More on the topic of why we believe coworking spaces need communities first: http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2008/09/02/the-importance-of-a-clubhouse/
http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2008/05/16/on-civic-entrepreneurship/ http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/06/02/coworking-201-where-are-all-of-the-people/ http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/04/18/indyhall-201-communities-of-trust/ http://www.indyhall.org/blog/2009/04/07/indyhall-201-the-iterative-process/ http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/06/its-not-coworking-if-youre-renting-desks/ -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [email protected] helpful: www.unstick.me visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Alex Hillman <[email protected]>wrote: > we had 9 months of community development under our belts before signing a > lease. almost 12 months from the first time I shared the idea out in the > open to the day we signed a lease. > we attribute nearly ALL of our success to having a community's buy-in > before opening the space. and we succeeded at that twice now. > > -Alex > > -- > ----- > -- > ----- > Alex Hillman > im always developing something > digital: [email protected] > helpful: www.unstick.me > visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com > local: www.indyhall.org > > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Kurt Mackey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What kind of "cool people" group did you guys have before you actually >> opened? Were they involved with finding space, etc etc? >> How much success do all of you space owners attribute to the community you >> had *before* opening? >> >> -Kurt >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Alex Hillman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > What other features do people like to see? >>> >>> Cool People. Period. The rest is gravy. >>> >>> >>> Amen and amen. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> -- >>> ----- >>> Alex Hillman >>> im always developing something >>> digital: [email protected] >>> helpful: www.unstick.me >>> visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com >>> local: www.indyhall.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Eric Marden <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> > What other features do people like to see? >>>> >>>> Cool People. Period. The rest is gravy. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
