Thank you very much Toby for sharing!!! Inspired by yours and all the other contributions I set up the "Free Coworking Directory": http://www.coworking-news.de/2012/02/coworking-news-starts-first-free-coworking-directory-for-coworking-spaces-and-coworking-events/
Please check if the entry is ok. Thx Felix I will be in touch about your great offer of sharing your experiences of running a "non-profit" space! On 11 Feb., 21:04, Customer Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Felix, > > I have been a part of several free or "subsidized" collaborative work > spaces. The first FREE space was in 2004 at the LA Brewery, me and a buddy > (Freeman Murrayhttp://wheresfreeman.blogspot.com/) had both just had exits > from our companies, and started a 100% FREE coworking space mainly for > creative types (designers, sculptors, film makers, etc), but we had a nice > mix of technical folks in there as well because we both are pretty technical > guys. > > We ran the LA space from Summer of 2004- Early 2005, then handed it over to > a manager for the duration of the lease. We both then moved to India in > early 2005, and started building a community of freelancers, and startup > founders. I left India at the end of 2005, but he stayed there > (http://jaaga.in) and is still running a FREE space in Bangalore. > > My next project when I got back from India (in Santa Cruz, Ca in 2006) > started off as a free coworking space, but I soon took a job over the hill, > and had to close the Santa Cruz space in Dec 2006. > > After my contract day job was over, I wanted to start another collaborative > work space (Semantic Seedwww.semanticseed.com) in San Jose, this was Sep > 2008, and 3 years before taking over Citizen Space. Now Semantic Seed is a > tenant of Citizen Space in San Jose, and we (Citizen Space) still support > the community by offering "coworking grants" from Semantic Seed that we > subsidize. > > Hope this information is useful, and feel free to drop me an email if you > have any other questions about the pros and cons of running a "non profit" > space, I have been running these type of spaces since 1998 before we had > coined the word "coworking". > > Kind regards, > > Toby Morning > Citizen Space > Chief Evangelist > Direct:415-501-9155begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 415-501-9155 > Skype: citizenspacehttp://www.citizenspace.us > Twitter:http://twitter.com/citizenspace > Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/citizenspace > "A Nicer Place to Work" > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Felix Schürholz > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 6:24 AM > To: Coworking > Subject: [Coworking] Gangplank in Chandler, Arizona offers “Free Coworking” > > Do you know of any other coworking places that already offer or intend to > offer "Free Coworking"? Please share. Thx Greetings, Felix > > new article>Gangplank in Chandler, Arizona offers “Free Coworking” > bit.ly/xXSJHq > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.- Zitierten Text ausblenden - > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen - -- 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.
