Tony, First, awesome article. And This: *"people out there working from home wishing they could feel a sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves" *
This is exactly what led me to consider researching coworking spaces in the first place. I was (still am in some ways) that person. If the values of the members in this group even slightly resemble the majority of people in this industry, i've definitely chosen the right rabbit hole to go down. Are there any specific case studies of someone as they built their coworking community from the ground up? Maybe I need to think harder, but i'm only able to imagine starting a meetup.com group at this moment. Am I on the right track with this? Thanks again for all of the really helpful replies. :) Dusten On Tuesday, 22 March 2016 10:29:23 UTC-6, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > I'll add: Consumer Coworking spaces will likely hit a saturation point > eventually; they're expanding too quickly not to. Capitalism > dictates unrelenting growth until saturation, and the capitalists are most > definitely onto this game now. > > But there could be 100 Consumer Coworking spaces in Calgary, and it > wouldn't have any bearing on the deeper and more meaningful need that makes > this movement important. > > So long as there are people out there working from home wishing they could > feel a sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves, there will > be a need for a community that aspires to provide something better. > > Transformative Coworking communities will be in high demand so long as > there are people out there who need a way of joining the emerging > interdependent workforce. > > These kinds of communities will be needed so long as people long for more > meaningful avenues for gathering, forming connections, and learning from > each other. > > If you act from a place of purposefulness, put your heart in > charge, show people how to be human and help each other, and resolve to > empower and incite, you'll be too busy being awesome to worry about > saturation or competition. > > <3 > > Tony > > > On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Dusten, welcome to the movement! >> >> Don't leave it to guesswork; go out and test the idea by talking to >> people. If there's a need, then you should be able to prove it through >> conversation and organizing informal gatherings. >> >> Building a community before building a space is such a critical >> prerequisite that Alex and a lot of us talk about because it helps you >> prove whether or not there's a need before you commit to building a space. >> >> I wrote some more about that process here: >> http://nwc.co/3/how-to-start-a-coworking-space-part-1-the-commitment/ >> >> Intuitively, I'd say your instincts are probably right and there is a >> need. Regardless, proving that suspicion with validation from real people >> sets you on a course to build a lasting culture. >> >> Let us know how it goes! >> >> Tony >> >> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Dusten W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi There! >>> >>> I've been lurking/reading a lot of material on coworking lately and this >>> is my first post. Thanks for having me! >>> >>> First, thanks Alex for all of the excellent content on your website. >>> You've answered almost all of my newbie questions about community building >>> and running a coworking space in the right way. Hands down the most >>> organized content i've found on the subject. >>> >>> My burning question: How did you guys (who have run a successful space >>> for a few years) decide that your market would support yet another space in >>> your city? I live in a smaller city of ~1 million(Calgary) that seems to >>> have only 2 "true to form" coworking spaces that I can find(excluding >>> corporate and Regus) yet a place like Singapore or Toronto (close in >>> population ~5.5mil has over 30 each! >>> >>> I have ties in all 3 cities, it's why I used them as examples. So I am >>> curious....with so many variables, what are some of the indicators you >>> would use to determine if one place was better than another? Does anyone >>> have any experience in SG or TO ? >>> >>> Thanks for reading! Glad to be a part of this community:) >>> >>> Dusten >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
