Yes, while I've heard some coworking places discourage team memberships, we actually quite encourage it. Individuals in those teams will chat and build camaraderie with others, although perhaps not collaborate as much as fellow freelancers. Also, I feel like teams will more likely hire individual freelancers in the space, than one freelancer to hire another freelancer. Note that I only have anecdotal evidence so far. Nothing solid.
Financially, teams also help grow our membership quicker than one-by-one. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Feb 2, 2011, at 1:58 PM, [email protected] wrote: > In case you missed it, Deskmag has a profile of US coworking users > based on the respondents to their global coworking survey. The folks > at Deskmag shared the raw data with us (thanks Deskmag) and one of our > researchers wrote the article. It is at: > > http://www.deskmag.com/en/coworker-profile-usa-coworking-175 > > One of the more intersting pieces of survey data is more respondents > were company employees (35%) or entrepreneurs running companies with > employees (18%) than freelancers/solopreneurs (44%). > > One of the trends we've noticed is the growing use of coworking > facilities to house startups and small businesses, so we weren't > totally surprised by this data. But we were a bit surprised by the > high percentage of company employees and entrepreneurs with employees. > > We think the data is directionally correct, but the %s may be high due > to the survey's relatively high margin for error (not the survey's > fault - it is a common issue for surveys of new areas). > > My question to the group is does this data fit with your experience? > > Thanks, > > Steve > > -- > 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.
