I'll do that. Thanks. btw you guys have about an hour long video on your site and near the end you are talking about "wufi" or "woofy", Can you spell what you were talking about? I couldnt find anything on it.
Thanks. -Jeff On Aug 18, 9:31 am, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds to me, like Tony said, that you really need to start by talking to > some people. Find some potential members and take them by the space. Get > their feelings for it. > I almost guarantee that as cool as it sounds to put phones and tvs at every > desk, they'll never get used. > > I can't speak to other coworking spaces, but the only thing on the list of > amenities you rattled off is coffee. We go through a case of paper a YEAR > (to give you an idea of how much people print/fax), and nobody has ever > asked for us to install phone lines. Cell phones + VOIP is the way of the > mobile worker. > > I strongly encourage you to go out, meet some potential members, and talk to > them before going down this path. > > -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, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jeff PC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I like that. That wasn't on my list but it's good. I was thinking > > something like "The Cube Lair" or "The Work/or Office/ Dungeon". I > > cant do free bc I am investing (by leasing the property) and building > > it out. All of the private offices will have small tv's in them, > > phones, etc. All of th other space will have phones, internet access, > > phones service, tvs, available monitors to use while there, coffee,fax/ > > print. That stuff costs me. I dont expect the place to be a cash cow > > but I do want it to pay for itself and (hopefully) have enough profit > > leftover so I can quit my day job and pay for my mortgage/car note > > while I go to lawschool. > > > On Aug 18, 9:05 am, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think a "collaboration cave" (was that on your name list) could happen > > > anywhere. It's not my personal preference (high ceilings, big windows, > > etc), > > > but I'm not the person renting from you. You might find a whole new breed > > of > > > vitamin-d deficient coworkers! > > > Why not try something cheap or free, like hosting a jelly in your > > basement > > > work area? > > > > -Alex > > > > -- > > > ----- > > > -- > > > ----- > > > Alex Hillman > > > im always developing something > > > digital: [email protected] > > > helpful:www.unstick.me > > > visual:www.dangerouslyawesome.com > > > local:www.indyhall.org > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Jeff PC <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, I rented a building for my wife's business and I have about 2000 > > > > square feet of basement that is seperate I can use myself. I would > > > > love to open a coworking location and have some great ideas on how to > > > > lay it out but my only aversion to the space is the ceiling height. We > > > > can carpet and drywall the space to brighten it up and etc but the > > > > ceilings are 7 foot. It is plenty for me and most people I know to > > > > walk around without hitting our heads but there is also the "comfort" > > > > level that people might have?? I have even thought of a couple great > > > > names that play into the fact that its office space in a basement > > > > (they even have kind of a techy/nerdy yet professional ring to them). > > > > What are your thoughts? I don't wanna waste what little money I have > > > > if people wont be able to get over the ceiling height. Otherwise I > > > > know I can market it well enough to at least pay for itself and bring > > > > in a little profit. I don't see it as being a cash cow in my area but > > > > still a really cool thing that I can do without having to quit my job > > > > to do it (software dev) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
