Whew! It's not easy, but then it's not that hard either. It takes work
and bodies. If you're not great at marketing, then it wouldn't hurt to
find some coworkingish people, either in CollabLab or out, to help. We
opened with ten, which was our target number. Since we've been up and
down. Right now
Hi Mike,
Well I am currently setting up a coworking space in the Champaign-
Urbana area (college town, so slightly different market to yours) and
while we haven't opened yet, we have arranged for a Freelancing Meetup
to be hosted at our space (we got the keys to the space today and the
lease star
Mike,
So many great ideas out there for you - this is such a great forum.
I notice that you're in Phoenix, so I've copied the link to the
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Events page:
http://phoenixazcoc.weblinkconnect.com/cwt/External/WCPages2/WCEvents/EventsCalStartPage.aspx?OE=True
It may be of b
Hi,
Alex, David and Brian jumped in first and they are all correct, embed
yourself in as many communities as you can and don't pitch. Even
before you follow their advice though, I'd say DON"T call it marketing
and don't see it as marketing. You are meeting people and communities
to make yourself
Hi Mike,
I can completely empathize! We were exactly where you are a month ago! We
still have a long way to go, but I will offer a few lessons that i have very
recently learned!
We know that coworking is cool. THEY DON'T! Most of them don't even know how
to spell it! Much less "why should i pay to
A couple of friends and I started a monthly weekend intensive
web/entreprenuerial workshop we're calling "Stirfry Startups."
We're getting a lot done: http://stirfrystartups.com/
Not really ready to "public" yet, but it's very organic, so
why not?
I'm not sure if my neighborhood will support a co
Thank you everyone for your most valuable input! I definitely have my
work cut out for me...
-Mike
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Thanks for the shout-out about my Free Agent Jungle project, Brian.
Mike/CollabLab: I am interested in collaborating with people in cities
beyond Boston about hosting Free Agent Jungle events. If you (or
anyone else) is interested in talking about this, let me know.
The Boston lunch happens once
Hi Mike,
I'm from Pto de Contato, a coworking space in São Paulo - Brazil, and we
started with our first clients in November. The best thing, better than any
marketing you can do (and I'm from the marketing area myself!), is getting
the word out through the people. Word of mouth is the best advert
Hi Mike, where is CollabLab based? I might be able to tap into my personal
network to get you speakers/presenters depending on where you are located.
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM, turbo2ltr wrote:
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> CollabLab is open, we had our grand opening on wednesday. Two people
> showed up, which i
Mike,
Before betahouse came into existence, we had been socializing the
Coworking idea in our community of web entrepreneurs. We went to every
meetup and local event where potential coworkers could be found, and
told everyone we met about what we were doing. Many of the people who
joined us hear
Along with Alex's great advice, start building your own social
circle. Whether it overlaps directly with collablab or not, your ability
to connect with people will help you build collablab as well.
This can be as simple as inviting a few people over for potluck
dinner once a month, which everyo
Mike,
Why not go to where the people are first instead of insisting that they come
to you?
Go out into the field, find people at their own events, user groups,
meetups, happy hours...and make use of that opportunity to make connections
with potential users. *Find out what they do first*. Where th
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