Thanks Barbara - very interesting insight. I'll be sure to catch your presentation and to have a chat with Jess & Jay!
On Thursday, 12 October 2017 17:43:52 UTC+1, Barbara Sprenger wrote: > > Hi Mark, > I'm not sure this is an either/or question. We've found that if you're > doing smaller spaces (under 10,000 s.f.) in smaller cities and towns, we > build a non-homogenous community based on location as well as interest > groups. If you go with community first, you're too dependent on that > initial group. That said, we start with meetups and community connections > as soon as we decide on a location. I guess I'm trying to say that you're > safest if you do both! > > On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 8:49:50 AM UTC-7, Mark wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> As someone who is relatively new to the world of coworking (I only >> realised it existed about 6 months ago!) I was curious to hear people's >> views on community vs corporate coworking spaces. >> >> As someone who is looking to setup a coworking space there appear to be >> two distinct views as far as I can see. >> >> One side - community - seems to come from the side of most commonly >> associated with the original view of coworking - start a community first, >> figure out what they want and then create a space to suit the community. >> >> The other side - corporate - looks like it takes the view, create some >> amazing spaces and "they will come". I'm thinking specifically about WeWork >> and the other companies that are like them. For example, I could be wrong, >> but I'm not sure that WeWork necessarily invest massive amounts of >> resources in creating a community in an area before they launch a new space? >> >> Is this simply a question of things moving on or is there evidence to >> suggest that the community method is preferable and therefore more >> sustainable? >> >> My hunch would be that there are more "community" minded people in this >> forum which might make things a little biased bit I'd be interested to hear >> regardless. >> >> I'm in the process of looking at launching a dedicated coworking space in >> a city in the UK that doesn't have any spaces yet, and so (again) my hunch >> would be that community first is the way to go in order to quantify the >> demand. >> >> Thanks again! >> >> Mark >> > -- 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.
