β€οΈπππππππ€ > On May 4, 2016, at 5:57 AM, Trevor Twining <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tiago, welcome to your first coworking community! > > I was in the very situation you fear about two years ago. Twice! People with > more money and better connections than I had were able to move more quickly > to open their own spaces before we opened Cowork Niagara. One of them is > still floundering. The other has boarded up and the building is up for sale. > You can read about it here. > > http://www.trevortwining.me/blog/2015/10/16/community-trumps-capital-every-time.html > > Community wins. Every time. > > How did it end up for us? Within two years we became cashflow positive. We'll > be posting our first profit next year (likely a significant one), and we've > become actively involved in growing the independent sector of our local > economy. > > It takes one conversation at a time. It takes one relationship at a time. > It's slow, methodical, hard work, but it creates such a strong community that > it will withstand these shallow attempts at 'stealing your market.' > > Because you'll come to realize that while markets can be stolen, communities > can't. > > -------------------------------------------- > Trevor Twining > Cowork Niagara > http://coworkniagara.com > Home of Niagaraβs independent workforce > twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining > >> On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 7:55:27 AM UTC-4, Tiago Vasconcelos wrote: >> >> I've already read your post Alex, twice. It's been a great resource for me. >> The problem is, i don't really know how to start that "community"... and i'm >> affraid that if i start making a hype over this that my "idea" would get >> stollen by someone with much more money than i do and can swing a cowork >> space in a flash!! >> >> I do understand your point of view but, how do i get to the people, how do i >> do that market research? I've been puzzling my mind over that for quite a >> few weeks by now (first time i read your post was about 2 months ago). >> Surfers and nomads would be a part of the "community", i'd like to be able >> to serve the locals also, people with flexible workplaces, freelancers, or >> even people from here (Portugal) that would like to be a couple of months in >> the beach but still be able to do some work. >> >> A big place is scary for me. I'd probabily be better off with a 100mΒ² >> (+/-1000sqf) for start (i think smaller than this is very tight, no?) with a >> small rent to minimize the risks. >> >> So, how do you build a community? I don't really freelance (unfortunatelly), >> it's not easy to find other people to work with, and i have a 9-5 job (more >> like 9 to 19 ) that consumes my time. Is social network a possibility? >> Facebook, a fb group? what would i be marketing? an hipotetical space or >> just a community without mention or ties to any commercial space that i >> might be considering? >> >> Thanks for your reply Alex, love your blog and thank you for your help! >> >> Best regards, >> 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.
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