Andrew, I agree. There are some types of work that will never be suited to the ever-changing (and crowded) environment of the coffee shop. I was inspired by Alice K's (quoted in the article) mid-way solution to needing more than a coffee shop, but lacking the substance for a full fledged space. I wonder if a more substantial but temporary space would be a solution for your situation, i.e. finding a business with an extra back room, so that you could give the community time to grow without being cramped in a space that's not really intended for intense work.
Anyone else run into the need for an in-between space before they opened? Where did you look? Beth On Dec 14, 4:26 am, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting article, thanks for sharing. > > However, I'm not sure the temporary space thing applies per se ... I think > maybe it needs to be more granular? You might be able to do, say, highly > creative, initial startup prototyping and maybe even beta testing out of a > coffee shop, but it's rare that you'll find someone who works in more > conventional and/or heavier duty software spending a lot of time in coffee > shops -- even with headphones, it's just not the right environment to focus > on highly complex tasks, individually or as a team. You're also limited in > the amount of shared space you can use for a team -- it's not easy to > whiteboard in a coffee shop, and no, the virtual options are just not the > same. > > We've had some interest in the Albany, NY area, but we have pull in 3 or 4 > different directions, with 3 or 4 people committing to any given area, but > having a hard time getting critical mass who can agree on a given area that > works for them. Coffee shops may serve some of our potential coworkers, but > a lot of us need something more, even if Starbuck and Panera still have > plenty of open seating. > > --ab > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Dave Ruzius <[email protected]> wrote: > > Love (!) the article and exactly the question we at TheWorks.cz are > > currently faced with. Jellies are great but not really sustainable. Will > > investigate who is willing to pitch-in to create our own 'club-house' as > > that's how it should feel.. created and supported by the peeps themselves... > > > TheWorks.cz > > Dave Ruzius > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Beth Buczynski <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> How can you know that there’s enough demand for a coworking space in > >> your town without personally polling each and every remote worker or > >> freelancer in a 20 mile radius? > > >> In this article three space owners share their ideas for gauging > >> interest, and knowing when both you and your community are ready for a > >> shared work space. > > >> Hope it can be helpful to the many future space owners on this list.. > > >>http://www.shareable.net/blog/is-your-community-ready-for-coworking > > >> Thanks to Gerard Sychay of CincyCoworks, Joel Bennett of Veel Hoeden, > >> Angel Kwiatkowski of Cohere Coworking Community, and Alice Kaerast for > >> their input! > > >> -- > >> 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. > > > -- > > Dave Ruzius > >http://www.theworks.cz > > > -- > > 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.
