Hello coworkers! I'm more than a little excited to be writing this email today. In just under three weeks, we'll be celebrating one year of New Work City!
It's been a crazy year. I learned a lot about how to run a coworking space (and a business in general), and still have a ton to learn, but we made it through a lot of ups and downs and have come out the other end with a bigger, more robust community than ever before. As we approach our second year in operation, I'm thinking a lot about the bigger picture. New Work City, like most coworking spaces, exists to perform a social good-- to improve the happiness of its participants. We've found a comfortable niche in the growing population of independent entrepreneurs and freelancers, and there are much larger groups of people out there-- other independents, weary cubicle dwellers, the newly unemployed, and more-- who are right around the corner as well. Having worked on projects that cater to all of these groups, I can see that there are opportunities to increase our impact. If we can find ways to apply the values and the concepts that make coworking so great to new contexts and in new ways, we can help people on a larger scale. New Work City accomplished what it originally set out to do-- open a coworking space in Manhattan, and get it to the point that it's financially sustainable. As we enter our second year, we have a chance now to look at how to set our sights higher-- to continue to nurture the community that makes NWC so awesome, while finding new ways to help even more people find better lives. It's been an awesome ride with all of you folks, and I'm excited to see where we all go in the future. Thanks as always to Alex and Tara and Chris and Brad and everybody else on this group for being an inspiration and a huge help. Our First Anniversary and Member Launch Party will be Friday, October 23rd; I've copied the invitation below. If you'd like to come visit from out of town, I have a few couches with your names on them :-) Cheers, Mayor Tony ------------------------------------------------------- My my, what a year it’s been! Join us Friday, October 23rd to celebrate NWC’s first year of coworking and to explore what’s in store for the future. *One year of coworking and more* It's been a busy 12 months, both inside and outside of NWC: *We've made a lot of good friends.* To the tune of 77 members throughout the year, 43 active members as of today, and dozens of visitors passing through from all corners of the world. *We helped make a lot of good things happen.* On top of the great projects and products NWC members have developed over the course of the last year, some of which are highlighted below, we've also been home to the planning of BarCampNYC4, LaidOffCampNY, FashionCamp, OneWebDay, CultivateNY, the Breakout Festival, BigAppsDevCamp, Swagapalooza, and more. Our latest experiment is in CoStructure, where we work together to bring more sanity to our overworked lives. *We hosted a lot of good events.* 22, to be exact, in our main Coworking NYC Meetup Group, which has blossomed to over 550 members. On top of that, we kicked off the Runway Project and helped hundreds of newfound independents get started on working for themselves over the course of 13 volunteer-led brainstorming and educational events. We also organized two fantastic TEDxNWC events, where some of NYC's greatest minds got together to discuss creating a better future. *We had a lot of good times*. Between Coworking After Hours, TechDrinks, some impromptu bouts of Beatles Rock Band, lunch outings and more, we've all had plenty of good times in between getting things done. That's a whole lot of good. As we go, New Work City is going to continue to grow and evolve. As the past year's activities have made clear, NWC is far more than just a place to work-- it's a growing, thriving community of incredible people, and we as a collective group are going to work together to find new ways to help each other. *Member Launch Party* NWC’s members have been hard at work, and on 10/23 we’ll showcase their awesome stuff: *Perpetually <http://perpetually.com>* Darrell Silver presents TechCrunch50 finalist Perpetually.com, which lets you archive sites and go back in time to see how they’ve evolved over time. It’s like the Wayback Machine on steroids on a healthy diet and exercise! *Bundl.it <http://bundl.it>* If you’ve ever wanted to send a batch of links in Twitter or elsewhere, but found that sending all those links was too onerous, you can use Sara Chipps’ Bundl.it to create a really simple package of links, and get a short URL to direct people to a simple and elegant list of those links. *The Circuit<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/markburstiner/the-circuit-live-weekly-tech-news-digest> * Mark Burstiner, the NYC tech scene’s de facto event video streamer, steps in front of the camera for a show about the awesomest things happening on the web. *YCharts <http://ycharts.com>* Punch in a stock ticker symbol and be treated to an array of visualizations of that stock’s activities, in ways you won’t see on any other site. Ara Anjargolian will be on hand to show it off. *RedRover <http://redroverhq.com>* Kevin Prentiss’s RedRover helps new college students connect to each other through shared interests—sort of like what those cheesy ice breakers were supposed to do, but this actually works, is online, and is not cheesy. *Maybe A Secret New Announcement From Tony* Which is a secret, but everyone who attends will be able to participate! *Event Details* *Location:* New Work City 200 Varick St, Room 507B New York, NY 10014 (map<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=200+Varick+St,+Room+507B,+New+York,+NY+10014&sll=40.752378,-73.984805&sspn=0.012045,0.019312&ie=UTF8&ll=40.728413,-74.005151&spn=0.012049,0.027466&z=16&iwloc=addr> ) *Subway:* 1 to Houston St. ACE BDFV to W. 4th St. *Schedule:* Friday, October 23rd 08:00pm - Event start, Beatles Rock Band warmups 09:00pm - Drinks, snacks, & social 10:00pm - Talks from Tony and members 10:30pm - More socializing Late night - Musical entertainment Does this sound as fun to you as it does to me? I think it does! So get your RSVP on! Learn more here: <http://www.meetup.com/coworking-nyc/calendar/11523479/> http://www.meetup.com/coworking-nyc/calendar/11523479/ See you there! Cheers, Mayor Tony --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
