Have you ever though about joining an existing coworking community? It could be a great place to meet other folks and might even be cheaper than your rent.
On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Alex Hillman wrote: > I'm especially unsure how to create the small community without making > the existing people feel uncomfortable. > > Can you explain a bit more about what you're concerned about here? > > It sounds like you've got some fears that are holding you back from > creating something potentially great. Lets get those fears out in the open > so we can get rid of them! :) > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Michael Hopkins wrote: > > Hi, my company (2 people) shares office space with another company (1 > person.) The space is open floor plan. We keep the extra desk/couch/table > area open in the spirit of co-working. Two people use it semi-regularly. > > We would really like to see a *few* more people use it and grow a very > tight, entrepreneurial co-working community out of it. We have absolutely > no plans to make money off of it so long as our companies can keep paying > the rent, although we'd consider splitting rent with someone who wanted to > work there full-time. > > How should we proceed effectively here? I'm especially unsure how to > create the small community without making the existing people feel > uncomfortable. Happy to answer any follow-up questions. > > Michael > > P.S. One more caveat: we had a full-fledged co-working space in our city > close a year ago, and we're "refugees" from that. There's no bad blood but > we do not want to undertake any kind of aggressive campaign to publicize > this. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/g8cvAnuGdW0J. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[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]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'coworking%[email protected]');>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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.
