I'm interested in the [collective negotiation] list.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work wide open" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Dec 22, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Tara Hunt wrote: > Probably the best idea. I had started talking with national > organizations like Zipcar and Freelancers Union, but got sidetracked > by 1,000,001 things. We do have some stuff worked out with > Freelancers Union (list your coworking space on their site), but > Zipcar was tough because not all spaces (at the time) were near > Zipcars. > > T > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Mike Schinkel <[email protected] > > wrote: > 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 > . > > > > -- > tara 'missrogue' hunt > > Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) > Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue > phone: 514-679-2951 > > -- > > 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 > . -- 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.
