Mike: Thats is a great idea. Thanks. :-)
Liza: That is why I started tutoring now that I am a real teacher. 5 students (I have 1 and it's summer) and 5 coworkers (I have 3) and I'm breaking even. Tracy is low cost compared to your location, I'm sure. With all your BW....I will talk to you off-line about some ideas. Mike --- On Thu, 7/9/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [Coworking] Re: Introduction/Mobile Coworking > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 7:27 PM > > Have you contacted local organizers on Meetup.com and > offered them to > hold their meetups in your facility for free in the > evenings? This > could get a lot of traffic through your space. If there are > not local > meetups for your target demographic consider organizing > them yourself. > JMTCW. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 9, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Liza Loop <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Mike, > > > > We're having the same problem. Our location is in a > light industrial > > area, off the beaten path for pedestrians. It's ideal > for quiet > > cubicle residents but since the bottom has fallen out > of the office > > market folks can get an enclosed office for what we > have to charge for > > a cubicle. > > > > We thought our fiber optic connectivity and > collocation facility would > > be a sufficient draw for people who need a big web > pipe but so far our > > expectations haven't been realized. The tenants we do > have are > > struggling as much as we are. > > > > Lookers are great but they don't pay the bills. 3 or 4 > who don't > > actually join the club are tantalizing. We can survive > for another > > couple of months but without some serious support it > will be curtains > > for Fiber High. Our other IT business, GoQuiet, has > been subsidizing > > Fiber High for almost a year and we're getting very > hungry. > > > > We're trying out a series of free Up 'n Down > Load-a-thons to give > > folks a free taste of our high speed network (the next > one is July > > 28th, 3-11 pm). Hopefully it will be addictive. But > we're not waiting > > for miracles. Rather, we're exploring other business > models to provide > > additional income. Any suggestions are more than > welcome. > > > > I hope that we haven't created a co-working bubble by > sharing our > > enthusiam online with each other and miss judged the > market. > > > > Cheers (slightly damped),m > > > > Liza Loop > > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Mike Pihlman<[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Liza: > >> > >> I'm finding it difficult to get folks in > here. But, I have a steady > >> dribble of 3 or 4 lookers per week and am > encouraged by that. I am > >> only > >> 2 months into it....so I think / hope there is > time. Maybe when > >> school > >> starts up again there will be more lookers > (especially for the > >> tutoring > >> part). > >> > >> I take heart in all the success stories....so > please keep them > >> coming! :-) > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > >> Liza Loop wrote: > >>> Hello Jimmy, > >>> > >>> Our biggest challenge has been letting people > know our coworking > >>> site > >>> is available. Neither I nor my partner are > natural publicists. > >>> > >>> After watching these postings for about 6 > months I'm beginning to > >>> believe this is a common but under-discussed > problem. We hear a lot > >>> from the groups that are having well attended > events but those that > >>> are having difficulty bringing people in are > quiet about it. > >>> > >>> Does anyone else out there get this > impression? > >>> > >>> Liza Loop > >>> Fiber High, > >>> 989 Commercial St. > >>> Palo Alto, CA > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Jimmy<[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi folks, > >>>> > >>>> My name is Jimmy Thrasher, and I live near > Mebane, NC ("Mebbin", > >>>> 10K- > >>>> ish people). My interest in > coworking is mainly from the working > >>>> side, but to that end I and a friend are > evaluating setting up a > >>>> light- > >>>> weight "mobile coworking" space that can > be dropped into any of the > >>>> number of empty office spaces in downtown > Mebane. There are enough > >>>> telecommuters and long-distance commuters > that I think it could fly > >>>> but haven't proven it to myself yet. > >>>> > >>>> I really just want to be able to cycle to > work. > >>>> > >>>> If anybody here has set up something like > this, I'd be interested > >>>> to > >>>> hear your experiences. I'm > envisioning: > >>>> - a big room > >>>> - with two tables > >>>> - free (included) wifi > >>>> - free-ish coffee > >>>> - nice chairs > >>>> > >>>> Jimmy > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Mike Pihlman > >> TracyVirtualOffice > >> "A Coworking Community" > >> 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 > >> Tracy, CA 95376 > >> Mobile: 209-608-4340 > >> Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com > >> Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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