I'm going to piggy-back on Tony's suggestion... Every time I host a cowork Meetup at whatever coffee shop it is, I seek out at least 2-3 people who I can politely interrupt and talk to about why they're there, have they tried coworking (or even heard of it) and what they need from their workspace. Then drop a card with my website. I've mostly met solopreneurs, Dell remote workers, and a couple of freelancers. Today, I met an entrepreneur and app developer who does enterprise work for Dell. He just moved from East Austin (i.e. cowork mecca) and coworked at Conjunctured (Austin's first space) and a few other prominent Austin spaces. We discussed if there was a market or enough work at homer's to support a cowork and his feedback was very helpful. We've since LinkedIn and I'll keep him in the loop of our progress.
Now I don't do the 'lean startup' interview approach because, frankly, it's too time consuming. I do ask questions of my cowork social community. For instance, I know that flexibility and family needs are top reasons why people work from home; they also hate work at home distractions and isolation. I also know that they love the coffee shop vibe, want conference rooms and client spaces. NOW my biggest hurdle is asking people to pay for it. Where's that blog post Tony, Alex? Jen @EngageCowork -- 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.
