+1 to Trevor and Susan. Coworking is something that works well for people
looking for a collaborative environment. I don't think an incubator space
is the right fit once they want to build their own culture though. At that
point companies should be looking to lease their own office space.
Just posted a response. What she describes is our biggest fear - a frat house
with lots of rules about what NOT TO DO.
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Out in the New York Times (h/t to Steve King
http://www.twitter.com/smallbizlabs - I caught the article via his
Twitter Feed):
http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/why-i-ditched-my-co-working-space/
There is so much I could say about this article, but I'll just start with
saying how useful I
Sounds to me like this is not the kind of guy who should be in a coworking
space.
I used to get these kinds of guys all the time at the space I used to run
and I would always re-direct them to local tech incubators. Not that
they're any less noisy or chaotic...
It sounds like what he needed was a
I think that she (not he - worth noting!) pinpoints a lot of elements that
are worth taking note of. Over the years I've noticed that members come to
coworking spaces not to be sold things, but usually to fulfill more
emotional needs. I heard a lot of that frustration in Rebekah's article,
and
The way that I read the article wasn't that it was impossible to build a
culture, but that the existing culture of the space made it impossible for the
author to build the culture she wanted for her company inside the existing
culture of the space. That sort of problem is actually a better
i found the comment that she wanted to build her own company culture,
versus joining the overall culture of the coworking space, very
interesting. in that case, yes, it's a delicate balance between being part
of the pack and having room to find out one's own values...
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:21
Great point, Trevor. If you're looking to build your own culture instead
of contribute to the culture of the space, than coworking probably isn't
for you.
The creation and ever-changing nature of a culture in this instance is
super complex. I wonder if they felt as though they couldn't contribute
+1 to everything Susan said.
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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Susan Dorsch su...@officenomads.com wrote:
I think that she (not he - worth noting!) pinpoints a lot of elements that
are worth taking note of. Over the years I've noticed that
First, we were presented with a raft of sponsors and their offerings. First?
The sponsored fun, shots, pizza and massage felt like a try-hard bait and
switch sell for sponsors VCs. No harm having sponsors and partners, but to
pitch it first as part of the introduction seems un-coworkingly.
Misread the name. Sorry for the gender slip.
And to Trevor's point about contributing to the culture of the space
instead of trying to build a culture inside a culture - spot on, mate.
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