Thanks Alex! Thanks for the links and mentoring. At first, I was a bit skeptical about the feasibility of community driven coworking space because lots of coworking spaces in Japan I know are run by companies which has lots of cash. But as I get to know more about coworking, I'm getting realize it's really a nice opportunity.
I've just decided to take part in the space. I met a few entrepreneurs who are friends of the owner of the space. There is a lot of stuff to do since nothing has been decided yet. When I run into a trouble, I'll always look into the resources given by global coworking community! Tomoya On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 7:20:23 AM UTC+9, Alex Hillman wrote: > > Oh, Tomoya, I meant to link to this when I netioned the "need to fill > seats to pay the bills": > > > http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/tips-for-building-community-after-opening-a-coworking-space/ > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Alex Hillman > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > 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]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > I'm a programmer who is living in > Asahikawa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahikawa,_Hokkaid%C5%8D>, > 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 <http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/> 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.
