Thanks, everyone. This is quite encouraging. The Simon Sineck quote is wonderful. I can see how involving everybody and making things great for them will solve all the "problems" at once.
Anthony, Loosecubes sounds very interesting. I am sending you an e-mail about that. Michael On Thursday, August 2, 2012 1:29:58 PM UTC-5, Anthony Marinos wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Thanks a lot for starting this great thread. There are definitely a lot of > companies in your position who are interested in figuring out the best way > to host coworkers in their existing office. Alex, Jonathan, Linda, and > Jerome have already made some great suggestions. > > I thought it might also be worth it for you to check out > Loosecubes<https://www.loosecubes.com/>! > We're a peer-to-peer workspace sharing community that helps business owners > (like you) connect with freelancers and entrepreneurs in need of a flexible > place to work on a daily basis. Through our platform, you'll be able to > host relevant professionals on an ongoing basis (and it's totally free). > Let me know if you're interested in joining the site. Feel free to e-mail > me at [email protected] or give me a call at 347-449-0771. > > Talk to you soon, > > Anthony > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Jerome Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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. 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