Funny, I read Craig's post and thought...isn't that what I just said? And then I realized that I had a draft stuck in my outbox that said almost 100% of what Craig just wrote. So I'm glad it's not just me :)
-Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm seeing some unfortunate trends as well, but they were also expected. >>> Many people have seen coworking as an evolution of office space versus a >>> shift in way people connect and support each other in the new economy. It's >>> been happening for a few years now but more people are using 'coworking' as >>> monetizing their lounge space in a similar way to Regus. We're seeing a lot >>> of this in Denver after the coworking model as been around for 5 years. >>> >>> Another disturbing shift is the focus on coworking just for startups and >>> the tech sector. This creates an illusion that coworking is only for a >>> certain segment or type of individual that feeds on itself. The startup and >>> tech space with coworking is gaining momentum which causes community >>> mangers/ space owners to focus just on this group when they plan their >>> business and marketing. This makes others to feel like coworking isn't for >>> them which reenforces future space owners and the reporting media to >>> continue the limited focus. >>> >>> I want coworking to be open to all smart and friendly people. Coworking >>> can be work clubhouse for freelancers, remote workers, small teams, >>> startups, and anything else. We have to simply work harder to make this >>> happen. Tony in the Shareable article describes this well in the article >>> Alex posted. >>> >>> Craig >>> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
