Re: [Coworking] understanding the coworking customers

2014-05-13 Thread Katherine Warman Kern
thanks alex. really good advice. Jim spent over an hour in the space and in addition to taking the time to understand what we are doing - catering to the independent professional rather than the startup gov't funded incubator like the Stamford Innovation Center in the neighborhood - and talki

Re: [Coworking] understanding the coworking customers

2014-05-12 Thread Alex Hillman
This is very cool, Katherine! It sounds like you're somewhere between relief (somebody is finally listening!) and panic (omg what if this is our only shot?!). A few things to keep in mind: * Don't mistake the quickness of their meeting scheduling with their quickness in...well, in any other capa

Re: [Coworking] understanding the coworking customers

2014-05-12 Thread Katherine Warman Kern
very good insight about SME's Thanks -- 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 to coworking+unsu

Re: [Coworking] understanding the coworking customers

2014-05-11 Thread Chad Ballantyne
We're in Canada, so we may not be able to participate, but we're definitely interested in a study. We've been interfacing with local, regional and provincial leaders consulting of how the service based companies or SME (Small, medium sized Enterprises) community is the true economic engine for

[Coworking] understanding the coworking customers

2014-05-11 Thread Katherine Warman Kern
Hi, I'm writing because I am the dog who caught the car. I need help. Recently, I met with the economic development staff person for our congressman, Jim Himes. We had a long talk about why our focus is on the Independent Creative Professional community rather than being a start up incubator