[Coworking] Re: SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement
I didn't realize people actually bought passes to SXSW. There's so much going on outside the actual event proper that I didn't think most of the folks on this list ever bought passes. On Feb 2, 1:02 pm, Jacob Sayles jsay...@gmail.com wrote: I won't be making it down this year. I really just came down the past two years to hang out with all the coworking people. Dropping $500 on the conference didn't feel worth it last year. My goal is to save my pennies so I can make more trips to visit folks in their natural coworking habitats. I am getting a little jealous and sad I'll miss this meetup though. Susan will be there to represent so tie one on for me! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Susan Evans susan.c.ev...@gmail.comwrote: Party on coworkers...I'll be there with bells on! Susan On Feb 1, 10:00 am, Tony Bacigalupo tonybacigal...@gmail.com wrote: Woohoo, can't wait! Thanks for stepping up Cody! Afterparty at Cogaoke... best day ever! Tony On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Drew shiftworksp...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Cody! for getting things together for this!!! Will be there for sure! On Jan 31, 6:08 pm, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, On behalf of all the coworking spaces in Texas, I'd like to welcome everyone to this years Coworking Meetup during SXSW. In years past, we have used the lovely San Jose Hotel, but this year, we'll be having it at the newly opened Texas Coworking just blocks away from the Austin Convention Center. We're doing it a bit earlier than years past, so we don't take away from the party atmosphere that happens later in the night. That said, here's the skinny: Date: March 13th, 2010 Time: 6PM - 8PM Location: 200 E. 6th Street, 3rd Floor -- Austin, TX If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll respond on/off list. Cody Marx Bailey 979-574-9199 The Creative Space (.org) Desired Hearts (.com) Hashtags (.org) 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy Bryan, Texas 77803 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: Open space or offices ?
Open. We've got 20 dedicated desks in a large open plan space. Probably self-selecting, but the folks here seem happy with it. Easier to start or join a conversation with neighbors, and lots of energy seeing other people excited and working on their projects. Occasionally we have bizarro moments where it seems like everyone is on a phone call with a client, but usually it paces out fine. The fact you would also have dedicated private space for meetings and private calls is valuable. Jesse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jesse Taggert Citizen Space San Francisco, CA http://citizenspace.us @citizenspace On Feb 2, 1:43 pm, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote: OK, we have a chance (as our 1 year anniversary approaches) to move to the office space next to ours. Ours has a nice open area maybe 12 x 12 (The Patio). The rest of the space has a hallway with offices 5 of them on either side, and storage. I took the doors down on the left side to encourage openness, but, use the right side offices (with doors) for cell phone use, private meetings, etc. See floorplan here:http://www.tracyvirtualoffice.com/cool-links/floorplan/ The next door space has three offices (the same as the old space on the right) that can be used for meetings, cell phone etc, but the rest of the space is wide open. The space looks and feels huge even though it is only 200 sq ft larger. Our (mostly gut) feeling is that the open space would be better. But, I was wondering if you had advice or thoughts? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice A Coworking Community 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Open space or offices ?
Yes, I need to put in a big vote for open here as well. Walls are barriers to culture. To the extent that you want coworking to engender common culture, you want it to be able to flow freely. We have two large rooms, and two small offices that hang off the one largest room. Invariably people want to be in the large main room because that's where the energy is. The folks in the two offices are constantly poking their heads out to be a part of what's happening in the main area. The secondary room is more of an overflow room at this point and it only gets used occasionally or for meetings. If it was used every day all the time, it would invariably have a different cultural feel to it than the main room. IndyHall, in its version 1.0, had two floors and Alex has remarked that the main floor and the mezzanine folks had two different cultures; not vastly different but enough to notice. That all said, Beehive Baltimore's space is something we took over as-is. If we get the chance to design our own space, it'll be primarily open space with perhaps a couple of meeting areas and possibly some tiny spaces appropriate for phone calls. If you're doing nothing but private offices I think it devolves into being executive suites pretty quickly, and that's a different thang. Dave -- Dave Troy Organizer Beehive Baltimore On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:41 AM, jesse je...@citizenspace.us wrote: Open. We've got 20 dedicated desks in a large open plan space. Probably self-selecting, but the folks here seem happy with it. Easier to start or join a conversation with neighbors, and lots of energy seeing other people excited and working on their projects. Occasionally we have bizarro moments where it seems like everyone is on a phone call with a client, but usually it paces out fine. The fact you would also have dedicated private space for meetings and private calls is valuable. Jesse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jesse Taggert Citizen Space San Francisco, CA http://citizenspace.us @citizenspace On Feb 2, 1:43 pm, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote: OK, we have a chance (as our 1 year anniversary approaches) to move to the office space next to ours. Ours has a nice open area maybe 12 x 12 (The Patio). The rest of the space has a hallway with offices 5 of them on either side, and storage. I took the doors down on the left side to encourage openness, but, use the right side offices (with doors) for cell phone use, private meetings, etc. See floorplan here: http://www.tracyvirtualoffice.com/cool-links/floorplan/ The next door space has three offices (the same as the old space on the right) that can be used for meetings, cell phone etc, but the rest of the space is wide open. The space looks and feels huge even though it is only 200 sq ft larger. Our (mostly gut) feeling is that the open space would be better. But, I was wondering if you had advice or thoughts? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice A Coworking Community 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- Dave Troy meet with me: http://bit.ly/davemtg blog: www.davetroy.com (@davetroy) community: www.beehivebaltimore.org (@bhivebmore) investing: www.baltimoreangels.org (@baltimoreangels) events: @TEDxMidAtlantic, @barcampbmore, @socialdevcamp projects: www.twittervision.com, www.flickrvision.com Partner, Roundhouse Technologies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
Hi all! It's been a long time coming, but we're finally able to open a space! Wayne and I signed the lease yesterday for a beautiful space in the heart of downtown Toronto. 102 Adelaide St E is an historic building (almost 200yrs old) which has been very well cared for over the years. We have a stunning view of a beautiful park, steps to major transit and great neighbourhood amenities, and easy access to highways. The space itself has one main workspace and two meeting rooms (one that will be set up as a boardroom and one with soft seating for a more casual meeting room). There is very little to do to the space, just taking down a few walls and fixing up the dark wood floors. We have some pictures on our space page and on our latest blog post at http://bit.ly/azTkMn, but those will be swapped out for better pics once the renos are done and we get the space filled with furniture. We get the keys to the space on Mon, and as of Feb 15 Camaraderie will be open for business! We are so excited and we really couldn't have done it without the guidance, encouragement, and wisdom of this group. You've been very helpful and friendly - camaraderie at its absolute finest! Stay tuned for the opening party announcement. r. -- rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca Find us in person: Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 Find us online: blog http://camaraderie.ca/blog | twitterhttp://twitter.com/camaraderie | facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto-ON/Camaraderie/31680224978?ref=ts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
Congrats Rachel! Cool space - love the 'hood - what's your s/f? We look forward to visit! We're upstairs now - pics coming - we had 17 tenants in yesterday! Chad On 2010-02-03, at 9:20 AM, rachel young wrote: Hi all! It's been a long time coming, but we're finally able to open a space! Wayne and I signed the lease yesterday for a beautiful space in the heart of downtown Toronto. 102 Adelaide St E is an historic building (almost 200yrs old) which has been very well cared for over the years. We have a stunning view of a beautiful park, steps to major transit and great neighbourhood amenities, and easy access to highways. The space itself has one main workspace and two meeting rooms (one that will be set up as a boardroom and one with soft seating for a more casual meeting room). There is very little to do to the space, just taking down a few walls and fixing up the dark wood floors. We have some pictures on our space page and on our latest blog post at http://bit.ly/azTkMn, but those will be swapped out for better pics once the renos are done and we get the space filled with furniture. We get the keys to the space on Mon, and as of Feb 15 Camaraderie will be open for business! We are so excited and we really couldn't have done it without the guidance, encouragement, and wisdom of this group. You've been very helpful and friendly - camaraderie at its absolute finest! Stay tuned for the opening party announcement. r. -- rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca Find us in person: Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E, 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 Find us online: blog | twitter | facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. inline: tcs-sign-1.png
Re: [Coworking] Re: Open space or offices ?
I'd also point out that, anecdotally, I've seen spaces have to work much harder to fill coworking when they offer both options (private offices and open coworking layouts). The problem, I think, is that private offices are familiar, and people will gravitate towards the things that are most familiar to them. Culturally, giving people a chance to even see a familiar option inhibits their ability to walk into a coworking space open minded...something that we've found helps get people acclimated to the different ways of working. Anything you can do to make the first moments of seeing your workspace be strikingly different, to elicit the ok, I'm ready for anything today feeling from your new prospectives will mean they are likely to get more out of their first day, and more likely to join as coworkers that contribute to the culture of the space that you're trying to engender. There's some chaos that comes with open spaces, and they aren't for everyone. We do turn people away who are looking for private offices. But we've also tried having private offices and the value their inhabitants added as contributing members of the coworking community were much lower than the average. From a business perspective, since that is worth considering,...open floorplans also mean more flexibility and therefore opportunity for revenue. Offices have a fixed price, a market value that's hard to change in your members' eyes. Even if you're introducing all of the warm fuzzies of coworking, a desk is still only worth a certain amount. Whereas coworking space and open, flexible floorplans provide an opportunity for creating new price points. Flexible space means that optimizing for growth is much easier. And finally...while anchor members are important for establishing your revenue base, having flexible desk options means that so long as you can fill them, your revenue potential per flex desk is likely to be higher than your anchor desks! In our case, a flex desk has a maximum revenue potential of $300/month (our most expensive monthly plan). But a flex desk with a basic member at it every day is has a potential of $600, and a flex desk with a drop in at it every day has a potential of $1000. -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:38 AM, David Troy davet...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I need to put in a big vote for open here as well. Walls are barriers to culture. To the extent that you want coworking to engender common culture, you want it to be able to flow freely. We have two large rooms, and two small offices that hang off the one largest room. Invariably people want to be in the large main room because that's where the energy is. The folks in the two offices are constantly poking their heads out to be a part of what's happening in the main area. The secondary room is more of an overflow room at this point and it only gets used occasionally or for meetings. If it was used every day all the time, it would invariably have a different cultural feel to it than the main room. IndyHall, in its version 1.0, had two floors and Alex has remarked that the main floor and the mezzanine folks had two different cultures; not vastly different but enough to notice. That all said, Beehive Baltimore's space is something we took over as-is. If we get the chance to design our own space, it'll be primarily open space with perhaps a couple of meeting areas and possibly some tiny spaces appropriate for phone calls. If you're doing nothing but private offices I think it devolves into being executive suites pretty quickly, and that's a different thang. Dave -- Dave Troy Organizer Beehive Baltimore On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:41 AM, jesse je...@citizenspace.us wrote: Open. We've got 20 dedicated desks in a large open plan space. Probably self-selecting, but the folks here seem happy with it. Easier to start or join a conversation with neighbors, and lots of energy seeing other people excited and working on their projects. Occasionally we have bizarro moments where it seems like everyone is on a phone call with a client, but usually it paces out fine. The fact you would also have dedicated private space for meetings and private calls is valuable. Jesse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jesse Taggert Citizen Space San Francisco, CA http://citizenspace.us @citizenspace On Feb 2, 1:43 pm, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote: OK, we have a chance (as our 1 year anniversary approaches) to move to the office space next to ours. Ours has a nice open area maybe 12 x 12 (The Patio). The rest of the space has a hallway with offices 5 of them on either side, and storage. I took the doors down on the left side to encourage openness, but, use the right side offices (with doors) for cell phone use, private meetings, etc. See floorplan here: http://www.tracyvirtualoffice.com/cool-links/floorplan/ The next door space has three offices (the same
Re: [Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
thanks chad! glad to hear your new upstairs space has worked well for you. it is so convenient for just about every form of transportation, too, even close to the island airport. it's a really great space, great neighbourhood, great building. patience definitely pays off! the space is about 1200sqft, which is small, but totally fine with us for now. it just feels good to be talking about it in real time, rather than in the future. r. On 3 February 2010 09:39, TCS c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote: Congrats Rachel! Cool space - love the 'hood - what's your s/f? We look forward to visit! We're upstairs now - pics coming - we had 17 tenants in yesterday! Chad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
Yes - that's the s/f we had downstairs for 2 years - worked great!! We added some Link Love on our site for ya. Chad On 2010-02-03, at 9:56 AM, rachel young wrote: thanks chad! glad to hear your new upstairs space has worked well for you. it is so convenient for just about every form of transportation, too, even close to the island airport. it's a really great space, great neighbourhood, great building. patience definitely pays off! the space is about 1200sqft, which is small, but totally fine with us for now. it just feels good to be talking about it in real time, rather than in the future. r. On 3 February 2010 09:39, TCS c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote: Congrats Rachel! Cool space - love the 'hood - what's your s/f? We look forward to visit! We're upstairs now - pics coming - we had 17 tenants in yesterday! Chad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. inline: tcs-sign-1.png
Re: [Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
Looks like I need to do a coworking crawl next time I'm in TO. :) Congrats! On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:02 AM, TCS c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote: Yes - that's the s/f we had downstairs for 2 years - worked great!! We added some Link Love on our site for ya. Chad On 2010-02-03, at 9:56 AM, rachel young wrote: thanks chad! glad to hear your new upstairs space has worked well for you. it is so convenient for just about every form of transportation, too, even close to the island airport. it's a really great space, great neighbourhood, great building. patience definitely pays off! the space is about 1200sqft, which is small, but totally fine with us for now. it just feels good to be talking about it in real time, rather than in the future. r. On 3 February 2010 09:39, TCS c...@thecreativespace.ca wrote: Congrats Rachel! Cool space - love the 'hood - what's your s/f? We look forward to visit! We're upstairs now - pics coming - we had 17 tenants in yesterday! Chad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. * * Chad Ballantyne Creative Director www.thecreativespace.ca 705.252.2423 ü Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. tcs-sign-1.png
Re: [Coworking] Re: SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement
True that you don't always need a pass, but many of the parties actually require one. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.comwrote: I didn't realize people actually bought passes to SXSW. There's so much going on outside the actual event proper that I didn't think most of the folks on this list ever bought passes. On Feb 2, 1:02 pm, Jacob Sayles jsay...@gmail.com wrote: I won't be making it down this year. I really just came down the past two years to hang out with all the coworking people. Dropping $500 on the conference didn't feel worth it last year. My goal is to save my pennies so I can make more trips to visit folks in their natural coworking habitats. I am getting a little jealous and sad I'll miss this meetup though. Susan will be there to represent so tie one on for me! Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolationhttp://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Susan Evans susan.c.ev...@gmail.com wrote: Party on coworkers...I'll be there with bells on! Susan On Feb 1, 10:00 am, Tony Bacigalupo tonybacigal...@gmail.com wrote: Woohoo, can't wait! Thanks for stepping up Cody! Afterparty at Cogaoke... best day ever! Tony On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Drew shiftworksp...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Cody! for getting things together for this!!! Will be there for sure! On Jan 31, 6:08 pm, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone, On behalf of all the coworking spaces in Texas, I'd like to welcome everyone to this years Coworking Meetup during SXSW. In years past, we have used the lovely San Jose Hotel, but this year, we'll be having it at the newly opened Texas Coworking just blocks away from the Austin Convention Center. We're doing it a bit earlier than years past, so we don't take away from the party atmosphere that happens later in the night. That said, here's the skinny: Date: March 13th, 2010 Time: 6PM - 8PM Location: 200 E. 6th Street, 3rd Floor -- Austin, TX If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll respond on/off list. Cody Marx Bailey 979-574-9199 The Creative Space (.org) Desired Hearts (.com) Hashtags (.org) 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy Bryan, Texas 77803 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- tara 'missrogue' hunt Book: The Whuffie Factor (http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com) Blog: HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon (http://horsepigcow.com) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/missrogue phone: 514-679-2951 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] camaraderie now has a home!
Indeed! Would love to have you visit. r. On 3 February 2010 12:19, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like I need to do a coworking crawl next time I'm in TO. :) Congrats! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: Open space or offices ?
Hi Mike, What is your total sq. footage in your current space? It's looks similar to the one I'm pursuing. Mine will have different nooks where multiple people sit but you can't necessarily see the people in a different nook when you're in one (hard to explain). There are no doors except the conference room. -Angel On Feb 2, 2:43 pm, Mike Pihlman m...@telbitconsulting.com wrote: OK, we have a chance (as our 1 year anniversary approaches) to move to the office space next to ours. Ours has a nice open area maybe 12 x 12 (The Patio). The rest of the space has a hallway with offices 5 of them on either side, and storage. I took the doors down on the left side to encourage openness, but, use the right side offices (with doors) for cell phone use, private meetings, etc. See floorplan here:http://www.tracyvirtualoffice.com/cool-links/floorplan/ The next door space has three offices (the same as the old space on the right) that can be used for meetings, cell phone etc, but the rest of the space is wide open. The space looks and feels huge even though it is only 200 sq ft larger. Our (mostly gut) feeling is that the open space would be better. But, I was wondering if you had advice or thoughts? Thanks, Mike -- Mike Pihlman TracyVirtualOffice A Coworking Community 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 203 Tracy, CA 95376 Mobile: 209-608-4340 Web: TracyVirtualOffice.com Twitter: @TracyVirtOffice Skype: tracyvirtualoffice1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Savannah, GA
Hey Tom, I'd agree with the other poster, supplying a computer isn't really necessary. From a business perspective, I'd even posit that if they can't afford a computer then they probably can't afford to pay a coworking membership on a regular basis. :) If you haven't checked out Mike Schinkel's place in Atlanta, I'd highly recommend it. I'm in the Charlotte area and a member of Tyler Ford's coworking space LightbulbCoworking.com . That said, I am definitely interested in possibly picking up a coworking membership with yourself once you open in Savannah. I lived and did business in Savannah in the early 90's and I'm looking to expand out in that area again after attending Geekend last fall(we might have met then). Best Regards, Brett http://twitter.com/brettbum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking in Savannah, GA
Hey Brett, Thanks for the shout-out! All these new spaces opening it just awesome for spreading the gospel of coworking! -Mike Schinkel Ignition Alley Atlanta Coworking http://ignitionalley.com On Feb 3, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Brett Bumeter wrote: Hey Tom, I'd agree with the other poster, supplying a computer isn't really necessary. From a business perspective, I'd even posit that if they can't afford a computer then they probably can't afford to pay a coworking membership on a regular basis. :) If you haven't checked out Mike Schinkel's place in Atlanta, I'd highly recommend it. I'm in the Charlotte area and a member of Tyler Ford's coworking space LightbulbCoworking.com . That said, I am definitely interested in possibly picking up a coworking membership with yourself once you open in Savannah. I lived and did business in Savannah in the early 90's and I'm looking to expand out in that area again after attending Geekend last fall(we might have met then). Best Regards, Brett http://twitter.com/brettbum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: Open space or offices ?
Wow...thank you all for the great advice! :-) I'll know in a couple of days if this will happen (I'm psyched, just need to convince my wife). I'll let you know Thanks again... Mike On 2/3/2010 6:41 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: I'd also point out that, anecdotally, I've seen spaces have to work much harder to fill coworking when they offer both options (private offices and open coworking layouts). The problem, I think, is that private offices are familiar, and people will gravitate towards the things that are most familiar to them. Culturally, giving people a chance to even see a familiar option inhibits their ability to walk into a coworking space open minded...something that we've found helps get people acclimated to the different ways of working. Anything you can do to make the first moments of seeing your workspace be strikingly different, to elicit the ok, I'm ready for anything today feeling from your new prospectives will mean they are likely to get more out of their first day, and more likely to join as coworkers that contribute to the culture of the space that you're trying to engender. There's some chaos that comes with open spaces, and they aren't for everyone. We do turn people away who are looking for private offices. But we've also tried having private offices and the value their inhabitants added as contributing members of the coworking community were much lower than the average. From a business perspective, since that is worth considering,...open floorplans also mean more flexibility and therefore opportunity for revenue. Offices have a fixed price, a market value that's hard to change in your members' eyes. Even if you're introducing all of the warm fuzzies of coworking, a desk is still only worth a certain amount. Whereas coworking space and open, flexible floorplans provide an opportunity for creating new price points. Flexible space means that optimizing for growth is much easier. And finally...while anchor members are important for establishing your revenue base, having flexible desk options means that so long as you can fill them, your revenue potential per flex desk is likely to be higher than your anchor desks! In our case, a flex desk has a maximum revenue potential of $300/month (our most expensive monthly plan). But a flex desk with a basic member at it every day is has a potential of $600, and a flex desk with a drop in at it every day has a potential of $1000. -Alex /ah indyhall.org http://indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:38 AM, David Troy davet...@gmail.com mailto:davet...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I need to put in a big vote for open here as well. Walls are barriers to culture. To the extent that you want coworking to engender common culture, you want it to be able to flow freely. We have two large rooms, and two small offices that hang off the one largest room. Invariably people want to be in the large main room because that's where the energy is. The folks in the two offices are constantly poking their heads out to be a part of what's happening in the main area. The secondary room is more of an overflow room at this point and it only gets used occasionally or for meetings. If it was used every day all the time, it would invariably have a different cultural feel to it than the main room. IndyHall, in its version 1.0, had two floors and Alex has remarked that the main floor and the mezzanine folks had two different cultures; not vastly different but enough to notice. That all said, Beehive Baltimore's space is something we took over as-is. If we get the chance to design our own space, it'll be primarily open space with perhaps a couple of meeting areas and possibly some tiny spaces appropriate for phone calls. If you're doing nothing but private offices I think it devolves into being executive suites pretty quickly, and that's a different thang. Dave -- Dave Troy Organizer Beehive Baltimore On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:41 AM, jesse je...@citizenspace.us mailto:je...@citizenspace.us wrote: Open. We've got 20 dedicated desks in a large open plan space. Probably self-selecting, but the folks here seem happy with it. Easier to start or join a conversation with neighbors, and lots of energy seeing other people excited and working on their projects. Occasionally we have bizarro moments where it seems like everyone is on a phone call with a client, but usually it paces out fine. The fact you would also have dedicated private space for meetings and private calls is valuable. Jesse - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jesse Taggert Citizen Space San Francisco, CA http://citizenspace.us @citizenspace On Feb 2, 1:43 pm, Mike Pihlman
[Coworking] Re: SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement
On Feb 3, 11:22 am, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: True that you don't always need a pass, but many of the parties actually require one. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:22 AM, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.comwrote: I didn't realize people actually bought passes to SXSW. There's so much going on outside the actual event proper that I didn't think most of the folks on this list ever bought passes. Plus the content of the sessions and the fantastic keynotes is worth the trip alone in my opinion. ~e -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: camaraderie now has a home!
Congrats Rachel! Felicity CubesCrayons Outside the Cube On Feb 3, 9:25 am, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca wrote: Indeed! Would love to have you visit. r. On 3 February 2010 12:19, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like I need to do a coworking crawl next time I'm in TO. :) Congrats! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
Re: [Coworking] Re: camaraderie now has a home!
Congratulations Rachel! I'm in space catalyst mode myself. First meeting with interested parties on Friday. Still a long way off but I've been lurking on this list for awhile. I got very involved with a great space in Mountain View for awhile (Hacker Dojo). Wonderful space and people but I don't quite fit with the group that frequents the place. I'm a single mom to six kids (13-25yo) and really looking for a family environment. I'm starting my own space with a couple friends and it'll be geared towards families - primarily online retail businesses - we'll have storage and shipping capabilities as well as the usual open space. We have quite a few moms and dads in the area that have inventory that have outgrown their homes but they aren't quite ready to jump into a full production facility of their own. We will also be very family centric (vs singles). I'm in the Bay Area and plan on starting small and building from there. I'm still trying to come up with a name for the space that is professional enough for members to meet with clients but friendly enough for families. It's exciting to hear about your opening, Rachel. I will be more verbal on the list in the coming weeks. Best Regards, Donna 'SnowWrite' Snow On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 5:13 PM, felicity at cubes felicity.chap...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Rachel! Felicity CubesCrayons Outside the Cube On Feb 3, 9:25 am, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca wrote: Indeed! Would love to have you visit. r. On 3 February 2010 12:19, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like I need to do a coworking crawl next time I'm in TO. :) Congrats! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comcoworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
[Coworking] Re: Coworking Annual Meeting???
I think an annual coworking conference is a great idea, something dedicated to coworking, not tacked on to another event. Something where we could focus on coworking and community issues, meet each other, see one another's cities and spaces. I'm in! There would have to be a lot of value to it in order to bring these already busy and stretched folks our of their spaces for a few days, though, something that could leverage our buying power for, I dunno, office furniture or health care benefits or travel discounts or something. Something where we can not only have those providers/suppliers sponsor the event to offset costs, but to provide real value that would be worth traveling for. I've been involved in a few organisations that are spread across multiple timezones or parts of the world, and they have decided on location in similar fashions, which is basically that host cities post their proposals and the community votes on where it should be, perhaps one vote per coworking facility. We can build in assurance that it won't always be in the same cities or parts of the country all the time so that people in, say, the west coast don't alwyas have to travel to the east coast. (ie, establish general zones and ensure the annual event rotates between zones) Anyway, I think it is certainly worth exploring, and being an event planner I am all for it. I put your suggested starting topics onto a wiki page ( http://coworking.pbworks.com/Coworking-Conference), which I think would be better to collaborate from there. I do think that this would take some time to plan out properly (and give folks some time to save up some money), so if you were thinking of escaping the winter conditions in the next few months, then perhaps sxswi is your better option for this year. r. -- rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca (416) 801-0196 Find us in person: Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E, 2nd Floor Find us online: camaraderie.ca/blog twitter.com/camaraderie http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/t/85443a86ec7592c2 Woodie Neiss wood...@gmail.com Jan 30 09:49AM -0500 Anyone want to get together for the first International Coworking Community Annual Meeting in ummm let’s say a warm, sunny place like Miami? Sort of a one day event where we could discuss best practices, set some protocols for future coworking locations and formally organize ourselves so that we can leverage our combined power? Suggested topics to discuss (feel free to edit/add to/delete/etc) 1) Keys to success a. pricing b. Serivices to offer 2) Managing the bottom line a. Financing the start up b. Negotiating lease agreements c. Managing monthly expenses 3) Marketing PR a. Building awareness b. How to generate more buzz c. The power of meet-ups d. Leveraging your chamber of commerce 4) Creative suggestions from some of our winning locations 5) How to formally organize ourselves into an International organization Perhaps we could all complete some surveys prior, and then present the results at the meeting as well? Regards, Woodie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
