Thanks everyone for all the feedback so far. Especially to those with surveys in place already! I've got a lot of work ahead of me but you have all made it seem a lot less daunting!
*Kelly Sims *http://kellysims.com http://about.me/kellysims On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Mathis Young <[email protected]> wrote: > We are exploring options of opening a space in Memphis. This is our survey > http://bit.ly/co_work. We are up to about 65 surveys so far. We went to > vista print and printed up a bunch of cards that say this: > > Interested in co-working? > Take this short survey! > http://bit.ly/co_work > > We go in coffee shops and talk with people and give them a card so they can > easily take the survey via the link. We also have people tweet the link out > and post it on blogs and facebook pages. Even our largest newspaper here > has run with it and published it in the paper today. > > Mathis > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is exactly how I approached opening a coworking space in Denver. >> The survey is still up at www.denvercoworking.com if you want to check >> it out.I had over 65 people fill out the survey to basically get a >> feel for the most important amenities and location. The locations was >> key so make that an important aspect of your survey. I broke it down >> by each individual neighborhood to get a hyperlocal response. Denver >> has ALOT of neighborhoods for its size of city so the data was pretty >> precise. >> >> I didn't even mention price in the survey because I didn't want people >> to think about it too much. Since I have a scaled model of $75 to $300 >> I figured people would just join on whatever price plan worked best >> for them. Instead I asked them to rank on a scale from 1 - 10 how >> likely they would be to join this. This also helped me weigh the >> neighborhood selection based on the ratings. >> >> When I was ready to open and design the space I simply responsed to >> the survey and built the space they wanted, where they wanted. It was >> a way for the community to a voice through the entire process. >> >> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions on the survey >> and want a breakdown of the results. >> >> Craig >> Creative Density >> >> -- >> 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.
