Hey Tiago, Where exactly are you located? I'd recommend talking to some folks who are currently doing coworking in tropical areas for digital nomads, and might be able to make some suggestions on who to talk to about the unique challenges they've discovered.
Your concerns all tie back to one thing though: that you're starting with space and (in your own words) commodities. You need to start from the people. Without a community, you're instantly at a disadvantage in every way and as you've already experienced, have no way of knowing what you ACTUALLY need. You don't NEED to be 24/7. Most places actually aren't. And I bet that those surfers and nomads are more likely to be working a few hours a day and then fucking off to the beach the rest of the day. But if you don't have a community yet, you can't know that. You don't NEED to start with a huge space - in fact I recommend against it, especially if you have no money or members. You don't need member management software if you don't have members yet. Basically, your questions all get MUCH easier to answer once you've started building a community :) The approach is going to need to adapt a bit given your location, but my advice about where to start <http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2016/04/the-first-advice-i-give-to-almost-everyone-starting-a-new-coworking-space/> doesn't change! -Alex ------------------ *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 On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Tiago Vasconcelos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, just discovered this group. Already consumed so many > information here, thank you all for this. > > I'm looking to open a cowork space but i have many doubts and no money!! > The place is a highly touristic place by the ocean and a known surf spot. > I'll be counting with some nomad surfers, or digital nomads that surf or > just people who want to be in a nice place by the beach and do some work. > > At the moment i'm looking for real estate but don't know what to look for > exactly. I found a couple of stores from 60 to 100m² . Last week i found > what it used to be a hostel and it blew my mind and got me starting > thinking big. So what should i be looking for in a place? > > Secondly, after some research i found that most places are open 24/7 and > people have keys to the place, is this mandatory?! I found also that > there's management software for costumers. How does this work? Do people > have to do a login of some sort or have a check clock to punch in? > > What comodities are a must for a coworking space? > > I guess for now these are my biggest doubts... i have many more that i'll > be asking, if you don't mind, later! > > Thanks in advance, > Tiago > > -- > 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.
