hi,
competition is part of every business venture. shared offices are still competitors to coworking spaces, as are hackerspaces, executive suites, and cafes with large tables. they all have people working in them that could potentially just as easily work in your space. other coworking facilities are our competitors too, and as the movement grows, there will be more of a demand for it in each region. our toronto location isn't even open yet, and trevor is already starting efforts to open a space in mississauga. technically he'll be competition because he could take a few bodies away from our coworking space. as for corporations bleeding the coworking model with their own business model, i remember an article from about a year ago about how it could be viable to have fedex/kinko's offer coworking space. be it a copy shop or a coffee shop, i think there is always the possibility that someone will try to do something that others are doing well. r. On Mar 19, 2:54 pm, John Proffitt <[email protected]> wrote: > [1] Are you concerned about copycat corporate businesses popping up? > [2] Has this already started happening in some areas? > [3] Could a "corporate" version of coworking even survive? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
