Hi Everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Job. After 7 years of working alone, from home, as a freelance designer you get, well, lonely... and depressed. So I decided to start a coworking space! What's more is that I'm passionate about the idea of coworking spaces in general and their potential for change not only on a personal level, but a city and even state level as well. So not only do I want to create a space that I find inspiration in, but that others find inspiration in, that brings us together as a community and empowers us to create amazing things without having to leave the State - AKA "brain drain". I have larger goals of revitalizing the part of the city the space is planned to be in. Likewise I hope to lead by example and change pervasive, negative mindsets that currently resonate throughout parts of our state.
My first step was to start a Jelly. I jumped right in, doing them once a week – 5 so far. In addition I plan to add 2 "late night" Jelly's twice a month for those who can't make the weekly one. Currently I'm in the process of finding sources of funding, looking for a space, fudging with numbers, coming up with a business plan and apparently trying to kill myself stressing over the exact details of how to do this right and not fuck it up. LOL! That's probably healthy, right? So I care. And because I care I alternate between extreme excitement and being scared out of my mind. I just hope to not let that fear prohibit me from accomplishing my goal. Andy Soell's piece – On Opening A Coworking Space <https://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/be9f296c0aee> – helped with that the other night actually. Thanks again for that if you're reading, Andy. Anyway, that's me! LOL! Look forward to talking with the rest of you. :) Job -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
