Tony, Thanks for answering so quickly. You might have suspected that I'm working with Tiffanie Mark @ Matrix to start this relationship between our two spaces, since you saw the same question on two different groups at the same time - and provided us both with answers. Love coworkers!
I agree with your advice about defining our community's vision and purpose as separate from the other's, which actually has very similar values and goals. This will be a good litmus test to see if we can in fact differentiate ourselves. If we cannot - well that says something too! Would you comment on what was "awkward" at times? I know we can't anticipate everything. Tiffanie is being really accommodating and cooperative. But we want to make sure we are cooperative right back. Thanks again and congrats to you on the New Work new digs. I hope to visit one day soon.. Elaine. On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 11:29:59 AM UTC-5, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: > > Hi Elaine! I moved my coworking space into another one for 4 months in > between spaces. It was awkward at times, but in the end we both saved each > other (they needed the rent, we needed a home). > > Ultimately, it's more about the culture than the space itself. If you > define what your community's vision and purpose is, that should stand on > its own. People can be attracted to participate in your vision, or someone > else's, or both. > > If you do eventually move out of the space, you can maintain a strong > collaborative relationship, so you're cross-promoting each other's efforts > and continuing to build collective social capital among the both of you. > > But first thing's first: why are you here, and what is it that you want to > create that's different from everything else out there? > > 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 Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Elaine Glowacki <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Anyone have experience incubating a coworking community *inside *your >> space? I am owner of a fledgling community with values similar to the >> coworking space we may be moving into as we grow. We need to figure out a >> financial arrangement certainly, but any ideas on how we can maintain our >> identity separate from the other at the same time promoting the strategic >> alliance of sharing resources? >> >> Any ideas of how to approach this or questions we should be asking >> ourselves? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
