[Coworking] Coworking in Petaluma CA

2011-10-18 Thread Kate@CO2
Hello all! I've been poking around here for the last couple months, and finally joined and am staking my ground, as it were. I have done some preliminary research on the coworking market in the Bay Area, and find that while there are a lot of lovely spaces in San Fran and the East Bay, there is no

Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Petaluma CA

2011-10-18 Thread Alex Hillman
Hi Kate! This post might be helpful for you to find the balance between business and community: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Kate@CO2 wrote: > Hello all! I've been p

Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Petaluma CA

2011-10-19 Thread Hillary Hartley
While doing your due diligence, be sure to read everything you can find about SoCoDepot – formerly of Penngrove, CA. Anthony Tusler is a great resource and a font of info re. coworking and the north bay. He may just have been ahead of the times, but definitely worth reading his thoughts on why

Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Petaluma CA

2011-10-19 Thread Hillary Hartley
Another North Bay space that had to close: bzhive in San Rafael. I think coworking in the north bay/suburbs could work, but I'm pretty sure the typical membership model would need to be tweaked. My gut tells me that you'd rely much more on drop-in members than 5-days-a-week desk renters. People

Re: [Coworking] Coworking in Petaluma CA

2011-10-20 Thread Shenoa Lawrence
I'm not super familiar with the backstory behind SoCoDepot (or bzhive) other than the info on the wiki. I can say that having lived in Sonoma County, I would guess that the correct implementation of a coworking group has enormous potential. Walk into the back room at Aroma Roasters in Santa Ro