> > The trick is to have real economic impact. Stop thinking of your space as > subletting office space to freelancers and two person companies. Instead > have the vision to change your city and be a piece of infrastructure for the > type of people that are employable for jobs most cities want to have.
HELL YEAH. /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Derek Neighbors <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:24 AM, John Sechrest <[email protected]> wrote: > > So while Derek is identifying a real experience, I believe there is > > significant evidence that now is the time to have the conversations with > > your Economic Development folks and to have conversations with your > Chambers > > of Commerce. If the State Association of Chambers of Commerce in Oregon > is > > paying attention in a new way, I suspect your chambers and Economic > > Development folks are as well. So now is the time for some of those > > critical conversations. > > > > And I believe with the right conversations, you will get more than > referals. > > The trick is to have real economic impact. Stop thinking of your > space as subletting office space to freelancers and two person > companies. Instead have the vision to change your city and be a piece > of infrastructure for the type of people that are employable for jobs > most cities want to have. > > I am really interested in talking more about this kind of thing at the > SXSW meetups. > > A recent success: > http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151506 > > -- > Derek Neighbors > Gangplank HQ > > -- > 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]<coworking%[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.
