I'm confused...Benjamin goes to such great lengths to say that Grind
isn't a coworking space because it's not "an incubator or an
accelerator" and that the "chairs, the tables, the real-estate,
renting a seat or a desk are secondary to constructing a strong
community." That sounds EXACTLY like true
Beth,
As someone who also has distanced themselves from "coworking" I can
sympathize. Coworking as a fad has become largely about space owners
trying to make money running their "coworking business" and/or propagating
corporations are evil and freelancer nation will rule the world. All of
these
Is making a profit for a business necessarily bad for the coworking community?
Coworking has brought about great ways to collaborate, and to create community.
Those kinds of intangible ideals will obviously manifest in many different
ways. I don't think there is one "true" coworking, nor two or
Making profit is not bad. However, when it is the primary motivator for a
space owner it certainly increases the friction in building community. I
would say that its a directly proportional connection. The more important
profit is to the space owner the more difficult it is for them to build
rea
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> *So while many spaces sound like "true" coworking, they are still the
> minority. What can we do to fix this?*
We fix this by not thinking of coworking as a static thing that needs
defending but by focusing on the deeper, more meaningful concept that is
driving coworking.
If you think of co
FaceBook has profit as a primary motivator and they have plenty of community.
I think profit and community can go hand-in-hand. Building a good community
requires resources - there is no free lunch.
Believing that profit prevents authenticity would similarly accuse "wealthy"
people of lacking a
Thank you thank you thank you, Tony. So well said, and rings true for me in
many ways.
This connects quite well to the fact that I always try to steer people away
from describing coworking as a "service" to be provided to folks. A service
implies simplicity, a start and a finish, and the relations
To add: I don't think that what coworking is has much to do with the
profitability or lack thereof of a space. Making a living is important, and
creating a business that can survive and thrive is important, but there are
so many ways to skin that cat that I don't think it's worth bickering about
wh
Wow Derek, way to get right to the heart of the matter!
I think the "profit" conversation that comes up quite a bit is a little too
simplistic. As someone who's part of a strong, profitable coworking
community I often find the "corporate vs hippy" debate confusing. Derek's
point about priorities
Hey Jacob,
Your comment on "corporate vs hippy" brings me to a conversation I had earlier
today at jelly. A guy I met said that coworking spaces designed in a more
corporate style were not in line with what true coworking is all about.
Coming from the architectural and design world, we have be
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