My bet is that the lone cynic you described becomes one of your best advocates once he sees what you're really up to :)
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:03 PM, OC Houston <t...@theofficeconnexion.com>wrote: > something to consider. in our Jelly! yesterday the lone attendee told > us what we were trying to do wouldn't work because people who work > from home are doing so for a reason. then he said based on our fees > they could just go to Regus or some other executive suite provider. > They could get the business development workshops/information from > SCORE. > > all of this is true, but they can't get community, collaboration, > innovation, and creativity in those places. SCORE is great but it is > "dry." The space they provide is essentially incubator space and not a > long-term solution. AND, they are not conveniently located for > everyone. while many people start out with the dream of "working at > home" they can begin to feel isolated. their goal is more about owning > a business than "working at home." if they had a better alternative > they'd definitely consider it. at least that's my perspective. i'm > still a little green. :-) > > TH > > On Mar 27, 6:39 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There's a whole smattering of directories just for coworking, so I really > > just see this as the inevitable intersection of the industries. > > > > I pointed out an inherent problem in all this, though, in this > > post<http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/finding-coworking/> > > : > > > > The problem I see is that today, there are far more people that have NO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> impression of coworking than any impression of what they might want. > And as Carsten > > >> points out< > http://www.deskmag.com/en/the-future-of-coworking-and-its-spaces-155>, > > >> people can and will vote with their feet. > > > > >> But finding coworking shouldn’t mean finding desks. It should mean > > >> finding people. This is far easier for the initiated – the people who > have > > >> already found and love coworking. They know what to look for when > searching > > >> for coworking online. They know the value of camaraderie, of being > > >> surrounded by smart, interesting, creative people. > > > > >> But for the vast majority masses, they find a page full of pictures of > > >> empty desks and price tags next to them. They visibly associate the > value > > >> of coworking with desks, and walk in the door of any coworking space > with > > >> that as the basis of their expectations. > > > > I'm seeing this as more of a long term problem than a short term problem. > > Further, I see it as more of a problem for coworking communities that > > haven't yet found their identity in keeping them from ever finding it > while > > they're buried along side real estate listings. > > > > Just something to think about when you're adding yourself to these > > directory sites. You may get renters from them, you might even get > members > > from them. But for a very small finite potential return, there's an > > unmeasurable and potentially large negative impact you're having on your > > long term success as you position yourself closer to workspaces that > aren't > > *actually* your competition. > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:03 PM, OC Houston <t...@theofficeconnexion.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Someone in a Facebook group just posted about 42floors.com an hour > > > ago. I have a listing onhttps://www.sharedbusinessspace.com/, which > > > is pretty much the same. No calls from it, but it's there. :-) > > > > > Toni Hogan > > > > > On Mar 27, 5:58 pm, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > There's a new startup for commercial real estate finding that's > currently > > > > only limited to the bay area but aspires, as all internet startups > do, > > > for > > > > world domination. > > > > > >http://42floors.com > > > > > > One interesting thing of note: they let you filter listings based on > > > > leases, shared office, and *coworking*. > > > > > > I wouldn't be surprised if we started seeing more of this in > commercial > > > > real estate listing tools as time goes on. I'm curious if/how > 42floors is > > > > differentiating between shared offices and coworking spaces: my > guess is > > > a > > > > shared office would be a company who has a lease and more space than > they > > > > need. > > > > > > That said, there's no need to freak out. If you're running a > coworking > > > > space, the things that differentiate you have never been more > important > > > > than they are now, and is only going to get more important as time > goes > > > on. > > > > :) > > > > > > -Alex > > > > > > /ah > > > > indyhall.org > > > > coworking in philadelphia > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Coworking" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > 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 coworking@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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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