Jerome, We've yet to see that come around, and I've thought about introducing something whereby if you can get to the dart station, maybe we'll come pick you up. I'm headed to a meeting about just these topics.
And yeah, I'm also working on the friend angle. Thanks for the thoughts. Matthew On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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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