Todd, great to hear! What a wonderfully diverse set of experiences. If you haven't yet, stop for a moment and toast yourself for making it all happen.
Keep us posted on other cool things that happen in the years to come! Cheers, Tony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Work City - People who can work anywhere work here. Web: http://nwcny.com Blog: http://nwc2.tumblr.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc Email: [email protected] Phone: (888) 823-3494 New Address: 394 Broadway, Fifth Floor (map<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=394+Broadway,+New+York,+NY+10013&sll=40.728299,-74.004807&sspn=0.013041,0.01929&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=394+Broadway,+New+York,+10013&z=17> ) On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:46 AM, t...@c4workspace <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<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.
