That dinner photo is just the best. Congrats, Tom!
-Alex On Friday, December 18, 2015, Tom Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all. Wanted to share our great news with you all. As of today, The > Guild in Bath <http://www.theguildhub.co.uk> is full. We have 150 > monthly paying members, alongside a thriving room hire business and event > programme, and while it's always tricky to pick a number to cap memberships > at we think 150 is right for the moment, particularly as in January we know > a lot of people will be in who haven't paid us a visit for some time. We > want to focus on making sure our member experience is even better next > year- increasing our already crazy fast internet speeds, getting even > better coffee, adding even more cool stuff, and also considering non > resident memberships for those who want to be part of what we do but love > working from home. > > We also had our 3rd Christmas party earlier this week, and had 90 diners, > which blew me away (photo attached). It was great to see everyone > together, and we enjoyed a festive quiz from the hub management, including > such gems as "to the nearest 500, how many coworking hubs are there in the > world according to the most recent Deskmag survey". > > I'm so humbled that this thing I built from nothing has become such > cornerstone of the creative and tech scene in the city, and I'm very much > looking forward to growing operations both here in bath and across the UK > in 2016. The Guild (a not for profit) is sustainable (and actually makes > profit which is reinvested into the community), and my own company which > set it up, built it and now operates it is also profitable- and due to > economies of scale that profit should only be going one way as we open more > spaces. We are overwhelmed with interest from other cities, developers and > landlords, and next year we'll be straight into our next big hub project. > > And finally- we've decided to counter the irritating growth in local > busybodies coming into The Guild as a result of seeing our 'coworking' > sign, and complaining that we've spelt it wrong, that coworking isn't a > word, and that the 'whole city are laughing at us'. I decided last week to > buy our very own coworking cow, and we now have this sitting in our foyer, > ready to shut up (OK, wind up) any complainers. Picture also attached. > > Have a great Christmas all > > Tom > Cowork Inc > > > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','coworking%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------ The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/podcast -- 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.
