Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-05-17 Thread Theresa Hoskins
I pmed you on facebook with a better one On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:55:40 PM UTC-4, Kevin Haggerty wrote: > > > ther...@gmail.com > > *KEVIN HAGGERTY* > *OWNER/OPERATOR KR GRAPHIX * > *CO-OWNER COWORK GLOUCESTER VA * > > On Wed,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-05-17 Thread Kevin Haggerty
there...@gmail.com *KEVIN HAGGERTY* *OWNER/OPERATOR KR GRAPHIX * *CO-OWNER COWORK GLOUCESTER VA * On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Theresa Hoskins wrote: > > > On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 11:17:50 AM UTC-4, Kevin

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-05-17 Thread Theresa Hoskins
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 11:17:50 AM UTC-4, Kevin Haggerty wrote: > > Hi, Theresa! Just sent you an email. Nice to meet you! Hi Kevin, which email address did it go to? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-05-09 Thread Kevin Haggerty
Hi, Theresa! Just sent you an email. Nice to meet you! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-05-09 Thread Theresa Hoskins
> > HI Kevin, I live in Gloucester ,am part of the tech community, and have poor internet. It will be interesting to see how Gloucester adopts the new idea. I am looking forward to any new updates! -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-21 Thread Jeannine van der Linden
Hi, Kevin! I like joint ventures very well, I run a network of 6 spaces all but one of which are joint ventures of various types. The one I own so I never had any landlord problems with it. :-) I think they are a good way to do business when done well. You have been doing very well! Um,

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-20 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
and this little zinger from that blog post I just shared, "As the community manager, I had nothing left to give the people of Cothere. My usual zest for connection and energy to give and listen was tapped out. My arms, my heart, my brain, were overwhelmed by TRYING to figure out how hold a

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-20 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
"If you think this conversation is awkward now" and I will add, any awkwardness you are facing now will get 1,000x worse once money starts getting thrown around. Of COURSE this sounds like a great deal to the building owner. You are doing all the work and they get an updated building and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Alex Hillman
If you think this conversation is awkward nowhere's the kind of scenarios you need to think about: You're not growing your membership fast enough to satisfy them. They decide something needs to change. What options do they have that you might not want? What kind of conversations are you going

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Alex Hillman
This sounds super, super messy. Part of the reason Indy Hall has been around for a decade is because my #1 goal from the beginning was for the community to be self-sufficient in supporting the space it calls home. Can bad things happen? Of course, that's life, and we went through some of the

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Kevin Haggerty
Hey Alex, I just purchased your audiobook and plan to listen to it today. I'm excited about it! Here's the deal with my situation. I had been posting on FB for a while about coworking, when a person I've known for a few years messaged me and asked if we could meet. She and her husband (I've

Re: [Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Alex Hillman
*"I hate to say that because this movement is so about collaboration and sharing, but it's really important to spell out intentions and the numbers early on. I allowed myself to be in a situation where we kind of breezed past that, and now the situation is awkward."* Ouch. I feel ya.

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Kevin Haggerty
Erica, Thanks for responding and for sharing about your journey. I appreciate your support, and I'll be rooting for you too! A tidbit I'll share with you that ay or may not be helpful: I'm not sure if you plan to spearhead this yourself or if you have or are seeking partners. However, if your

[Coworking] Re: Update on Coworking in Gloucester, VA

2017-04-19 Thread Erica Adams
Hi Kevin, I'm where you started a little over a month ago. I'm just getting the cowork fever and am eager to follow your progress. I live in a Galveston, Texas -- a seaport town on a barrier Island with roughly 50,000 full time residents. We have a mostly older demographic, similar to Glo, but