Interesting choice of the word "values". As an alternative to having the name describe attributes, maybe you can look at your "purpose" driven values. What do you stand for? What makes you meaningful?
Those sorts of "thick" values are the sorts of things that will keep your membership in line with your mission, and not dilute as you change the physical attributes of your space. Good luck, Cody! -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 4:00 AM, basterrak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cody. > > I'm with Max. I work in copywriting and the branding is very important > to comunicate all of the values of your place. But I know is very > difficult. > > If you don't wanna follow the "rational" way to name a place with > obvious parts of words you can try to give some emotional meaning to > the name. Try playing with a paper and pen with some good meaning > concepts. Off the top of my head I can suggest you concepts like: > "Cicero" (because you will guide the new business to growth) or > something similar to "Reins" (you direct & drive the newbies in their > business and in Texas there are so much horses :-) > > It's a complicated process but play play and play (or launch a naming > contest in your blog) > > Good look! > > > ------------------------ > Israel MartÃnez - www.raconomada.com > > > On 18 ene, 02:08, Shane Cooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps, "ConTex". > > > > On 2011-01-17, at 3:44 PM, maxthemonkey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > hi cody, > > > > > I'm a copywriter and a coworking space owner, so it should be easy for > > > me, but... it isn't. > > > > > names are among the most difficult tasks, the only thing is to think > > > in avery precise way what kind of space you'd like to create, and > > > measure the feel of it in a totally irrational way, with your heart > > > and not with your brain. > > > > > lat but not least, I'd say say that the domain should work nicely too, > > > the web is too important to get a name that's too complicated to digit > > > right, to remember etc. > > > > > I realize I haven't been of much help, but I wanted to let you > > > understand your pain :-) > > > > > max > > > > > On 17 Gen, 02:34, Cody Marx Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> This isn't the official announcement as the lease agreement with the > > >> building owner hasn't been finalized. The Creative Space, the oldest > and > > >> soon to be largest coworking endeavor in Texas is going to be > expanding to > > >> create an incubator similar to projects like TechRanch in Austin. > Coworking > > >> ideas and principles will be applied to a very flexible incubator > concept > > >> that will be able to house 15 startups and 30+ coworkers. > > > > >> I'm having a hard time coming up with a name that isn't boring like > > >> "innovation center" or "science and technology center". I need > something > > >> that attracts "us" but also makes sense to business/city/everyone > else. > > > > >> Do any of you have ideas or names that you've thought of but haven't > or > > >> didn't use? > > > > >> The Creative Space will still exist, but it will be housed inside this > newer > > >> endeavor. > > > > >> Thanks in advance, > > >> Cody > > > > > -- > > > 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 athttp:// > 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. > > -- 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.
