Thanks Angel! One other thought: depending on the size of your company, how high up you are, and the nature of your work, you could consider having the coworking community become a part of your company's space and mission.
There are a bunch of people out there who run or are a part of small businesses, particularly creative agencies and others, and have incorporated coworking into their office and their company culture. It can be really handy in some contexts. A consulting firm could, for example, easily find vendors and even clients working alongside them in the office. The community environment helps them build trust before forging a professional relationship together, so finding great new hires can become easier. I'm speaking a little out of turn since I've not been too involved with any such spaces, but I've had some great conversations with people who've done it. On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Ann Kingman <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband and I are in the process of doing this, once we get the zoning > issues worked out for our space. I work full time as a remote employee for a > corporation, and do spend a few days a week at client sites. My husband's > full time job is managing the building in which we will be locating our > space. Since I will be doing most of the marketing and community work, and > he will be doing operations and facilities work, we hope that between the > two of us we can make it work. Neither of us is planning on leaving our full > time jobs, no would we want to at any time in the next few years. I expect > like many startups, ours will require a lot of work done on nights and > weekends. > > > Ann > Attleboro, MA (future space owner) > > > 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.
