Hi - always felt this might work but not yet tried it at our hubs - seems to have taken off brilliantly here:
www.centralworking.com at the BLOOMSBURY unit. Footfall is mega in that area so am sure that contributes to the success and the 'front seating' at stools/bars is not designed for laptop width! Member area / fab co working space that you can see on the pics on the site is accessed through turnstile Interesting article & comments on the Coffee Shop Squatters thanks for sharing that - agree with consensus that one hour code would protect the business owners' investment & onward trade. New style' units may well spring up based on market demand - Working Cafes where the coffee may be dearer but the service is costed in. Best, Fay From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LA Tripp Sent: 13 October 2013 07:25 To: [email protected] Subject: [Coworking] Coffee Shop/Coworking Combination Business Model Hi All! I have been searching for this in the past threads but haven't found this exactly. I was wondering if anyone has a Coworking space and coffee shop combination, where the coffee shop is an actual cafe run by a separate entity? The cafe would be in the front showroom area of the old auto dealership building I have in mind, with coworking in the warehouse/office part in the back; there would be some separation of the spaces, but I'd like to at least have a clear view into some the coworking space from the cafe. I have someone who might be interested, and it would certainly pull in potential coworkers. With the exception of Starbucks, most cafes in Pasadena are discontinuing their wifi, so I don't think anyone would be especially outraged if that wasn't offered in the cafe part. What may irritate coworkers is paying for coffee! Anyone have a business model for this they could share? Or is this a bad combo, and why? You all might get a kick out of this segement a few weeks ago on our local radio station about Coffee Shop Squatters: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/09/10/33648/coffeehouses-fight-bac k-against-wi-fi-squatters/ I was driving and so I couldn't call in and plug coworking as the solution! Many thanks! Loren -- 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.
