Hi Dawn. Thanks for the note - I'm glad you're finding it useful!
I am a data nerd. So I track this data for my business, and, somewhere along the way, realized that it might be useful to others. I know that if I had been able to access this sort of data while exploring the idea of opening a coworking space, it would have been useful to me.. so my hope is that it's useful to others. Sounds like it is! Excellent. I also believe that data only goes so far. I don't want to just provide data, so we make sense of that data on our blog. We've written a number of posts in which we look at the data, and make some conclusions that relate to our community, our space, and our business. Hopefully, that paints a more complete picture. It's fascinating how many people I have heard from since taking this approach. Coworking spaces around the world are reaching out with questions and gratitude. I think there's real value in sharing this sort of insight with others. Just as meaningful: sharing the dirty innards of our coworking space speaks to our values, as well. Transparency, honesty, and the willingness to embrace failure -- it just feels like who we are. So we'll keep doing it. Crazy, maybe. But that's okay with us. Best, -Matt On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:17:25 AM UTC-6, Dawn Baird wrote: > > Matt > > Wow! This makes me think either you guys are a little crazy, or you know > something the rest of us don't! I *love* it! > > What inspired you to take such an unusual step? The vibes of crowdsourcing > and the sharing economy seems to facilitate such a brave move. > > Also, thank-you. We're knee-deep in our business plan, so this will be > very helpful for us just now! > > Dawn > > On Thursday, 14 January 2016 13:05:54 UTC, Matt D. wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. >> >> We've enjoyed sharing some of the highs and lows of our coworking journey >> on our blog, and the positive response has inspired us to go one step >> further... So we created a website that displays all of our coworking data >> and financial information. There are charts and graphs, and links to >> download our financial spreadsheets: >> >> http://www.theskillery.com/coworking/open/data/ >> >> We'll update it once a month. If you like it, and find it useful, please >> spread the word. If there are things you think we could be doing to make it >> more useful, let me know. If you need help making sense of it all, holler. >> >> Hope this is useful for the group! >> -Matt @ The Skillery >> >> >> >> -- 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.
