Brent, Yes, I know about that new space and 2 other guys who are starting another space in Denver are here at Cohere today hanging out. Coworking is exploding in Colorado!
Angel On Jun 15, 9:28 am, "Brent (@brentter)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann - > I'll help ya do any marketing once ya are close enough to being able > to open the doors 'officially'... bout to have some free time on my > hands and i think what you're doing is awesome. > Tony- That's amazing and thanks for sharing the process (and give the > downs + upsides of your own personal experience accomplishing it). A > tip of the hat to you my friend > > Angel - You wouldn't believe what i just found out at yesterdays > denver open coffee club, guy comes in handing out little kinkos 3x5 > printed cards advertising his new coworking space downtown... then > goes on to explain how 'hip' and cool it is and drops that he just > paid for the HIGHEST tier of business comcast internet (I know two > hosting companies here in denver that run off tier 2... i'm on tier 1 > at my apt because its cheaper (even than the residential package), > more reliable, and what they claim the bandwidth speeds are is an > utter joke. I just ran a speed test and i'm getting 70 MB/s download > speeds and ~46MB/s. I could run my own hosting company with that, let > alone service the entire floor of my apt. complex with that kind of > bandwidth. When the tech came to install the modem (which is the new > doc 3.0's, not the residential ones, and ironically also 10 dollars > cheaper a month in your 'rental' fee for the thing) he told me all > about it and how if I were to power-cycle it once a month i'd probably > keep seeing the speeds increase each time because they're currently > working on their main fiber line for the business side of their > internet offerings, sure enough he was right...i've already seen a > jump by about 4-5 MB/s in both upload and download speeds each month > that i've done it...still only paying for the lowest tier they offer > too. This guy (from docc not the tech) also apparently charges 400/ > month for the equiv. of a school desk sized table if you wanted to > work there (but as he pointed out "they've got couches and plasma > screens all over the place so its a chill environment"). Should be > interesting to see if there's a high end/low-benefit market out there > for people looking for coworking spaces in downtown denver. :P > > On Jun 14, 3:52 pm, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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. 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