We've done 2 Jelly's in Johannesburg, which got a lot of local traction. http://workatjelly.com/
Might be an idea.... 2009/7/10 Liza Loop <[email protected]> > > 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
