Hi Elizabeth, When I first started researching coworking way back when, I was thinking that a feasibility/market study was necessary-- to determine not just if there were enough people, but in what part of the city such a space would be best situated.
But honestly, I don't know how one goes about conducting a formal feasibility study. What I did figure out was how to connect with the people in the area and informally determine where and what the needs were. It sounds like you know your town and its makeup pretty well-- are you in personal correspondence with many of those NYC-expat independents? If you hosted a Jelly, could you put the word out to a few folks and ask them to do the same? Going that route should, relatively quickly and certainly inexpensively, get you not only some very valuable information about the feasibility of a coworking community/space, but people to help too. PS: What town are you in? If you open a space, can us New Yorkers come down in the summer and have a coworking beach party? :-D Best, Tony Bacigalupo New Work City On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Elizabeth Trever Buchinger < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Has anyone out there started their project with an informal > feasibility study? Even some kind of questionnaire or informal > personal research? I'm in a small town with unique demographics. It's > a major summertime destination, and lots of folks have second homes > here. But the core population includes a surprising number of > freelancers and creative people who have left the NYC area and moved > up here to start families, etc. > > I've been talking up the idea of coworking, and people have been very > positive. But I'm looking for suggestions on how to go about getting a > better sense of whether anyone would actually participate, as well as > how many people might be interested. > > Has anyone out there been successful at collecting that type of research? > > ~Elizabeth > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
