Nuno, I think you're describing is the style that many of the best coworking spaces already operate in. By not focusing on renting tables, spaces, and providing services, they've (and we've) instead gardened communities of people that inhabit our spaces and conduct their business.
In fact, the many many many self-identifying coworking spaces out there that DON'T do that are missing out on all of the fun. I can tell you from 4+ years of experience, renting desks is boring and commoditized. Being involved in a vibrant, dynamic community of individuals and their businesses is a blast, and the long term rewards are immense. We focus on specific things, like helping trust be formed before working relationships develop, and other environmental adjustments that improve the output. Essentially, higher quality work becomes a bi-product of higher quality interactions. Some "light reading" to that end: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/11/encouraging-collaboration-in-coworking/ http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/12/the-gap-between-coworkers-and-co-workers-isnt-the-hyphen/ http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/12/on-economic-development-centers-and-coworking/ http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/11/take-interest-dont-fake-interest/ http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/09/coworking-lets-things-happen/ -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Nuno Borges Duarte < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Thank you for your so prompt response. > > We mean by NEW when we want to develop the existing concept. > Coworking with table reting, meeting room, and other services. > > We think that we could increase the value added to the companies > presnt in the physical space, by making part of a network. > And, by having a virtual coworking space with a dedicated software. > > Our project was based on this idea of widding the scope of a coworking > space. > We will be present in some exibits and conferences with a own > space(stand) and invite our coworkers (physical and e-coworking) to > join us and intereact as a HUB of opportunities. > > Hope to be clear, and count on you to help us on our porposal. > > Regards, > Nuno Duarte > > On Jan 4, 5:06 pm, IDEA REPUBLIC <[email protected]> wrote: > > what do you mean with "new"? why do we need a "new"coworking2.0 > > definition? If you share a little more of your thoughts you might gain > > some reponse. cheers, peter (cologne germany) > > > > On 2 Jan., 18:37, Nuno Borges Duarte <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Welcome all on this new fresh year of 2011. > > > > > We are a group of new entrepeneurs which will set a location in our > > > city Lisboa (Portugal, Europe). > > > During this so called Crisis generation, we want to show to all that > > > opportunies come along during crisis. > > > > > We would like to invite you to help us to develep thecoworking > > > definition, in order to have a new version of corworking space. > > > Currently there is a new movements of new spaces, and we see this with > > > a very positive indicator. > > > > > We count on you to make a theCoworking2.0. > > > > > Best wishes on this new year!!! > > > > > Hugs and kiss from Lisboa:) > > -- > 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.
