Hi Alex,

This all makes sense. But I am not quite sure what is meant by "Top-heavy
membership". Can you elaborate?

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here’s an incomplete and in-no-particular order of things that I’ve seen
> kill coworking spaces. Many of them aren’t unique to coworking, but often
> take unique or different “forms” in the context of coworking.
>
>  - Membership turnover
> - Hiring mistakes
> - Leadership burnout
> - Top-heavy membership
> - Losing a large ‘anchor’ member company
> - Overspending
> - Investor pressure
> - Poor partnerships
> - Over-reliance on sponsors
> - Identity crisis
> - Mismatched audience
> - Landlord disputes
> - Rent increases
>
> I know for a fact there are others that I’m not thinking of off the top of
> my head!
>
> -Alex
>
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>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Shailesh Deshpande <shailes...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>>  Hi Alex, Stacy & Others,
>>
>> Stumbled upon this discussion thread while researching coworking. I
>> recently started a coworking space called 'Indieloft' in Nagpur (India) and
>> looking to promote it locally and build a strong community.
>>
>> It'd be really interesting to understand why some of the other coworking
>> spaces before us failed while we think we can make a go of it. I can
>> already see how a coworking space might struggle if it doesn't have a core
>> group of startups/entrepreneurs/freelancers who are engaging and
>> collaborating on a regular basis. What were some of the other reasons?
>>
>> Really appreciate what you guys are doing to make this phenomenon
>> successful globally.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Shailesh
>>
>> /shailes...@gmail.com//@indieloft//www.facebook.com/indieloft//
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 10:18:29 UTC+5:30, Alex Hillman wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Stacey, welcome to the discussion! :)
>>>
>>> Hit me up off list, I'll catch you up on what I've found so far and some
>>> leads that might be worth following. I agree that there's a ton of value in
>>> better understanding the patterns in the mistakes made and problems
>>> encountered.
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Stacy Kessler <st...@platform53.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Alex and Others,
>>>>
>>>> Long time lurker, first time poster :) I started Platform 53
>>>> <http://www.platform53.com/>, a coworking space in Cincinnati,
>>>> OH/Northern Kentucky this past September, so still really fresh, but have
>>>> been doing research and pop-up coworking events around the region since
>>>> 2012, hence the long-time lurking...
>>>>
>>>> I just ran across this conversation thread and found it fascinating. I
>>>> know most of the collection was done a few years ago and it didn't sound
>>>> like it was as helpful as hoped, but sounds like there's still a lot of
>>>> interest around it. I think understanding this topic is extremely
>>>> important. I'm a market researcher by trade (both qual and quant), so if
>>>> there's a passion for picking back up the effort or digging into other
>>>> coworking questions, let me know--I'd be happy to help and ready to start
>>>> being more active in the broader coworking community.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Stacy Kessler
>>>> Co-Founder & Chief Visionary Officer
>>>> Platform 53
>>>>
>>>> PS. Thanks for all you do for the coworking community, Alex. Love your
>>>> dedication to having open conversations about coworking through this Google
>>>> Group and elsewhere. Really refreshing to be a part of a collaborative
>>>> industry after coming from the cut-throat corporate world.
>>>>
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