It "takes two to tango" ! We'd love to collaborate with the other coworking spaces in the area, but one of them is hell bent on competing with a "we crush our competition" page on their website with erroneous info about our space and I'm sure others.
On Sunday, March 3, 2013 2:17:25 PM UTC-5, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > Look at the office buildings in the St Louis skyline, imagine the 9-to-5 > cubicles they're filled with, and think about how many people are going to > be working like that in the next 5, 10, or 20 years. > > You and the other folks doing coworking in St. Louis are heralding a > future that's fast apparoaching. Coworking's not done growing in a city > until it's transformed work as we know it forever. > > Your potential competitor is also your potential collaborator. If you both > can see it that way, then you can confound people with your friendship and > thrive together :-) > > If you spend some time with the folks in this other space, you might > likely discover the opportunities for a different community that wouldn't > directly compete-- whether by way of geography, culture, or something else. > Handled right, your efforts would compliment the existing ones > beautifully. > > > On Sunday, March 3, 2013, Cameron Goldsmith wrote: > >> Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking >> spots.... Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is >> supposed to be good for the market, but what if the city is small?? >> >> Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested >> in, St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and >> researching to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding >> out StL has a fairly large spot already. >> >> Do you think this is something that is sustainable, or do you feel like I >> would be stepping on the toes of a community catalyst by opening a new >> business doing a very similar thing? >> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout.
