That has certainly been our experience. The University of Michigan, the city of Ann Arbor, the state of Michigan, and various private enterprises have spun up all manner of incubators, accelerators, and [your favorite buzzword here], and yet Workantile hums right along because none of those things are friendly to independents and remote workers, who are the core of Workantile's membership. In fact, we will refer people to the incubators if they are a better fit with them than they are with Workantile. And the couple of the incubators that are on the ball will refer people to us if they think we are a better fit.
So we don't look on incubators as competition, but as complements to our community. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Alex Hillman <[email protected] > wrote: > This entire argument is based on the fact that coworking spaces and > incubators have the same "clients". > > Meanwhile, contrary to what the press spouts, all of the research I can > find shows that coworking spaces are still dominated by independents, > freelancers, and remote workers...NOT startups. To that end, an incubators' > entire business model (up and out) doesn't work for the majority of > coworking's audience, even as they adjust to become "accelerators" > (whatever the heck that means). > > An accelerator is less competition for coworking than the living rooms, > home offices, and kitchens of the 17+ MILLION independent workers (and > that's a US only stat from 2012, up almost a million from the year before. > > -Alex > > -- > /ah > indyhall.org > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Robert Petrusz < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-14/waiting-for-the-accelerator-bubble-to-pop >> >> At the upcoming "Triangle Entrepreneurship Week" there is a panel >> presentation on "Co-working in the Triangle". The panelists are all >> accelerators or incubators. None of the local coworking spaces are invited >> to participate. >> >> Here is something I apparently worry about more than other coworking >> space owners: last I heard there were almost 700 incubators in America. >> "Incubators" are now not so cool anymore, so lots of folks seem to be >> switching to an "acclerator model". Its not clear that they will do any >> better than incubators that failed. >> >> Is anyone else worried that SEVEN HUNDRED incubators & accelerators in >> america could suddenly decide that they need to become coworking spaces?! >> There are also about 700 coworking spaces in america. Imagine a world where >> every single coworking space was suddenly competing with an >> incubator/accelerator that was funded by the local city/chamber of >> commerce/university/VC community. >> >> These new entrants can cause lots of trouble, especially in small markets >> where they can outspend a small coworking space by a factor of 10, easily. >> >> Anyone else pondering these types of issues? >> >> Robert >> Bull City Coworking >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- 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.
