Adrienne, Does there exist a place with wifi and chairs where people who want to cowork could gather easily?
Could you put word out that you'll be there during a specific set of dates and times and befriend everyone who shows up? Perhaps consider starting a Jelly: http://workatjelly.com Tony On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Adrienne Normand <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey everyone, > I've been reading a lot online about coworking and understand my first step > should be starting a group first so that I have built-in customers when I > open the doors one day. But how do you get the people interested and > engaged and get their buy-in when you don't have space yet? > > I've started a meetup.com group and hope to get a group of people who are > linked together through common customer types to create a collaborative > synergy. I thought I'd hold "sessions" and have them pay a small fee as a > way to start collecting capital. I would also offer "Charter Memberships" > for larger fees to gather stronger commitment and build capital faster. > These would be held on coffee shops or party rooms in restaurants or > donated conference rooms around town. > > Then I thought I'd offer Underwriting opportunities where people (not > necessarily members) can provide coffee, bagels, lunch, conference rooms, > etc. For a fee in exchange for advertising with the group ( logo on a sign > displayed on the table, mentions on my meet up.com page, 15min to pitch > their business to the group at a session.) this would also be for the > purpose of raising capital as well as gaining exposure and interest in the > group. > > Does anyone have any advice about this? Is this the way other successful > companies have done it? What are other ways to get started? Does anyone > with experience see any inherit issues with this plan that could work > against my goal? > > Thanks, > Adrienne Normand > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > 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.
