If it helps, we have just launched Swivel Spaces (www.swivelspaces.com) in Orlando in our existing office space. It was actually the desire to have the space filled with a broad range of skills and energy that led us to this. The existing employees are excited by it and not concerned about "feeling uncomfortable" at all.
Is there something specific that you're concerned about? Linda From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Hopkins Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Coworking] How to grow/communitize co-working inside an existing office? 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]. 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. -- 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.
