Re: [Coworking] Re: OK So What are the Pros and Cons of Working at Home
Sure. A simple ledger analysis, or even a quick glance at your checkbook, tells you where your money is going. Big chunks like rent. Smaller chunks like dining and drinking out. Maybe they're inverted depending on your lifestyle. Fixed amounts like cell phone bills. One at a time, I look at pieces of my lifestyle and see if I can't find a way to cover them with a project that generates recurring income. Most recently, I set the goal of our latest iPhone app (http://usemailroom.com) covering my rent for ~6 months. It's not forever, but if I don't have to worry about where my rent is coming from for 6 months, that frees me up to work on something else that might let me pay my rent for a year. Small, iterative goals working towards larger iterative goals. Does this help? *Shameless self promotion:* my good friend Amy Hoy http://slash7.com and I are running a class right now (~50 students from around the world) to help them towards identifying their first business-viable project, and actually getting it to market. It's paid members only while in session, but it's being conducted 100% online at http://yearofhustle.com. You can sign up on the mailing list if you're interested in participating in the next session and possibly teaser content as the course progresses. There's also a bit of why I'm excited about this class up at http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2010/03/launch-university/ -Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:11 AM, gerard helloger...@gmail.com wrote: On Mar 20, 10:40 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote: I also don't believe that having a full time job means security, nor does being independent mean a lack of security. My approach over the last year has been to break my cost of living down into smaller chunks, and find more sustainable ways to support those individual living needs. Client work isn't the only path to income, and when you can get out of that headspace, your world opens up. Hi Alex, Care to elaborate on this point a bit further? I understand the part about having a full-time job not meaning security - I tell my risk- averse wife this all the time. Could you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by breaking down other costs of living? Thanks, Gerard -- 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.
Re: [Coworking] not an employee
Very Cool! David Hunegnaw Wonderland | Sandbox | EveryoneBikes 851 Pearl Alley Columbus OH 43215 614 282 4450 Cell dhuneg...@gmail.com Email @hunegnaw Twitter On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:31 PM, j. p. sweeney james.swee...@workantileexchange.com wrote: Danielle, Would be happy if you shared it further. Glad you liked it. J.P. Sweeney Workantile Exchange Ann Arbor, MI workantileexchange.com On 23 Mar 2010, at 20:07, WHERE MMM wrote: This rocks! Are you okay with putting up links on our own sites ? Danielle Nicoli WHERE: MMM Coworking in LA 323 663 6636 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:47 PM, j. p. sweeney james.swee...@workantileexchange.com wrote: Hey all, Some friends of mine (and fellow coworkring aficionados) tossed this site up as an homage to all the things that keep us going as contractors. The site is gorgeous and I find myself revisiting it from time to time to remind myself why I chose this path. Here's hoping that someone else will find something worthy of note here as well: http://notanemployee.net J.P. Sweeney Workantile Exchange Ann Arbor, MI workantileexchange.com -- 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. -- 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] Coworking CENTER GOLOSEEVSKIY (Kiev), UKRAINE
Coworking CENTER GOLOSEEVSKIY (Kiev) - NEW LOOK to rent an office in KIEV We suggest you reduce the cost of office rent. Our center is designed for small companies, new entrepreneurs, lawyers, konsalterov, advertisers, realtors, representatives of foreign companies in need of a representative office in Kiev, which is not profitable to rent the whole room. If you have a small company - you can rent a private room if you are working independently - renting a place if you're just a few days a month, can an individual contracting rate. Each workstation is equipped with business class desk, ergonomic chair, visitor chairs, shelves, tables with key, shelves for documents. The price includes: Box, a printer, copier, fax, scanner, internet. Impress the partner you can presentable in the office for negotiations and meetings, or talk to individual negotiation. Classrooms are equipped with all necessary for comfortable work equipment: printer, copier, scanner, fax, whiteboard, projector, secure WI-FI. There subscriptions without reserved seats, individual workstations, offices for small companies of 4-5 people, use only the cabinet for negotiations. In addition to the mini-kitchen, staff and visitors can also enjoy the cooler, microwave, fridge and coffee machine. We suggest you save your money and time. Choose your desired rate, which will depend on whether your workplace either full or your work will be only a few hours a day, or the provision of ad hoc consultations and negotiations. We are located in the Central Bus Station. TRANSPORTATION: buses: 10, 211, 220, 239, 416, 457, 515; trolleybuses: No. 1, No. 42, bus number 91, Phone: (044) 361-87-92, +38 (094) 9265792, +38 (067) 7489496 Kiev, str. Saperno-Slobodskaya, 10, office 137 http://kovorking-tsentr-gol.uaprom.net/ -- 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] not an employee
The scary part is when I was a kid, I built a Heathkit volt ohm meternice site. Blog link not yet ready? Mike On 3/23/2010 4:47 PM, j. p. sweeney wrote: Hey all, Some friends of mine (and fellow coworkring aficionados) tossed this site up as an homage to all the things that keep us going as contractors. The site is gorgeous and I find myself revisiting it from time to time to remind myself why I chose this path. Here's hoping that someone else will find something worthy of note here as well: http://notanemployee.net J.P. Sweeney Workantile Exchange Ann Arbor, MI workantileexchange.com -- Mike Pihlman AltamontCowork 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 Tracy, CA 95376 Phone: 209-757-8862 Web: AltamontCowork.com Twitter: @AltamontCowork -- 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: Salary
I own CubesCrayons (not a traditional coworking space because we have drop-in childcare on site.) I do take a modest salary which is starting to grow, although I may give up some of it to funnel back in the business. Again, we aren't quite the same model in terms of revenue stream. Unlike many other coworking space owners, I do not have a side job. I have young kids (those with kids, get that.) Having said that after 2 years of business, we run well enough for me to take on other projects and am now doing web app development and writing a book and site management is left largely to staff with my focus being primarily on our overall vision and marketing. Best, Felicity CubesCrayons (coworking + childcare) Outside the Cube (coworking + entrepreneurship) On Mar 22, 7:01 pm, Liu Yan liuyan.dat...@gmail.com wrote: Susan, we have three co-founders at Xindanwei, since last July we set up this coworking space in downtown shanghai, we have been working voluntarily without any payment. I don't know how others have been doing with their space, but two of us have been working completely full-time since the first day, and the third person too has spent 50% of his time. Starting this month, we have hired a full-time space manager to work behind the desk and handle all the coordination works for events and daily activities. So three of us could get our hands free to focus on the new marketing and expansion strategies of coworking concept in the entire Shanghai. We pay the space manager some basic salary plus the bonus for each purchase. We also started to claim some small amount of salary(small enough to sustain the cash flow) for the hours we spend on Xindanwei. The reasons are: 1. We consider our Xindanwei as a social enterprises, not a charity work. An enterprise must be run like an enterprise. The expenses vs income plan and report must be complete(human resource cost are the highest one in the entire expense sheet), so you won't be fooled by the low amount of monthly cost of running of coworking space, meanwhile, you must give yourself pressure to sustain the breakeven and set up sales objectives. 2. In our case, our landlord will have a percentage from the total amount of profit, so our cost must be counted in in the expenses. 3. Our experience: People take more responsibility and take their work more seriously when they get paid, even for a small fraction of their work. 4. Last but not least, three co-founders must also be able to supervise each other for their contribution, payment is one of the methods. Cheers, Yan 2010/3/23 Jacob Sayles jsay...@gmail.com Susan I don't collect salaries at Office Nomads currently. We started this both having part time jobs supporting us and now we have left those and are doing this full time. That's obviously not a sustainable solution so we are looking at our options. We'll know a lot more in a year. What I know now is that this one space does not have enough overhead to tack on two more salaries, and never will. We pay Alexandra to work behind the desk part time, my sister Kara to handle the books, and Grego to clean up every other week. That said, after two years we have made some great connections and have found ourselves deep within a tight community of amazing people. We've also learned a heck of a lot about how to start and run coworking spaces. We have already started expanding our gaze and just today launched coworkingseattle.org to help foster the local coworking movement... although that's not a money making venture either. Instead it's the first step to building a broader community because as we've seen many times over, start with the community, and then see where you can go with it. Stay tuned. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com- (206) 323-6500 On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote: The owners of Citizen Space, including myself, have never taken a salary, but we've used some of the overage to pay for a part time space manager so that we can focus on our own businesses. Tara On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM, ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com wrote: If you run a space, I would like to know if you take a salary? For myself, I am looking at the having a small percentage of the membership fees turn over to a salary for myself, and with those fees I plan to development a handful of businesses. The salary will be seed money, not a get rich program, so I can build a better community - internally and externally. Thanks, Jodi Dean, Founder OurSpace Fort Wayne www.ourspacefw.com -- 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
