Hi Group Any new data on the number of coworking facilities in the US?
I've been approached by several entrepreneurs seeking planning and design assistance in setting up new or expanded co-work spaces. My feeling is that there are still an increasing number of sites opening each year. I am interested in speculations from the group about how many we might expect to see in 2012 and the future. Dan Daniel P. 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Eliel Saarinen _____ From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Date: July 19, 2010 4:32:20 AM EDT To: Digest Recipients <[email protected]> Subject: [Coworking] Digest for [email protected] - 4 Messages in 3 Topics Reply-To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Today's Topic Summary Group: <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/topics * Number of Coworking <> Facilities in the US and a few observations [2 Updates] * business center vs <> coworking space [1 Update] * OUT OF OFFICE Re: <> [Coworking] Digest for [email protected] - 2 Messages in 2 Topics [1 Update] Topic: Number of Coworking Facilities in the US and a few observations <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/44813a577ba6b5e9> Alex Hillman <[email protected]> Jul 18 10:08AM -0400 ^ <> Hey Steve, thanks for keeping up on this! > it looks like our estimate will be in 250 range. Our estimate last > december came to about 215-220. Can you quickly provide other historical counts date/month/year relative? 1. It is getting harder to do this. What are your research criteria for including a location? > 2. There is a fair amount of facility churn. About 10-15% of > facilities on our list in December have fallen off our current list > due to closure or shifts in direction. Any further information on the bases of these closures/shifts in direction? /ah <http://indyhall.org> indyhall.org "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Jul 18 12:18PM -0700 ^ <> Alex: Our prior counts have been pretty rough - based on Google searches and some directional estimating. The current count is the first time we've formalized the count process. Having said that, it continues to be an estimate and not a census. By that I mean we aren't attempting to get an exact count. This would take too much time and effort and the additional level of precision is not needed. Instead, we are attempting to get a solid estimate. We've done two prior estimates. Last December (09) our estimate was 215-220. Our December 08 estimate was around 130. Given the shift in methods and the simplicity of the prior counts, I wouldn't read too much into these numbers except to say the number of coworking facilities in the US is growing rapidly. Going forward we will be able to be more confident about growth rates. We include a facility if: (1) the facility self-identifies as providing coworking space; (2) it offers a range of membership options (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) consistent with traditional coworking spaces (does not need to provide all); (3) it offers some form of community space and/or activities (this is subjective based on our assessment); (4) coworking appears to be a important part of the facility offering (again, subjective and in part based on the size of the coworking space) (5) the facility is active (we look for recent website activity and call if needed). What we've found this time is identifying coworking facilities is a bit like identifying pornography - you know when you see it, but different people see it in different ways. The reason is the growing number of hybrid coworking facilities and non-coworking facilites adding coworking makes identification harder. Incubators and office suite companies in particular are actively adding coworking options. A good example is Semantic Seed in San Jose (http:// www.semanticseed.com/coworking.html). They are an start-up incubator that also provides coworking space. We included them, but only after a fair amount of debate. Another interesting segment is the growing number of shared artisan/ DIY spaces (3rd Ward and Tech Shop being examples). These facilities cater to both professionals and amateurs/hobbyists. We tend to include them if we think the facility is targeting and catering to professionals, even if a large share of their members are amateurs. We haven't looked at the closures at all and I would again caution about reading too much into this data. At some point we hope to have time to better understand what is going on in this area. Steve Topic: business center vs coworking space <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/24636a1e4cb8b97e> ruyoung <[email protected]> Jul 18 06:08AM -0700 ^ <> Hi, I can usually tell who was used to working from executive suites, and specifically who thought the executive suite suited them and who hated it, by their initial reaction when walking in the door. Body language and facial expressions can often tell me so much more about what they are looking for than even what comes out of their mouth first. There's a Regus or other executive suite in pretty much every mid-size or larger city in the world. They've really saturated the market with isolation. Maybe that works for them. [ shrug ] By the way, welcome Karim! You just opened Jokkolabs? Be sure to add your space to the list at <http://coworking.pbworks.com/> http://coworking.pbworks.com/ (Africa is down near the bottom) r. On Jul 17, 5:13 pm, KSY - Jokkolabs Dakar SN <[email protected]> wrote: Topic: OUT OF OFFICE Re: [Coworking] Digest for <http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/e49a7df4d2d3d99b> [email protected] - 2 Messages in 2 Topics [email protected] Jul 18 03:13AM -0500 ^ <> Hi there I am out of the office - but just for the day! I will respond to your message on Monday... If this is super urgent, please contact [email protected]. cheers Eli Malinsky Centre for Social Innovation -- 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]. 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