Hi Matt. I used to live in Dallas. You're pretty near that large DART and bus station at the NE corner of Arapaho and 75 - have you seen any benefit to that proximity?
L.A. is just as spread out as Dallas, although definitely more dense in more areas to the point that parking is an issue, unlike Dallas. There have been great comments on this topic already, so I'll keep mine brief: have you tried to enlist your friends/colleagues to camp out there for free? Sometimes, crowds bring in more crowds, then siphon off the freebies and replace with paying residents. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Matt Titsworth wrote: > > Alex, > > Thanks for the vid and blog. That is exactly the kind of thing I was > looking for. Wish I'd have found it ahead of time so as to keep from > presenting the same problem here over and over again. I'm going to go > sit down and run through these things, then if the list doesn't mind, > share them back here for some feedback. > > Tara, > > It was less a matter of that than it was having a whole bunch of extra > space. The company I work for which owns Company|Dallas has had this > space sitting vacant for a year, sucking away money in rent and > utilities. We tried again and again to get it leased out, but with the > impending economic downturn, nothing ever came through. About two > months ago we had the idea to turn it into a coworking space. I guess > though, you might be able to say that, as we didn't make sure to go > ahead and get commitments ahead of time. > > Part of it is also a problem that I think Dallas faces is that it is > so spread out. I've been all over just the Dallas area (And Dallas is > only half of the larger DFW area) and while I've met TONS of people > who would be interested, a big stop gap seems to be that it would be > out of the way and inconvenient (Tony, I think this gets to one of > your points mentioned). This is not just something that I face, but > that the other folks trying to get coworking started here have as > well. I guess then that tells me that I need to hump it less all over > Dallas, and get more centralized to the things going on really > locally. As far as getting people invested love-wise, the two resident > members we do have are getting there, if not so already. I guess > another thing for me to do is talk with them and get their input, let > them take some ownership to make the space better and whatnot. > > Thanks once again everybody for the thoughts on these things. > > Matthew > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Alex Hillman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've updated our "IndyHall 201" series with a post about this topic: >> http://www.indyhall.org/blog/category/indyhall-201/ >> If you haven't already watched, Geoff and I talk a lot about these >> topics in >> our FAQ videos as well: >> http://www.indyhall.org/blog/category/movies/ >> -Alex, IndyHall >> -- >> ----- >> -- >> ----- >> Alex Hillman >> im always developing something >> digital: [email protected] >> helpful: www.unstick.me >> visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com >> local: www.indyhall.org >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Mike Pihlman <[email protected] >> > >> wrote: >>> >>> Ah...I opened May 1 and I mostly sit empty doing my blogs. I have >>> a 6th >>> grader I'm tutoring, her Dad works for that hour a couple times a >>> week. >>> >>> BUT, the good news....I had TWO calls yesterday out of the blue. >>> One >>> will start using the place next week, and the other said he would be >>> using it as well (we will see..). >>> >>> So maybe all it takes is time....reading some of the comments here >>> and >>> watching some of the videos...we are not alone. The concept is >>> great, I >>> know out here in commuter heaven, it is also very new. I am >>> networking >>> and a lot of the business folks out here are really helping spread >>> the >>> word. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> Matt Titsworth wrote: >>>> So it's been almost two weeks since our launch. Buzz was good, >>>> and we >>>> had a great turn out. Since then, everything has pretty well fallen >>>> off. I don't know what I need to do to keep people coming back >>>> through >>>> the door. I've been hitting the pavement and getting our name out >>>> there - even finding out that people already knew about us. I just >>>> don't seem to know what to do to get them in. Our events have gone >>>> over well, everything about the reception has been positive. But >>>> day >>>> after day I spend sitting over here in an empty space. >>>> >>>> Anybody have any thoughts? >>>> >>>> Matthew >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mike Pihlman >>> TracyVirtualOffice >>> "A Coworking Community" >>> 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 >>> Tracy, CA 95376 >>> Mobile: 209-608-4340 >>> Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com >>> ooVoo: tracyvirtualoffice >>> Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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