Daniel, You're on the right track, I'd say. I opened a coworking space in Northeastern Wisconsin and was struggling getting some buy-in because the concept was totally new here. I opened a space with few known members anyway because I worked out an awesome partnership with a building owner, and because I thought that in a community like this it would make sense to be able to demonstrate what coworking is and what a coworking space looks like. Now we've gotten some awesome visibility and positive feedback, but we're still struggling to grow our membership because I didn't make enough of those in-person connections beforehand.
It sounds like you won't do the same thing, but I can't stress enough how important it is to build your community first and space second. Jellies are really the best way to go. We just started jellies again within our space and they do seem to bring some people out of the woodwork. I set up a new group on meetup.com and got a good deal of unexpected visibility that way. Good luck! On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 10:25:07 AM UTC-5, Daniel Rivera wrote: > > @alex > > I live in south Tx known as the Rio Grande Valley. San Antonio is the > closest city with a coworking environment which is a 4 hour drive from > here. > > Thanks again for all your help. My goal now is to "find my first 10." > > -- 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.
