Just to clarify: there are 3 current dedicated desks plus a 4th open? If so, this would be a very small community. I would think that you would have to program events and such.
Jerome http://wew.BLANKSPACES.com On Aug 2, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]. >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
