[Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-03 Thread M.E. Ralph
Wow! I can't believe how eerily similar our stories are! I'm going into my third year now and my biggest challenge has been educating my community on what coworking is and how it can benefit them. The town I live in is about 32,000 in population with a strong history in the mining industry. Ther

[Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-04 Thread Massimo Infunti
Hi, We have opened a coworking in a small city in Noth West of Italy (www.ubloom.it). Same experience: a lot of people say they find it interesting, but in six months we have achieved to have very few members (some 20) and occasional users... Do you think it's a matter of novelty? Or it's really

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-04 Thread Cédric
Hi, We are about to open a coworking space in a small town in Belgium. +/- 30,000 inhabitants, but the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg is just 30min drive from here. Our space isn’t open yet, and luckily enough the city council gave us a place for free for two years. Our problem is that we need 5000€ t

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-05 Thread M.E. Ralph
Cedric, I own and operate a coworking space in a town of about 32,000. I have tried using crowd funding (3 times) for different projects and none of those efforts were successful. It was hard to say whether it was because they didn't know what they were funding (coworking is a new concept here) or

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-05 Thread Mike Pihlman
Interestingly, it was thru AltamontCowork that I met the local Director of the SBDC, and, now, I am the Tracy, CA consultant for SBDC. :-) With the connections I made thru AltamontCowork, I have tons of local contacts to help the new small business owner succeed. Coworking rocks! Mike On Thu F

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-09 Thread Cédric
Maria, Thanks for your answer. We still have 14 days left to complete our goal, and we have 40% of the goal as of today. We are still waiting for the local television to broadcast the reporting they did about us. And within the next few days, we have two meeting with two potential (quite big) spo

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in a Small Town

2015-02-09 Thread M.E. Ralph
Cedric, It sounds like you are off to a good start. I hope you meet your goal. I guess we just have to keep chipping away it. At some point, the concept will "stick" in people's minds. Best wishes! Maria On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Cédric wrote: > Maria, > > Thanks for your answer. > > We s