Howdy Lauren, I'm one of the folks helping to run Company|Dallas over in Richardson, and I have to say how delighted I am to hear about somebody wanting to get a coworking spot going over in Fort Worth. I've run into a number of people from that area who are interested in the idea. Feel free to drop me a line about the specifics of coworking in DFW. I'd add to what Tony has said above, but right now those are exactly the things we're working on to get ourselves up to snuff.
All the best, Matthew http://www.companydallas.com [email protected] http://www.twitter.com/companydallas On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Tony Bacigalupo<[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Lauren! > Some Cliff's notes of advice: > - Start one person at a time > - Focus on people and community needs first, not space > - Use a cafe or a house or otherwise free space as a staging area for your > community > - Consider starting a Jelly (http://workatjelly.com) > - Hook up with as many other DFW-area communities as you can, including some > folks who are already doing coworking there. > - Be extra open and transparent in all that you do. Share photos, blog > posts, tweets, and talk about what's good and what's hard. Engage people and > get them involved. > - Empower the would-be members of you community to take an active role in > helping grow the community. You'll have more committed members and a lot > more help :) > - Read the messages in this group! > Best of luck and keep us posted! > > Cheers, > Tony > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > New Work City - Coworking NYC style. > Phone: (888) 823-3494 > Email: [email protected] > Web: http://nwcny.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM, laurenw1021 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just joined the group and am interested in starting a coworking space >> in Fort Worth, TX. I was first introduced to the idea this past March >> in Austin at SXSWi and find it refreshing and am passionate about >> establishing a space for the Fort Worth community. For any of you out >> there that have started your own space, what are some of your key >> pieces of advice to get started? >> >> Thanks, >> Lauren Smith >> [email protected] >> @laurenwsmith via twitter >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
