I am currently in the process of opening a space in a city with 36.000 inhabitants and some extra 15.000 around it. In all honesty, what I have done is that I have found us a large building and I have been convincing the owner that I want to run a pilot there. As a result we are currently working with a very attractive lease and that means that I can break even with a very low number of members. It also gives us enough room to grow and to show people what the concept is all about. If, over time, the concept doesn't catch on, that will have been too bad, but little will be lost. If it does, we can move to a more permanent location.
Just my thoughts. Arne On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Horst <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, greetings from Germany. > > So, how could you find out if a region/city is "worthwhile" to have > it's own coworking space ?! > If it is not the population, how can I find out how people work there > or if there are enough people, who would like to be a part of a > coworking community ?! > And we are not talking about a city like NY, Berlin or London :D (it > is clear to me, that THERE might be enough open minded people who love > to get involved in such a community). > > I would like to open a space in a city with about 120.000 people + > ~500.000 more around this city. > The next space is about 40km away from here, than it's another 50km to > the next (coworking seems to become a trend in Germany just about > now). > I think a small space, maybe 20-30 desks would be an idea. > Next step will be my personal business plan :) but I would like to get > some feedback and/or further information from you guys. > > Thanks alot ! > > -- > 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.
