>> - How would you sample the market to determine whether coworking >> for a >> specific area would work?
Start traveling around the local community. Here in Kansas City, MO, it took a year of networking for a group to find enough interest to lease their space. For about a good 6 months, the members would meet at a coffee house to get progress update while paying a monthly membership fee to build the groups bank account. Meetup.com is a great place to find local users group. I know the space in Austin used a Facebook group to gauge interest. Last December, a survey was sent out to the programmer community to mine interest such as location and price. Best of luck - Steven On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Eric Marden wrote: > > >> - How would you sample the market to determine whether coworking >> for a >> specific area would work? > > > Get out in your community and start talking about coworking. User > Groups, BarCamps, etc are good places to start. And also start talking > to the folks you see at the coffee shops about what what they like and > don't like about their current work environment and generally > evangelize coworking as a concept and a community call to action. > Check out this cheat sheet to get you jump started: > http://imouttaherethebook.com/cheat-sheets/coworking-community.pdf > > Once you get the community engaged in the idea, you can use that > support to start to put the wheels in motion to find space and make it > a reality. But start with the community first and get them to > galvanize around you and the idea of coworking, and use that to spring > board you forward. > > > > > - Eric Marden > > CoLab Orlando > 37 N. Orange Ave, #617 > Downtown Orlando > http://colaborlando.com > > > > > > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm very interested in Co-working. Growing tired of hunting for a >> spot >> at Borders, B&N, and Starbucks. Public Libraries are pretty cool, but >> restrict key Internet Protocols (e.g. IMAP). >> >> I'm a MBA candidate, software/iphone developer, IT manager by >> profession and all around good guy. I'm interested in coworking in CT >> and NJ. I'd probably prefer Northern NJ for a start. My number one >> question would be: >> >> - How would you sample the market to determine whether coworking >> for a >> specific area would work? >> >> Other than that, I'm pretty excited about the idea. The problem with >> typical wi-fi access points (bookstores, cafes, etc). Largely, >> uninteresting people, overly loud cell phone conversations, security, >> and they aren't open at 2:00am when I'm often inspired to do so down >> and dirty coding. Would love to start something soon, would love to >> learn more about how to cover expense (rent, surveillance, 24hour >> access, wifi access, expresso machine, janitorial services, etc) >> >> I suspect lots of volunteers are available to do things like tech >> support, etc. Would love to here from people who are just starting >> out... >> >> Thanks, glad to be here! >> >> Ainsley >> [email protected] >> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
