Re: [Coworking] CoWorking promoted on Group buying sites like Groupon

2011-01-14 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm immediately concerned by the exact two items you listed as cons. For reference, every time we've grown quickly, we've had trouble. From minor things like poor community integration, to major things like theft. Personally, slow and steady growth from member-driven word of mouth has brought us

Re: [Coworking] CoWorking promoted on Group buying sites like Groupon

2011-01-14 Thread Jerome Chang
I'd suggest your meeting room(s), or drop-ins. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work FOR yourself, not BY yourself www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jan 14, 2011, at 6:45 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: I'm immediately

Re: [Coworking] CoWorking promoted on Group buying sites like Groupon

2011-01-14 Thread Tara Hunt
Yeah. Never cheapen memberships. Story about that, actually... At one point while hoping to attract more people the Citizen Space early on, we decided to offer a Citizen Lite membership where a person wouldn't get a desk, but would get a key and it was almost 1/2 the price of having a desk.

Re: [Coworking] CoWorking promoted on Group buying sites like Groupon

2011-01-14 Thread Alex Hillman
Meeting rooms are a great idea. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.comwrote: I'd suggest your meeting room(s), or drop-ins. Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work FOR yourself, not BY yourself

[Coworking] CoWorking promoted on Group buying sites like Groupon

2011-01-13 Thread CoWorkative
With the popularity of group buying coupon sites like Groupon, has anyone considered promoting their space on them? Well, we were curious about what results we would get and in an effort to get the word out about our new space, CoWorkative... .., we had contacted Swarm Jam ( a local group buying