Tomoya, Welcome!
It sounds like you have some goals and dreams of your own - do you know of other people with similar aspirations nearby that you might be able to begin to gather as the early stages of a community? The good news is that you can avoid a common problem in the fact that the coworking space that opened isn't yours, so you don't have the stress of needing to fill seats in order to pay the bills looming over you and you can focus on the community. In the end this could end up being a positive, symbiotic relationship between you and the owner of the space, but I highly recommend that the two of you make sure that you're on the same page beyond him "being a nice guy" and him "wanting to make the space community driven". These are both easy things to say, but much harder in practice. Get your goals out on on the table and see if you can figure out what working together will be like. The other good news is that even if he and his space end up not being the right fit, you can still work on building the community. The space part is easy once you've got that part right :) There's a TON of stuff that I've gathered and written myself on community building, etc - http://masterclass.indyhall.org/recommended-reading.html Enjoy, and good luck! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Dec 30, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Tomoya Shimaguchi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I'm a programmer who is living in Asahikawa, Japan. > A week ago, the first coworking space in our city opened. > > The coworking space is in a bit lucklaster building in the city street; City > center itself is lucklaster. > Lots of the office rooms in the building are empty. > And then, a management consultant man started the coworking space; He is > really a nice guy. > If the coworking space become vibrant place, the adjacent office rooms will > be expanded as a part of coworking space. > > I'm a independent contractor. I always work at home. > And I'm a wantrepreneur who want to start a startup in the future. > I've been dreaming to start hackerspace in Asahikawa city. > But I didn't know much about coworking space and its history. > So I've just learned about coworking space with coworking.com > > Obviously, the coworking space didn't start from community. > But the consultant man wants to make the space community driven place. > > Any of you, have a similar experience? > Can you suggest a possible problem with this kind of coworking space? > > Thanks! > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
