Hi Jes, Congratulations. I'm one of the founders of Cospace, in Austin, and we're coming up on our first year on being open.
We decided to start small with a mix of new simple Ikea tables, some used desks, some used chairs, lots of time on Craig's List & driving to find and get the good deals. We actually found that new chairs weren't that high on people's list of needs. Rather than break the bank, we looked for good - but not great - used chairs. A couple of us even went the exercise ball route (which is pretty nice, as well as economical, but your members have to buy into it if you want to buy a bunch of them). I use one at my home office & I've worked where there were 20 people using them instead of traditional chairs. As we close out our first year, we're now working with Turnstone & have many different pieces of their furniture, which our members love. Cheers! -- Pat Ramsey Web Design and Accessibility Specialist [email protected] @pat_ramsey Code that works,… beautifully http://slash25.com > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Jes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all! I introduced myself a while ago and have enjoyed keeping up > with with the posts. Network, a coworking spot is coming along nicely > and we are looking at a mid-Jan. opening day here in Longmont, CO! > These are the steps I've taken so far (please feel free to point out > any oversights!) > > Demo'd the space > Built the space > Set up phone/Internet > Set up access control > Set up insurance > Set up a meetup group and organized my first one (went well for only > having one person show up...they were really enthusiastic) > Reached out to a couple other groups, one is scheduled to use the > space already! > Established ever-changing website/facebook/twitter > > and now we are actually going to fill the space with furniture! I'm > pretty confident about most of what I'm doing, but I'm looking for > suggestions on chairs. I feel like this is one piece of furniture most > people will actually care about. My questions to you are, what chairs > do you use? Do most of your coworkers use the space for 8hrs/day, or > are they part timers? Go for comfort or style, or is there a nice > combination of the two that won't run me $300/chair? > > My other question is regarding insurance. I went for liability and > some property, though the insurance will not cover coworker's > belongings. Do you let coworkers leave equipment onsite, and if so, do > you provide insurance? If not, do you have them sign a waiver? > > Thanks for any pointers! > Jessica > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
