Great strategy Arne. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Arne Hulstein <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Mark Gilbreath PO Box 2830 Ketchum, ID 83340 mobile 208-720-8107 skype mfgilbreath twitter markgilbreath -- 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.
