*"I hate to say that because this movement is so about collaboration and sharing, but it's really important to spell out intentions and the numbers early on. I allowed myself to be in a situation where we kind of breezed past that, and now the situation is awkward."*
Ouch. I feel ya. Relationships before transactions. This is a fundamental for *any* successful collaboration, and in my experience a core tenant of successful coworking. I spent an *entire* chapter of my audiobook on this, and how my partner and I teamed up. There's a ~5 minute preview up on soundcloud...check out it out: https://soundcloud.com/coworkingweeklyshow/chapter-8-preview-partnership-and-payoff -Alex ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Kevin Haggerty <[email protected]> wrote: > Erica, > > Thanks for responding and for sharing about your journey. I appreciate > your support, and I'll be rooting for you too! > > A tidbit I'll share with you that ay or may not be helpful: > > I'm not sure if you plan to spearhead this yourself or if you have or are > seeking partners. However, if your situation is anything like mine because > it's such a new idea and in a community that badly needs it, people may > start to gravitate to you as they are now doing so with me. I fully admit > that I didn't go to school for business and that isn't really my forte. I'm > super trusting of people and their intentions, and sometimes that gets me > in trouble. I ay all that to say this: Be careful/wary of people who would > come in and want to partner. I hate to say that because this movement is so > about collaboration and sharing, but it's really important to spell out > intentions and the numbers early on. I allowed myself to be in a situation > where we kind of breezed past that, and now the situation is awkward. I > wish I'd been firm on that early on, and I hope to let you (and anyone else > reading this) learn from my mistake. > > I like the Honeycomb suggestion! Even if we don't use that, it gets me > pointed in a new creative direction. 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]. > 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.
