Welcome, Michelle! You have to involve people in the process as much as possible from as early as possible.
You don't want customers coming in to consume your services; you want co-conspirators who feel emotionally invested in what you're doing. The real value of a coworking community is in the bonds built between the people who are a part of it. The workspace is just a delivery medium for that. Host happy hours, dinner parties, pop-up coworking sessions, and whatever else people want to do. Before you open the workspace. Solicit feedback on decisions, through in-person meetings and online. Invite people to be a part of what's happening. Treat people like humans, empower wherever possible, and remember that we're all in this together. The office and business stuff gets a lot easier when you've built a tight-knit core of passionate and dedicated people. Best of luck! Tony *---* *New Work Cities <http://nwc.co/consulting> - Coworking consultancy & organizer network* *Open Coworking <http://opencoworking.org/> - The nonprofit that powers coworking.org <http://coworking.org>* [image: Inline image 8] <http://tonybacigalupo.com/>[image: http://twitter.com/tonybgoode] <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode>[image: http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo] <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo>[image: http://linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo] <http://linkedin.com/in/tonybacigalupo> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:10 AM, <miche...@troyinnovationgarage.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am the Community Manager for Troy Innovation Garage in Troy, NY. After > many months of construction we are at the final stage of construction and > anticipate to open our doors in the Fall. I wanted to reach out to hear > about the challenges people faced while opening their doors and if you had > any advice. What was your grand-opening like and how you got the interested > individuals throughout the project to transition to paying members? > > I appreciate any advice! > Michelle > > -- > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
