As Toni suggested, ABSOLUTELY check out your local spots first! Get to know the local scene, especially given that you're new on the ground in Indianapolis, what's good about it and what's not. The people already doing it are the local coworking community - which means they're potential collaborators far more than they are competitors.
Also, having been through this a lot of times over the last 6 years and that you're so early in the process, I strongly recommend that you try shaking the want to open a space while you don't know anybody yet and as a result, don't have any community built up yet. Opening a coworking space is the easy part, but bringing people in the door and building real community amongst them is a lot harder than a lot of people think. Search this group for the near weekly question of "how do I find members" from spaces that opened without them. It's possible to build community after the fact, but it's a LOT harder to do it after the fact: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ (hint, this post isn't really about funding) You'll get to a space eventually, I promise. But developing community early will not just pay off in your ability to open the space of your dreams, but it'll plug you into the Indianapolis community in ways that you haven't even dreamed of yet! And that's the part that pays dividends FAR greater than owning a room full of desks :) Also, if you're psyched about coworking ideas, I send a free weekly email newsletter that's got all of the best links about coworking related topics from the previous week. Jump on before Thursday morning of this week to get the next one: http://coworkingweekly.com - there's also a quick reference to the first 20 issues work of links here to help you get caught up. These back issues cover a LOT of ground very quickly, especially a number of common discussions that happen on this list http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/20-weeks-of-coworking-weekly/ Welcome to the global coworking community - it's fun here, happy to have you! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Toni Hogan wrote: > have you searched "coworking indianapolis?" > > http://www.indycoz.com/ > > http://www.speakeasyindy.com/ > > On Jul 24, 12:05 pm, bfogle <[email protected] (http://ymail.com)> wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > Let me start out by saying I am new here so I don't really know the forum > > all that well. I have been researching coworking for several months now and > > I think that it is great! I just moved to the Indianapolis area and would > > love to start up a space here. Like I said I just moved here so this is > > really my first step I dont yet no anyone else in the area that would be > > interested in coworking so I am looking to meet some like minded people and > > see what kind of interest Indianapolis has in coworking. Soo if anyone is > > in the area please get in contact with me I would love to meet you > > > > So alittle about myself and how I ended up with my interest in starting a > > space. I have been doing freelance graphic design for many years mostly at > > my dining room table or at my office at my "real" job. My wife is a > > photographer as well and works from home. We have 2 small kids and trying > > to get any kind of real work done at home is a complete challange. Soo I > > stumbled apon coworking and have loved the idea every since. > > > > Anyone who has any feedback for a beginner please feel free to reply and > > anyone in the Indy area please let me know your out there! > > > > Thanks! > > Bfogle > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[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.
