I still work as an architect (although not anywhere near full-time), but in this case, it's kind of nice having my BLANKSPACES "hire" my architectural firm to design any office we build out. Same thing could probably be said for "hiring" a web developer or a "PR" person to market a new coworking facility.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 323.330.9505 (office) On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > I spent three years organizing a coworking community while maintaining a > full-time job telecommuting. Remote work is what drove me to coworking in the > first place, and it can absolutely be done. > > It won't necessarily be easy, as such an approach lends itself to things like > trying to take urgent support calls while touring spaces far from an internet > connection, or having to decide between the sidewalk and the noisy cafe as > the lesser of two evils for an impending conference call, but it does allow > you to build a community while also paying your rent. > > My work was highly performance-based, so as long as projects were being > delivered reasonably on time, my employer didn't have a problem with my > community organizing activities. I earned my paycheck and did what was > expected of me. If I were held to a stricter 9-to-5 clock, it wouldn't have > worked. > > Determining what path you want to go down is critical. If you are employed > full-time and are looking to start a coworking community, there is a huge > difference between starting a casual club of people to defray the loneliness > and launching a business that leases space and is designed to become your > full-time engagement. > > The sooner you identify which path you want to pursue, the better. Starting a > business and leasing a space is not something that should be done casually; > it's a hard thing to do and is only fun if you enjoy all of the crazy risks > and responsibilities that go along with it. > > Regarding when to quit the job, having talked to others in similar positions, > I can say that the time to jump is almost always a singular moment when you > just know. > > If your'e not pursuing organizing as an eventual full-time effort, then it's > simply a matter of doing what you want. If you get people to gather > consistently in one place, and let things evolve organically from there, you > have nothing to lose and lots of fun and friends to gain. > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > An interesting question was posed to me last week and I'll be honest, > I'm not really sure how to answer it so I thought I'd put it up here > for group input. > > Has anyone started a coworking community while you still had a full > time job (either traditional or working remotely)? What types of > community building activities could you do in your spare time and how > many hours/week did you devote to them? Also, at what point did it > become clear that you could quit the full time job and just focus on > coworking? > > Thanks! > Angel > > -- > 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.
