We celebrated our anniversary last Saturday with our coworkers, supporters and friends. It was a low key affair but a great turnout for San Antonio with about 50 people throughout the night. It brought out some members we hadn't seen in a long time, some folks that we just didn't know how much they liked the idea and coolest of all, a bunch of annual membership renewal checks!
Coworking has had a slow takeoff here in San Antonio whose unofficial motto is "Carpe Diem, Manana". That made things a little crazy for this Jersey boy. But, in the last 6-8 weeks interest has exploded! In the past 3 weeks... - One new Resident (24/7 access) come on board - a fashion designer. - Three new Coworkers (business hours access) - social media consultant, online consultant and a non-profit. - A screen printing company, a marketing company, a non-profit and others want one of our 10x10 Flex Spaces for a "private" office. (We built out two Flex Spaces. One is currently filled with a pair of media and music advocacy non-profits.) - The Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Texas (Bill White) held a closed door meeting with local leaders the other week. The county commissioner who hosted will be coming back for more in the future. - A team from a large medical equipment manufacturer worked up their RFP for a multi-multi-million dollar deal for 3 days the other week. Every person thought the space and concept was great and are looking for spaces in their own area to go to (Round Rock Texas - are you listening?) - A personal chef emailed us the other day looking for space (has anyone every opened a Koworking Kitchen?). - Teach for America called looking for temporary space before their build out is done. Wow! In our community there is no way to really "pre-sell" the idea of coworking. People think it's "cool" but then leave it at that. But, once they come in and work for a day (we do lots of evening events) they come back every time. Duh. We have learned so much from this group and the people that we have met over the past couple of years at SXSW and elsewhere. We're proud to be part of a global life and work changing movement. We will try our hardest to give here more than we take. Thanks everyone as we start our second year. Todd O'Neill Catalyst C4 Workspace San Antonio Texas -- 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.
