Tony, Awesome work once again. It looks great and good to see you already have that much money pledged. I hope you will make your target.
Oh, and I had to laugh about the personal karaoke training, that is awesome. If I wasn't an ocean away... ;-) Arne On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Today, I’m kicking off a grand experiment. Actually, it’s more of a hundred > grand experiment. > > As was touched on in an earlier thread, New York City’s not an easy place > to open a coworking space. To put together the money we’ll need, we’re > pulling out all the stops. > > That plan is wildly diverse, opening up every practical channel we can > conceive so long as it doesn’t detract from the integrity of the community > (my personal integrity, however, is in play, which I’ll discuss in a > moment). > > New Work City’s new space is being financed through the following methods: > > - Its own cash on hand (proceeds from assisting with the design, > planning and launch of the Hive at 55 and profit from membership payments > over the first 18 months) > - A big loan from Darrell Silver, one of our most loyal and successful > members (his awesome blog post about it: http://bit.ly/cU3eCe) > - Prepayments from existing members > - Friendly-term loans from friends & family > - Taking dares for money (seriously -- http://mydunktank.com/nwc) > - Sponsorship of new programming in the space > > Today, we’re adding a big piece to our arsenal -- Kickstarter. > > Kickstarter’s NYC-based and has developed a fantastic reputation for > helping fund some great world-improving projects in a way that helps > everyone to feel more like participants and less like anonymous donors. > > If developing a community and doing good things through coworking builds > social capital, this is an experiment in converting that social capital to > financial capital. > > I’m really excited to see how it all unfolds. > > As always, I’ll be sharing the experience along the way. When it’s all said > and done, when the space is open and the finances are stabilized and I’ve > caught up on sleep, I’ll share with you a recap of all my experiences about > what worked and what didn’t. > > Indeed, all of NWC 2.0 is intended to be a prototype that others can learn > from. Everything we do, including all our successes and failures, should be > of value to people starting and running similar spaces everywhere. > > *If you want to help us in that effort, the Kickstarter page is here: > http://bit.ly/nwckick* > > Help me spread the word-- the more support we get here, the more of a > statement we can make that what we are doing is something that people want > and need and believe in. > > Thanks to everyone who’s been such a help and inspiration on here. I look > forward to continuing to contribute to this group as much as possible along > the way, so we can all collectively make a difference together. > > Let me know your thoughts! > > Cheers, > Tony > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > New Work City - People who can work anywhere work here. > Web: http://nwc.co > Blog: http://nwc2.tumblr.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/nwc > <http://twitter.com/nwc>Meetup: http://meetup.com/coworking-nyc > Address: 394 Broadway, Fifth Floor > Help NWC build its new home. Support us on Kickstarter! > http://bit.ly/nwckick > > -- > 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.
