I'm loving to see this discussion because i recently failed in opening a coworking space in my hometown and decided to start crafting my own beer after that. Thank you for finding some logical connection between those two :)
Having experienced both in a short time I can think of some common ingredients to both business: collaboration, diy culture, global thinking / local action, defying business as usual, having a fulfilling work and having fun! Niva Silva linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/nivasilva/pt> / lattes<http://bitly.com/lattesNivaSilva> / facebook <http://www.facebook.com/nivasilva> 2014-01-30 Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking <[email protected]> > This story goes emphasis on a grander scale what we've been able to do >> with Denver Coworks, our local alliance. We openly work together and keep >> each other posted about our availability, our intentions and goals in >> community building, and future plans. Over the last year we have a strong >> understanding of each other, direct people to the help them find what >> they're looking for, and put on events to bring our communities together. >> It has make each space stronger and certainly built awareness of the >> movement. >> > > From the public perspective Denver Coworks looks like one organization > with a lot of themed spaces focus on building a different communities. This > was not intentional but it evolved to appear so because we only included > fairly like-minded coworking spaces in a similar way that Dogfish Head > collaborates with other like-minded craft brewers. We acknowledge each > other, proud of what everyone is doing, and looking for new ways to work > together. Most importantly it builds up a level of trust and camraderie > between 'competitors.' > > The Colorado Coworking Passport is the most recent example and that > started by a discussion of two alliances in Boulder and Denver trying to > figure out how we can work together. To keep with the craft brew analogy > it's like buying a twelve pack with twelve different crafts bottles. Keep > exploring and you can also come back to your favorite. > > > > -- > 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.

