You might want to check www.the-hub.net They have 3rd office type spaces for social entrepreneurs. One of them is in Sao Paolo. The others are in London, Bristol (coming later this year - in a converted watermill), Mumbai, Rotterdam (just opened - although officially opens in June I am meeting the guys who set that up on Thursday), Berlin and Johanesberg. There are another 10 countries who are working through the feasibility process to become Hubs also. Membership entitles you to work in any of them. I have the full documentation on their appraoch to partnerships and overall philosophy. is there a way to upload files to the wiki? If not then will send it to any inetrested parties...... Or post a precis on the wiki......
I have a meeting with the founding partner of The Hub the week after next: would be intrested to hear what people think of their appraoch and how it fits within the coworking community. I am also working toward a London Jelly, much of the Amit Gupta pioneered style. If you are in London or on your way to London then you would be more than welcome at my place as of now - just get in touch. An official page with more infomration will go up soon on the coworking site. It's going to be a couple of months still before I have the place here as I would like it. Once sorted the London Jelly should be able to welcome 5 or so people on at least a day a week...... Richard and any of the others who have been posting about London coworking, I am completely there for the next meeting. In fact I would be more than happy to host the next meeting at my place (near Angel) if you wish......... We could all meet at The Hub (just up the road from me) and check their space out and then come back to mine for waffle, plans and beers...... Joey On Apr 30, 1:36 am, "Chris Messina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, make sure that you add yourself to the Coworking Wiki as > interested in CoworkingSaoPaulo: > > http://wiki.coworking.info > > Welcome to the group! > > Chris > > On 4/27/07, Tara Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello Renato! > > > This is totally cool...I've been wanting to go to Brazil. You are creating > > another excuse for Chris and I! :) > > > Answers-ish: > > > > the question is: i haven't found this info, but could anyone tell me > > > if somebody's already got a sponsorship for the project in any city, > > > or some kind of support of some coffee-shop owner? > > > 1. The group in Paris (Silicon Sentier) is building their coworking space > > with the support of the municipal government and a large corporation's > > innovative division > > > You may want to contact them directly: louis at af83 dot com may be able to > > help you out. > > > 2. In SF, we started our project talking to a coffee-shop owner (ritual > > roasters) who was totally supportive of us opening a place next door. She > > wanted to support the local indie tech community, but couldn't afford the > > power bills and the fact that people would come in, buy one coffee and > > muffin and sit in her shop for 8 hours. This way, they could buy their food > > and coffee, then come next door to work, freeing up space in her shop for > > more coffee lovers. Unfortunately, the guy who owned the repair shop next > > door wasn't willing to budge. :( Fortunately, we just found an affordable > > (2) space(s) and bankrolled it all ourselves without much overhead. > > > and, I mean, is > > > that the idea? or people who wants to co-work are sharing the costs > > > for their own? > > > Depends on your situation. I'm sure others will pipe in here with their > > stories. > > > second question: > > > > is the co-work project also some kind of 'collaborative co-creative > > > network': I mean, you 'get there', and join somebody who you don't > > > know to work 'bout something which is already going on? > > > That's the goal someday. We already do this 'loosely', but nothing > > formalized. Citizen Agency (our company) is working on something right now > > that will network the spaces, provide information for emerging spaces (and, > > hopefully resources) and then a network for everyone to connect in this way. > > In that way, a ruby developer can post skills and availability so that when > > someone else needs a ruby developer, they can find one another. But that is > > a few months away at least. For now, that happens on this list informally. > > > Or just a > > > place to work alone, along with some other people, working on their > > > own? > > > I think, generally, more of this happens. In our space, anyway...the > > collaboration takes place ad hocly and as needed. > > > did I make myself clear? can anyone help me on this stuff? > > > > thx! > > > > ;) > > > Renato Lacastagneratte > > > > PS: third question: is there already anyone from Brazil in this group? > > > let's talk! > > > Tara > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > Tara > > ----------------------- > > tara 'miss rogue' hunt > > co-founder & CMO > > Citizen Agency (www.citizenagency.com) > > blog:www.horsepigcow.com > > phone: 415-694-1951 > > fax: 415-727-5335 > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen Provocateur & > Open Source Ambassador-at-Large > Work:http://citizenagency.com > Blog:http://factoryjoe.com/blog > Cell: 412 225-1051 > Skype: factoryjoe > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
