Eric, awesome! I'm glad to hear there's a growing base of support behind what you're aiming for. Keep it rolling!
I grew up in Greenlawn and frequented the old Commack Bowl on Jericho Turnpike back in my teenage days. Small world! I'd be glad to grab a coffee at some point; let me know next time you're in the city. Cheers, Tony On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Eric Lituchy <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony - I was speaking to Robert at Bull City Coworking > <http://www.bullcitycoworking.com/> and he said I should be speaking to > you. Thanks for your response. > > I grow up in Commack and have been in Port Washington for the last 10 > years. What about yourself? > > I completely understand your position on crowdfunding once you have an > established cowork space, but since this is a completely new space there > are fewer concerns. I have a core group of supporters and have started to > put the word out about my plans. I 100% agree that I need to grow the > supports to make this a success. I know plenty of people, and learn about > more all the time, that love the idea. Many people I know have had > successful careers and either consult or run small businesses. They are > lonely working from home, or lonely and overpaying at places like Regus > (nice office, but no human stimulation). I would really love to build a > place where people love to come to everyday. > > I'd love to grab a coffee with you and stop by NWC to see what you've > built. > > Eric > > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 12:09:56 AM UTC-4, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: >> >> Eric, fellow Long Island native here! Where do you hail from? >> >> We successfully crowdfunded New Work City's expansion in 2010 and ever >> since I've been largely trying to sway people against doing it until >> absolutely necessary. >> >> The reason is this: almost everyone who contributed to our campaign was >> an existing member of the community we'd built over the course of the >> previous three years. >> >> I can't speak for everyone and every project, but I can say that if you >> focus first and foremost on identifying and rallying people who believe >> what you believe, and want what you want, you will have the support you >> need to be successful in whatever medium you need it. Do that groundwork >> and so many hard things become easy, believe me. >> >> If you've already got some momentum behind your effort, then a >> crowdfunding campaign can be a really great way to galvanize that existing >> support into action. >> >> I for one hope you succeed as I'd love to see more coworking happening in >> LI. Keep us posted! >> >> Tony >> >> >> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Eric Lituchy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am new to the Cowork world and find this group to be an amazing >>> resource. Thanks in advance! >>> >>> In July, I am opening a coworking space on Long Island. I am currently >>> working on building the community and already have 6 people onboard. I >>> thought of raising some capital from friends and family, but started to >>> think that crowdfunding (Indiegogo, Plumfund, etc.) might be a better >>> option. Capital will be used for rent, furniture, technology, etc. >>> >>> My questions: >>> >>> 1. Does crowdfunding make sense as a way to fund a startup coworking >>> space? My primary goal of the crowdfunding would be to get new >>> members to invest in our community. >>> 2. I expect to offer membership deals(ex. Contribute $1000 and get >>> 3-months of cowork space), "Hardship" contributions to give out-of-work >>> individuals free coworking space and media/press mentions for larger >>> contributions. Any thoughts on this? Other ideas? >>> 3. Any potential pitfalls of going the crowdsourced route? >>> >>> Any additional advice is sincerely appreciated. >>> >>> Thank, Eric >>> Long Island Cowork (Finaly name TBD) >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
