I've been following this group for several weeks now and find the thoughts and
insights extremely valuable.
I've been exploring opening a Coworking space in an under served (no existing
coworking), yet notoriously creative and entrepreneurial neighborhood in my
city. I have a great space in
Other than sharing a space - what's the purpose behind your aspiring
coworking community? Who do you want to be? What do you want to accomplish?
What problems do you want to solve? What's the big picture? If THAT is
what you're building community around instead of the space, you're far more
likely
Hi Peter,
I'm another voice in Alex's chorus. You mentioned you're not in a
freelancing or creative occupation. Does that mean you're going to the
office (or on the road) and not able to be there build a community through
jellies or other means? That was my hurdle, and it's been a tough one to
I certainly pitch the community first angle quite often and always lead
with it. It has enormous advantages because many of the difficult and
elusive elements work themselves out through the process of gathering
people. But it's not the only way and it's important to keep that in mind.
We tried
I have to confess that I too had essentially opened my space empty on day one.
Then again, this was circa early 2008, not 2013 when there's nearly 800
coworking spaces and hundreds of press articles already published.
My strategy has therefore always, at the end of the day, strived for someone
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