On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Tara Hunt wrote: > However, the most beneficial partnerships we've found is that startup tech > companies tend to want to share their software and gadgets at the space - > lots of startups bring by discount and freebie codes in exchange for us to > put their fliers/stickers on the commons table. This way members get free > software and use of cool new gadgets. We were sponsored by Belkin early on > for a BarCamp (lots of power strips) - and then kept these for Citizen Space. > And I know that Indy Hall has lots of cool stuff like special happy hour > rates at their local haunts, they had Belkin sponsorships, were working on an > Ikea coworking thing, etc.
Any interest on this list in negotiating collectively with software vendors for these things? It'd be easier to have a list of 25 coworking spaces when one of us would go to a tech company than for that tech company to do a deal for just us. Thoughts? -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com -- 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.
