Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-15 Thread Eric Lituchy
Tony, I spent many Saturday's at Vet's Lanes (I believe it's the same one, as there was another one further West). Here's a throwback https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/eb/b8/60/ebb8602cb22da651eb065d3abf5d8674.jpg . I'll try to get into the city next week and will let you know when.

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-15 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
Eric, awesome! I'm glad to hear there's a growing base of support behind what you're aiming for. Keep it rolling! I grew up in Greenlawn and frequented the old Commack Bowl on Jericho Turnpike back in my teenage days. Small world! I'd be glad to grab a coffee at some point; let me know next time

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Alex Hillman
I'll echo Tony a bit here - I'm a bit of a crowd funding hipster, given that we launched Indy Hall largely from membership prepayments but long before Kickstarter and the like existed ;) And I've seen lots of our members launch crowdfunding campaigns of different scales for their projects. Some

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Eric Lituchy
Alex, great advice. The only reason the space will fail is if I don't to the prep work. So it's really up to me to do the legwork. The crowdfunding is purely just another way to market the idea. Besides talking to as many people as I can in this great cowork community, I am starting to

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-14 Thread Eric Lituchy
Tony - I was speaking to Robert at Bull City Coworking http://www.bullcitycoworking.com/ and he said I should be speaking to you. Thanks for your response. I grow up in Commack and have been in Port Washington for the last 10 years. What about yourself? I completely understand your position

Re: [Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-13 Thread Tony Bacigalupo
Eric, fellow Long Island native here! Where do you hail from? We successfully crowdfunded New Work City's expansion in 2010 and ever since I've been largely trying to sway people against doing it until absolutely necessary. The reason is this: almost everyone who contributed to our campaign was

[Coworking] Crowdfunding a new Cowork Space

2015-05-12 Thread Eric Lituchy
I am new to the Cowork world and find this group to be an amazing resource. Thanks in advance! In July, I am opening a coworking space on Long Island. I am currently working on building the community and already have 6 people onboard. I thought of raising some capital from friends and