Hi Mike, What do you mean by "meetups"?? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Mike Schinkel <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Mo, > > Start by organizing local meetups in your area to first build a community. > Focus on the meetups that will appeal to your desired demographics. You > don't need to be an expert on any of those topics, you just need to recruit > experts from your community to speak and engage. That's what we've done and > it's been very successful in generating interest albeit I started the main > meetup 3 years ago... > > > That said, I'd love to recruit some lawyers to become members in Ignition > Alley in Atlanta. Any idea how I could go about that? > > > -Mike Schinkel > Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking > http://ignitionalley.com > > > > On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:27 AM, maureen krasner wrote: > > Hi-- > I'm Maureen (Mo) Krasner, a solo practitioner lawyer in metro Detroit. I > was recently laid off from a large law firm and I'm re-thinking things. > Upon my return to the home as an office for a while I came to realize that > almost as much as the steady income I miss the community of "the office". > My husband is a graphic designer who has been working out of the home for > years and he feels the same-- and says its really impossible to get even > going with your laptop to the local Starbucks. > > I also have this recollection of waiting in a hospital ICU waiting room on > a critically ill relative for many days and having a few of us sit there > with our laptops and completely different careers ( sales, senate intern, > graphic designer, lawyer) side by side working while we waited and it was > phenomenal how great it was to bounce things off each other and get > perspectives unlike what you would get if (in my case) you were sitting > among a bunch of other lawyers. > > I get a sense that there are many entrepreneurs, free-lancers, etc. working > in my community who would benefit and welcome a space/community co-working > space. With so many companies/industries down sizing and more people going > solo I think co-working has to be factored into a successful future. My > thought for a local space would not be limited to any particular field or > discipline. The city of Grosse Pointe is actually a great place for > something like this it with the town being very small, banks, coffee shops, > bagels, a few restaurants, a library etc. all within walking distance of > each other. And like so much of Michigan a place looking to renew/reinvent > itself. I'd like to start trying to figure out if this is doable and how to > make it happen. > > Mo Krasner > [email protected] > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
