

2016-08-09 Thread James Gifford
> To me it is the community what makes a coworking space special. And the > coworking community stands and falls with the spirit of the hosts. Based on > my experiences I recommend to build a mixed coworker culture - including some > startups. I like to think of it as a coworking family - some

Re: [Coworking] Opening Our Doors in the Fall!

2016-08-09 Thread James Gifford
Hiya Michelle! I can’t second what Tony said here enough. I was at a coworking space in Philadelphia (IndyHall) last week, and I noticed that they have 3 rules: Take care of yourself, each other and this space. (They’ve even got a cool artwork for it!) The space is last o