[Coworking] Re: Coworking Business Plan

[Ramon Suarez]

Hi Cristina, 

I've compiled a list of useful financial resources for coworking spaces 
. You can dowload a spreadsheet 
with an example of a coworking business plan here 
.
 
There's also this file 

 
that can be helpful. 

My best tip is to keep it simple and don't add too many lines for every 
single thing. Try to bundle those that are related together.  You can do a 
simple back of the envelope calculation to figure out if the space can be 
profitable or not and how many members you need to have to be profitable (I 
explained this in GCUC workshops and also in the finance chapter of The 
Coworking Handbook ). 

If you are working on something that you want to present to banks, get a 
template file from your accountant and fill it up. 

Don't get carried away with spreadsheets: membership is easy to grow on 
paper, but you have to do something that seems plausible for you to do in 
real life. 

I hope this helps you short things out. 

Cheers, 

Ramon

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 5:09:15 PM UTC+2, Gadei Cristina wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm working on a business plan in order to open a coworking space. Do you 
> have any tips & tricks for me?
> It would help me if you have a model business plan.
>
> Thank you!
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Re: [Coworking] Re: "Coworking" vs. "Co-working"

[Ramon Suarez]

Awesome. I'm so happy they finally acted on it and on the letter I sent to 
the head of AP as President of the European Coworking Assembly back in 2015 
:) https://coworkingassembly.eu/tag/coworking-without-hyphen/


On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 6:08:04 PM UTC+2, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> YES!
>
> And I’ve updated doescoworkinghaveahyphen.com to include the announcement 
> from AP. :)
> On Oct 6, 2018, 11:58 AM -0400, Ky Ekinci (Office Divvy ™) <
> askpal...@gmail.com >, wrote:
>
>
> This discussion about coworking vs. co-working really concludes now with 
> the AP Stylebook's acknowledgement/announcement!
>
> Yes, you'll enjoy witnessing the use of *coworking* and *not* co-working 
> in the news and articles going forward.
>
>
> [image: AP-Style-Coworking.jpg]
>
>
> Original tweet from AP Style Book here:
>
>
> https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/1047857825131712512
>
>
> Congrats to all in the community who kept the pressure on, and never 
> accepted AP Stylebooks' previous use.
>
>
> Ky Ekinci
> @OfficeDivvy 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 1:54:52 PM UTC-5, Lauren McDaniel wrote: 
>>
>> I know many in the industry prefer "coworking" vs. "co-working" 
>> (hyphenating it). In New Mexico one of the prominent Business Journals is 
>> publishing a new coworking list but the survey states 'co-working.' When I 
>> approached the list editor that industry standard has become 'coworking' 
>> she said they follow AP style (but appreciated the heads up). I wonder what 
>> it might take to get AP to change it to one word? That might be what others 
>> are following as well (beyond just media). Any thoughts?  
>>
>> Lauren McDaniel 
>>
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[Coworking] Re: Crowdsourcing ideas for the Ultimate Leasing checklist/procedure/strategies

[Ramon Suarez]

Tony Bacigalupo has made a really great coworking community toolkit 

. 
[image: folder-structure-community-coworking-toolkit]

A list of common legal documents for coworking spaces 

.

There's a lease contract list in the annex of  The Coworking Handbook 
 (page 179). 


On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 11:52:44 PM UTC+2, Michael Ma wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We just opened a coworking space here in Wichita, KS where we remodeled 
> and turned 10,000 square feet of previously empty office space into a 
> coworking space with about 30 offices.We have 2-3 people in the 
> community that are willing to do an exchange a couple of hours a day in 
> exchange for office space.   These folks have no experience leasing office 
> space though.The one gal we worked a deal with we sent a friend to be a 
> secret shopper of sorts, and she talked more about her own business and an 
> mlm opportunity while showing the space than about us.So I realize i 
> need to come up with some training/process for when I have someone else 
> other than me showing the space.  
>
> I was wondering if anyone has put together any kind of a training 
> document/checklist/procedure/list of questions for their staff in terms of 
> leasing.I'll be happy to gather up all the information and put 
> something out to the group.
>
> I'm also wondering if anyone has a similar arrangement worked out and if 
> you offered your "volunteers" any leasing incentives.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
> Elevate Coworking
>
>
> This is what i came up with so far, for people visiting for the first time.
>
> -  Introduce yourself and Welcome them to ___Coworking space 
> - Have them fill out card with Name, Business, Email, Phone number.
> - Offer them water, coffee or tea 
> - Share the story about our community, what makes us unique, and what we 
> are intending to build here.
> -  Ask them how soon they want to move in and what size office they are 
> looking for
> -  Show staged offices and different options
> -  Review plans that best meet their needs
> -  If they do not sign up right away, thank them and offer them a free day 
> pass to try us out. Ask them when is good for us to follow up
>
>
>
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: Does anyone keep statistics?

[Ramon Suarez]

When I was running Betacowork I published these stats taken out of the 
first 5 years of 
operations: https://www.betacowork.com/5-years-of-betacowork-the-numbers/ 
The most surprising part was the spread of sectors (we started as a tech 
oriented coworking space).

We/they keep some records of what they do in their profiles 
 (you only see the public ones 
through this link, but members see all the current members). To keep 
updated on the projects and remember them you have to talk to them often. 
If anything is outstanding, keep it in a list that you can refer to and 
blog about it!

Ramon
Founder of coworking.space 
Author of The Coworking Handbook 

On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 7:03:16 PM UTC+2, Mike Timpani wrote:
>
> on what your tenants are doing in your co-working space?
>
> Do you, as an owner, chat with your tenants, see what they are working on 
> and keep statistics or records of what companies and what projects they are 
> doing?  
>
> Just curious.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike Timpani in the VA/DC area.  
>

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[Coworking] Re: What to do when someone gives 30 day notice and then doesn't move out?

[Ramon Suarez]

They are willingly taking advantage of you. Stop them from entering your 
space until they pay or, even better,  kick them out. 

If they have any equipment, remove it and put it in storage under lock and 
key. No release until they pay the current month, which they owe because 
they have been using the space. As they have signaled that they are not 
trustworthy for payment, charge them upfront for next month if they are 
going to stay. 

Toxic people/companies poison your team, your energy and your coworking 
space. 

On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 12:04:00 AM UTC+2, Aloma Loren wrote:
>
> We have a member who gave their 30 day notice that July would be their 
> last month so we applied their last months dues we had on file.
> They are still in the office and keep saying they will be out by this or 
> that date and then the date comes and they are still there. They said 
> around August 5th they would definitely be out by the 15th and to invoice 
> them for half the month (which they then paid) but now they are still here 
> and have not paid the second half of August or September (dues are late 
> after the 5th). Plus we no longer have their last month on file since we 
> applied it in July.
>
> Do you have a policy for this? I'm not sure what to say to them but I 
> would think a policy about going past your 30 days would require them to 
> pay the previous month's dues and restart their 30 day notice? We want to 
> be somewhat flexible as I know situations come up where renovations aren't 
> completed in time or whatever so I was thinking maybe we give a 7 day 
> window where we're willing to bill separately without them having to pay a 
> last months dues again.
>
> Help!
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[Coworking] Re: Opening a Space, have many questions!

[Ramon Suarez]

Hi Jesse, welcome to "the club". 

You can start by taking a look at all these coworking resources 
: 

   - Coworking Books & Readings 
   - Tools for Coworking Spaces 
   - Community Building Resources for Coworking Spaces 
   
   - Coworking Statistics, Surveys, Research and Studies 
   
   - Coworking Associations and Organizations 
   
   - Coworking Conferences 
   
   - Make Your Coworking Business Plan: Coworking Space Finance Resources 
   
   - Coworking News, Magazines and Podcasts 
   
   - Coworking Checklists 
   
I also recommend that you read my book The Coworking Handbook 
 for structured practical knowledge. 

For the community side of the business a great complement to The Coworking 
Handbook is Tony Bacigalupo's book No More Sink Full of Mugs 


When you have questions, search this group. It has years worth of answers . 

Best of luck, 

Ramon

On Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 9:42:37 AM UTC+2, Jesse Flores wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>  After a long time of wanting to open up a coworking space I've 
> finally gotten the initiative to begin building a community in one of the 
> most competitive cities (San Francisco, California). How will I stand out 
> from the rest? I am a professional Visual Effects artists and I've worked 
> in some of the most prestigious commercial, film and tech companies in the 
> United States and along with it came a great community of digital artists. 
> Unlike New York City and Los Angeles that have a strong digital artist 
> community, I find the bay area is more catered to the tech and medical 
> industries however there is a market sitting there looking for a place to 
> work. The digital artist nomads who design/ create and render those 
> beautiful images of products / web / feature film and commercial work. The 
> bay area is a hub for nomadic professionals and with this vfx networking I 
> have I am trying to build a community here and targeting all the major art 
> industries. I'm at the very beginning, rallying networking events at bars 
> and began coworking nights using the help of meetup/ wework. I have a 
> million questions and any feedback be great! I'm hungry and eager to open 
> and do it correctly.
>
> How did you market to begin growing your community?
> How did you keep the community engaged? 
> Any advice on events I should host in order to keep momentum?
> Is it too early to look for a space?
> Funding? Sponsors?
> What did you do for social media outreach?
>
> Thank you for your time. 
>
> If interested in where I am, I have a meetup and a facebook group. 
>
> https://www.meetup.com/Welcome-to-MyStudio/
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/mystudioCommunity/
>
>
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Re: [Coworking] Policy document - willing to share

[Ramon Suarez]

Look at the terms and conditions published by different coworking spaces,
like these from Betacowork:
http://www.betacowork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/terms-conditions.pdf

This is what I wrote about it in
https://www.coworkinghandbook.com/common-coworking-space-contracts-agreements/
:

> Terms & Conditions, membership forms. Your contract with the users of
> your space. Be clear, concise, and make sure to include a reference to its
> changing nature. You will be improving it and changing things over time.
> Most of your clients will go through them before signing up. Depending on
> your legislation and your personal preferences their acceptance when
> signing up may suffice. If not, you will have to put them on paper and have
> them sign it as a membership form.



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On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:28 AM Fatima Muhammad 
wrote:

> Greetings All,
> I would like to ask for that same request.  We are opening a new space
> that will be coworking, 4 residential, 1 artist studio, conference room,
> community room and urban market.  Anyone willing to share a copy of their
> policies.
>
> *All the Best,*
> *By Hand, Heart and EyeA Servant of the Community*
>
> *[image: Picture]**"Fatimah"  *
>
> *Fatimah Muhammad**Grassroots Community Organizer*
>
> *314-833-9913*
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 4:03 PM Jill Stauffer  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>> Opening a new space that will be co working and 8 artist studios,
>> conference rooms and a community room.  Anyone willing to share a copy of
>> their policies?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Jill
>> Provincetown Commons
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Re: [Coworking] Social Media Marketing

[Ramon Suarez]

The best would be to check the content of those media for some coworking
spaces. I managed Betacowork's until I sold it in May last year:

   - https://www.facebook.com/betacowork
   - https://twitter.com/betacowork

My strategy not changed (provide value) but the tactics have improved a bit
with sharing more times evergreen content.

I talk about social media and marketing it in my book The Coworking
Handbook. Actually, it is the largest chapter of the book :)

Regarding the rhythm> run your own tests and see how people react.

You can find tools to use for social media here:
https://www.coworkinghandbook.com/tools/

And more useful resources here: https://www.coworkinghandbook.com/resources/

Hope this is useful,

*Ramon Suarez*

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On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:37 PM Orsi Ujhelyi  wrote:

> Hello everyone! :-)
>
> I am managing the social media platforms of our coworking space (Facebook,
> Instagram, LinkedIn) and was wondering if I am doing it right...
>
> Could you give me examples what do you post on your Facebook, Instagram,
> LinkedIn? (or other platforms) Do you post the same things on your Fb and
> Insta? Or is it different? How frequently do you post on each platforms?
> Things like this... :-)
>
> It would be interesting to hear about your strategies and examples!
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Have a nice day,
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[Coworking] coworking.space : Free Website & Directory For Coworking Spaces

[Ramon Suarez]

Hi all, 

In the years since I started with coworking I've seen coworking space 
operators / owners struggle with the creation of their website and to get 
visibility to attract new clients. 

To help with this, I've decided to launch coworking.space to help these 
spaces to be found easier and to get more clients. 

To start with there will be two main features: 

* If you need a website, you will be able to create it for free with the 
structure proposed by Ramon Suarez (author of The Coworking Handbook and 
founder of Betacowork). It will include easy to follow instructions to 
increase impact and reduce workload. 

* If you already have a website you will be able to add your space to the 
directory to drive traffic to your website. 

All websites will have an address like this one: 
yourspacename.coworking.space and will be grouped by location to make it 
easier for potential coworkers. 

Does it sound like something you want?  Request an invitation here 
<http://coworking.space/>. 

Coworkingly yours, 

Ramon Suarez

PS: You may already know me as the author of The Coworking Handbook, 
founder (and seller) of Betacowork Coworking Brussels, founder of the 
European Coworking Assembly, and from my contributions here (under 
different emails, but under the same name). 

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[Coworking] Preferred location for a coworking space

[Ramon Suarez]

City and close to public transport. The problem is not the Internet connection, 
the real issue is lack of sufficient potential clients in the area that people 
will travel to work at your coworking space regularly. 

Ramón Suárez 
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Re: [Coworking] Determining capacity

[Ramon Suarez]

You are far far away from overbooking.

How many days in a month? How many days in a plan? :)


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On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Kevin Haggerty <kevinrhagge...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Ramon.
>
> Anyone else have any input? I guess if I can communicate more clearly,
> here's what I'm trying to reason through:
>
> We're looking to have four different tiers of access:
>
> 1) Day Pass
> 2) Part-Time (only needs access 3-5 days/month)
> 3) Full-Time (access 5 days a week, 9am-6pm)
> 4) Owner Status (24/7, unlimited access)
>
> How can we determine what the cap would be on each level of access since
> they'll be there at different times?
>
> For example. Let's say someone has a Part-Time membership. They CAN be
> there 3-5 days a month, but I don't know which days they'll be there, and I
> don't want to force people to indicate that as I think it would be
> restrictive.
>
> So, how do we avoid overbooking?
>
> I know some of you will probably look at this and say, "Geez! This guy is
> worried about overbooking and he hasn't even opened yet? Cocky much?!"
>
> I get that. And you'd be right to feel that way ordinarily, but here's the
> thing -- I'm meeting with a County official today at noon to discuss our
> possibly receiving funding, and this is one of the things he wants to know.
> They want to see a very solid and well-outlined business plan and operating
> agreement, or they won't have anything to do with us.
>
> So, if anyone can give me input before noon, that would rock! (Input after
> noon still very much appreciated!)
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[Coworking] Determining capacity

[Ramon Suarez]

It makes sense. I explain it in my book https://www.coworkinghandbook.com. I 
use Full Time Equivalents (FTE) depending in the access rights. Maximum 
capacity is a bit larger than available posts if you have flexible plans. 

Ramon

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[Coworking] Re: coworking thesis

[Ramon Suarez]

Start here: https://www.coworkinghandbook.com/stats/

On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 11:16:42 PM UTC+1, jacopo...@hotmail.it wrote:
>
> Hi guys! I hope to be in the right place.
> I'm an Italian student at the last year of university and I was thinking 
> about a thesis on coworking/coliving/sharing economy. Does someone know 
> something about existing thesis or papers about these topics? can someone 
> suggest me any books? thanks!
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[Coworking] Coworking interaction

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How to value and nurture your local coworking community: 
https://www.google.be/amp/s/thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/06/15/value-nurture-social-community/%3Famp%3D1

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[Coworking] Is it possible for a space manager to leave for 2 weeks? What should I do to prepare?

[Ramon Suarez]

I've done it many times without issue. Just tell your members and ask them to 
help. If there's anybody who you know is more willing, talk to tgem directly. 

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[Coworking] Vandalism/idiot tenants

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A deposit for their membership and a security firm. If you are open 24\7 it is 
hard yo have a working alarm system. We have not had any issues in 6 years at 
Betacowork. 

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And here is my list of 34 tools http://coworkinghandbook.com/tools/

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11 community building resources for coworking spaces 
http://coworkinghandbook.com/community-building/

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[Coworking] opening a coworking

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It is all here : http://coworkinghandbook.com/finance/

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Examples of partnerships and franchises

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Can you please explain what you mean? Maybe an example will help me
understand :)

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On Sep 16, 2016 21:53, "Alex Linsker" <alexlins...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ramon, Thanks for asking. I'm interested in this as well. Currently we
> are doing pre-sales led by members to open additional locations.
>
> Alex Linsker, Collective Agency
>
> On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 2:42:20 AM UTC-7, Ramon Suarez wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to look at the way some spaces advertise their partnership
>> opportunities to open a new coworking space with their brand. I've checked
>> a few of the big ones but found nothing.
>>
>> Can you give me some links ?
>>
>> If there's nothing public, could you please share with me privately?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> *Ramon Suarez* / Serendipity Accelerator
>> *Betacowork Coworking Brussels*
>>
>> http://www.betacowork.com
>> 4 Rue de peres blancs. 1040, Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
>>
>> <https://twitter.com/ramonsuarez>  <https://www.facebook.com/ramonsuarez>
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>> <https://www.instagram.com/ramonsuarez/>
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>> <https://vimeo.com/search?q=ramon+suarez>
>> <https://github.com/ramonsuarez>  <http://coworkinghandbook.com/>
>> <https://business.facebook.com/events/106668806414114/>
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Re: [Coworking] Examples of partnerships and franchises

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Perfect link, thanks :) 

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[Coworking] Re: Examples of partnerships and franchises

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 I've drafted a simple page for Betacowork here:
http://www.betacowork.com/open-betacowork-coworking-space-us/

Improvements to come in the future. I would still appreciate your help :)

Ramon Suarez
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http://coworkinghandbook.com/pt-br/, http://coworkinghandbook.com/nl/

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Ramon Suarez <ra...@betacowork.com> wrote:

> Some links I've found for flexible workspaces, not necessarily coworking:
>
>- http://serendipitylabs.com/franchise-opportunities/
>- https://www.workrepublic.de/en/franchise
>- http://www.ubsuite.com/franchising/
>- http://www.ifeinfo.com/pdf/E-Press-Kits/OfficeEvolution_
>PressKit2016.pdf
>- http://franchise.intelligentoffice.com/
>- http://www.youroffice.com/franchise/
>- http://www.officeevolutionfranchise.com/
>- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/afa-group-launches-
>coworking-franchise-patrick-mauser
>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/afa-group-launches-coworking-franchise-patrick-mauser>
>    - http://workzones.com/franchise/
>
>
>
> Ramon Suarez
> Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com, http://coworkinghandbook.com/fr/,
> http://coworkinghandbook.com/pt-br/, http://coworkinghandbook.com/nl/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Ramon Suarez <ra...@betacowork.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to look at the way some spaces advertise their partnership
>> opportunities to open a new coworking space with their brand. I've checked
>> a few of the big ones but found nothing.
>>
>> Can you give me some links ?
>>
>> If there's nothing public, could you please share with me privately?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> *Ramon Suarez* / Serendipity Accelerator
>> *Betacowork Coworking Brussels*
>>
>> http://www.betacowork.com
>> 4 Rue de peres blancs. 1040, Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
>>
>> <https://twitter.com/ramonsuarez>  <https://www.facebook.com/ramonsuarez>
>>   <https://plus.google.com/+ramonsuarezv>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramonsuarez>
>> <https://www.instagram.com/ramonsuarez/>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/c/ramonsuarezv>
>> <https://vimeo.com/search?q=ramon+suarez>
>> <https://github.com/ramonsuarez>  <http://coworkinghandbook.com/>
>> <https://business.facebook.com/events/106668806414114/>
>>
>
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[Coworking] Re: Examples of partnerships and franchises

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Some links I've found for flexible workspaces, not necessarily coworking:

   - http://serendipitylabs.com/franchise-opportunities/
   - https://www.workrepublic.de/en/franchise
   - http://www.ubsuite.com/franchising/
   -
   http://www.ifeinfo.com/pdf/E-Press-Kits/OfficeEvolution_PressKit2016.pdf
   - http://franchise.intelligentoffice.com/
   - http://www.youroffice.com/franchise/
   - http://www.officeevolutionfranchise.com/
   -
   
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/afa-group-launches-coworking-franchise-patrick-mauser
   - http://workzones.com/franchise/



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On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Ramon Suarez <ra...@betacowork.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to look at the way some spaces advertise their partnership
> opportunities to open a new coworking space with their brand. I've checked
> a few of the big ones but found nothing.
>
> Can you give me some links ?
>
> If there's nothing public, could you please share with me privately?
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Ramon Suarez* / Serendipity Accelerator
> *Betacowork Coworking Brussels*
>
> http://www.betacowork.com
> 4 Rue de peres blancs. 1040, Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
>
> <https://twitter.com/ramonsuarez>  <https://www.facebook.com/ramonsuarez>
> <https://plus.google.com/+ramonsuarezv>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramonsuarez>
> <https://www.instagram.com/ramonsuarez/>
> <https://www.youtube.com/c/ramonsuarezv>
> <https://vimeo.com/search?q=ramon+suarez>
> <https://github.com/ramonsuarez>  <http://coworkinghandbook.com/>
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[Coworking] Examples of partnerships and franchises

[Ramon Suarez]

Hi all,

I would like to look at the way some spaces advertise their partnership
opportunities to open a new coworking space with their brand. I've checked
a few of the big ones but found nothing.

Can you give me some links ?

If there's nothing public, could you please share with me privately?

Thanks,

*Ramon Suarez* / Serendipity Accelerator
*Betacowork Coworking Brussels*

http://www.betacowork.com
4 Rue de peres blancs. 1040, Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium

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Re: [Coworking] Volunteer/Employee Handbook

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I've reviewed Tony's toolkit and fully recommend it: 
http://coworkinghandbook.com/the-essential-coworking-community-toolkit-for-struggling-space-managers-review/

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[Coworking] How do you build community?

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Here's an extract from my book coworkinghandbook.com about community: 
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/06/15/value-nurture-social-community/

More community building resources here: http://coworkinghandbook.com/resources/

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[Coworking] Terms of Memberships

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Look at those of other spaces. Most should be public 
http://www.betacowork.com/pricing/terms-conditions/

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[Coworking] App for community interactions

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We use a mix at Betacowork.com : Google groups for exchanges between many in 
the community and a custom contact form for each member so that other members 
can contact them directly. Social profiles are also displayed. 

It is not only a question of tools. Making any of your choices work will take 
months and part of your community will never use it. 

The advantage of email based systems is that there's nothing to configure on 
the side of the participants, no new log-in, and no learning of a new 
interface. Plus, they are easy to filter. 

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking spaces in the UK, what's part of your package that sets you aside from other coworking spaces?

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It is not the packages, it is the community that makes the difference. 

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[Coworking] Anybody have a business coworking blog with high traffic and a dedicated audience?

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We do at Betacowork : http://www.betacowork.com/blog/

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Re: [Coworking] Re: serious newbie question

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I just checked with an incognito window and it worked fine. Anybody with
the link can view it. To edit the form you have to either copy it to your
own Google Drive or download it.

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On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Patrice Cameau <patrice.cam...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ramon,
>
> The GCUC 2014 finance workshop link isn't working. Please advise. Thanks!
>
> On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 6:04:16 AM UTC-4, Ramon Suarez wrote:
>
>> We started Betacowork with a simple spreadsheet. Here's an example you
>> can use : http://www.betacowork.com/can-you-make-money-with-coworking/
>>
>> More coworking finance resources here:
>> http://coworkinghandbook.com/finance/
>>
>> I've also included a finance chapter in The Coworking Handbook that will
>> help you too: http://coworkinghandbook.com
>>
>> Good luck with your research, :)
>>
>> Ramon
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Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Municipal long term partnerships

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A way of support we promote from he European Coworking Assembly is the creation 
of coworking vouchers to be given to unemployed and new entrepreneurs to spend 
in the space of their choice, and not to subsidize the creation of new or 
public coworking spaces. Supporting demand and not offer. 

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Re: [Coworking] Re: serious newbie question

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Only reality can tell :) Practice always trumps theory

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On May 27, 2016 04:14, "Anakowi Paul" <anak...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Ramon,
> very timely discovery for me. I've hit the wall a bit this week and now
> wondering if my expectation and reality were even closely aligned. So I
> have to go over all the baselines again.
>
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[Coworking] average membership tier breakdown percentages?

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It changes from space to space, but you will find mine in coworkinghandbook.com 

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[Coworking] New Member Welcome Packet

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At Betacowork we use a script for the visits, plus a series of automated 
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[Coworking] serious newbie question

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We started Betacowork with a simple spreadsheet. Here's an example you can use 
: http://www.betacowork.com/can-you-make-money-with-coworking/

More coworking finance resources here: http://coworkinghandbook.com/finance/

I've also included a finance chapter in The Coworking Handbook that will help 
you too: http://coworkinghandbook.com 

Good luck with your research, :) 

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[Coworking] Re: How do coworking spaces marketing their spaces out?

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Hi Carol, 

This is the structure of the chapter on marketing I wrote for The Coworking 
Handbook . It may help you with your thinking 
process: 

Marketing & Sales: Promoting Your Space and Getting New Clients

What’s Your Goal?

Who is your client? The Market

The Competition

Focus

Who Are You? On Branding.

Influence

Put Yourself in Their Shoes

>From First Contact to Conversion

You Are Building Relationships with Humans

Dealing with Journalists and Influencers

Just Do It (Don’t Go for Perfect)

Start Now

Reviews and Directories

The Marketing and Business Side of Community

Relevance, Language and Keywords

Where Can You Find Content?

Thank and Reward

Internal Communication

Events as a Marketing Tool

How To Write

Your Website

Blog

Social Media

Email Marketing

Search Engine Optimization SEO

Advertising

Pricing

Closing the sales

Get Paid

Tools


Most spaces do not use any advertising. New clients are sourced via other 
marketing activities. 

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 1:37:18 PM UTC+2, Carol Ha wrote:
>
> Hi, my name is Carol and I just recently open a co-working space in 
> Singapore. However, the responses doesn't seem to be working out for me. 
> How do other co-working spaces actually do their advertising? 
>
> Maybe some tips?
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[Coworking] No Pants Coworking Day 2016

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Hi all,

We are launching a global No  Pants #Coworking Day 2016. Already more than
20 spaces have signed up. Information and signups here:
http://www.betacowork.com/no-pants-coworking-day-2016/

Cheers,

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[Coworking] Re: What do you call your coworking community members?

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Betacoworkers, members, coworkers 

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[Coworking] Benefits of CoWorking Spaces Bachelor Dissertation

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Re: [Coworking] Links with coworking resources

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All that is included in the community page, also links to your activities

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On Jan 20, 2016 02:29, "Tony Bacigalupo" <tonybacigal...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe don't think of it in terms of Open Coworking, just in terms of the
> Coworking movement itself.
>
> Want to be more active in the coworking movement? Here's the Google Group,
> here's the Slack channel, here's the blog, etc.
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Ramon Suarez <ra...@betacowork.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot everyone :)
>>
>> Tony, you can include this list so people will end up in my website if
>> they are interested :)
>>
>> I'm thinking how to integrate all the Open  Coworking initiatives without
>> giving them an OC category.  There are links already, but I think it
>> deserves more visibility.
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[Coworking] Links with coworking resources

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Hi all,

I've been putting together some links to help the people in the coworking
community, new and old. These are the collections I've made so far:

   - Books & Readings <http://coworkinghandbook.com/readings/>
   - Tools for Coworking Spaces <http://coworkinghandbook.com/tools/>
   - Community Building Resources for Coworking Spaces
   <http://coworkinghandbook.com/community-building/>
   - Coworking Statistics and Surveys <http://coworkinghandbook.com/stats/>
   - Coworking Finance Resources <http://coworkinghandbook.com/finance/>
   - Coworking News Websites <http://coworkinghandbook.com/coworking-news/>
   - Coworking Checklists <http://coworkinghandbook.com/checklists/>

What is missing?

Thanks for your collaboration,

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email & hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com
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Re: [Coworking] Links with coworking resources

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Thanks a lot everyone :) 

Tony, you can include this list so people will end up in my website if they are 
interested :) 

I'm thinking how to integrate all the Open  Coworking initiatives without 
giving them an OC category.  There are links already, but I think it deserves 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Financial Model?

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Great, thanks Matt

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On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Matt D. <m...@theskillery.com> wrote:

> In case it's helpful, we posted a spreadsheet of our entire first year's
> revenue/expense in the PDF at the end of this blog post:
> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space
>
> Holler if I can help!
> -Matt
>
>
> On Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 2:31:03 PM UTC-6, Ibrahim Al Jabour
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm really looking for a good financial model that I can use and learn
>> from to build a model for a new small Coworking space.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Ibrahim
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[Coworking] Coworking Financial Model?

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Understand the business : 
http://coworkinghandbook.com/coworking-business-model-canvas/
Do the numbers: http://www.betacowork.com/can-you-make-money-with-coworking/

More finance for coworking spaces :http://coworkinghandbook.com/finance

Beware of spreadsheet magic: it is way easier to grow on paper than in real 
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[Coworking] Amenities Offered - Feedback

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Easy: none. Work on delivering coworking value through connections and 
community. 

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[Coworking] Page for coworking jobs

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Hi everyone,

I'm on an update rampage for coworkinghandbook.com and among other things i
want to add a page where you can all post the job openings in your
coworking spaces (to work for the coworking space, not for all the
positions available with the coworkers).

I've thought of asking these questions:

   - Contact information
   - Description of the coworking space
   - Position name
   - Position description
   - Salary range
   - Link to submit application

What am I missing?

Coworkingly yours,

Ramon Suarez
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[Coworking] In need of statistics/ infornation on startups founded in coworking spaces.

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You are going to have to go through the websites of each space. I've collected 
a repository of coworking stats, but what you ask for is not there : 
http://coworkinghandbook.com/stats

At Betacowork the better known ones are data.be, edebex.com

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[Coworking] Re: new co-working space in Bulgaria

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Read The Coworking Handbook :)  

On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 4:53:33 PM UTC+1, startup...@gmail.com 
wrote:
>
> Hi еeverybody,
> I want to open a small co-working space in Bulgaria, and i need a help. My 
> questions are:The internet speed what should be? How to organise the desk 
> rent and hall rent? Do i need some software for that? How to advertise the 
> space and the services? Were you market yours space?
> Please help my i need an answer.Thank you.
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Re: [Coworking] Stats of our first 5 years coworking

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My French speaking coworkers call me *papa poule* (hen dad), to make fun of
how I protect and take care of them.

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On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Jeannine van der Linden <
flexkantoorkame...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I call myself the Manager.  My coworkers call me either baasje
> (technically little boss, but untranslateable by me in its implications.
> Maybe Ramon can translate it, lol), or huismoeder, (house mother).  Five of
> them call me Don-neen which is a complicated in joke involving my name and
> the movie The Godfather.
>
> I call the folks we pay to look after the community Community Managers. So
> of course the coworkers call them the Herders.  (Translation:  Shepherds.
> Yes, like in sheep.)
>
> The coworkers who structurally help other coworkers have come to be called
> *kameraad.*  This is a sort of multi level pun on the name of the space
> and the nature of the relationship.
>
> (For the English speaking I will give this a try: kameraad means comrade
> or pal in Dutch.  But the name of the network is De Kamer or "The room"
> like a room in a boarding house, and "raad" also means advice. To make it
> worse, de Kamer is also the word used when referring to the houses of
> Parliament so  anyway, it doesn't translate well.  But whole lotta
> punning going on).
>
> For Ramon who did not need that since he speaks like ten billion languages
> or something:  My French is not good enough to pun in it.  Why don't you
> run a competition for best name? The best names come from the coworkers.
> And unless I misestimate them, your coworkers whould really enjoy that.
> I'll send you brownies for the prize.  Or I can send you my top secret
> amazing brownie recipe which has been thoughtfully adjusted for the
> peculiarities of European flour.  :-)
>
> On Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 2:19:08 PM UTC+1, Ramon Suarez wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Tony. Tha'ts a thing we struggle to find the right word for. When
>> a client comes, Facilitator is not understood. At least with host they
>> understand that we are there to make them feel at home.
>>
>> What do you call yourselves and your colleagues in your respective
>> coworking spaces?
>>
>> Ramon Suarez
>> Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
>> Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
>> email & hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com
>> Phone: +3227376769
>> GSM: +32497556284
>> Twitter:http://twitter.com/ramonsuarez
>> Skype: ramonsuarez
>> Try coworking: http://betacowork.com
>>
>> <http://betacowork.com/free-coworking-tryout/?utm_source=email_medium=468x60_banner_content=girl-home_campaign=ramon-signature>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <to...@nwc.co> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats Ramon! I also want to say, I love that some of the members of
>>> your team are called "Hosts." Makes me feel like I'm at a dinner party :-)
>>>
>>> Tony
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>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Alex Linsker <alexl...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Elias, start by figuring out who you do and who you don't want to be in
>>>> your coworking place. Write it down and share it -- it can be only positive
>>>> wording but if it is meaningful it will exclude people who know they don't
>>>> belong. You don't want everybody.
>>>>
>>>> If you write "We are a coworking place where everybody is worthy of
>>>> love and belonging" and you truly intend that, you will exclude people who
>>>> don't want everybody there, people who want cliwues or don't consider
>>>> themselves worthy of love

Re: [Coworking] Stats of our first 5 years coworking

[Ramon Suarez]

Thanks Tony. Tha'ts a thing we struggle to find the right word for. When a
client comes, Facilitator is not understood. At least with host they
understand that we are there to make them feel at home.

What do you call yourselves and your colleagues in your respective
coworking spaces?

Ramon Suarez
Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
email & hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com
Phone: +3227376769
GSM: +32497556284
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Skype: ramonsuarez
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <t...@nwc.co> wrote:

> Congrats Ramon! I also want to say, I love that some of the members of
> your team are called "Hosts." Makes me feel like I'm at a dinner party :-)
>
> Tony
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> *Connect:  Personal site <http://tonybacigalupo.com/> • Twitter
> <http://twitter.com/tonybgoode> • Facebook
> <http://facebook.com/tonybacigalupo>*
> *T**ravel:   **NYC until 12/2 • Boulder 12/2-18 • NYC 12/18-30 • *
> *  Boulder 12/30-1/15 • Hawaii 1/15-22 • Seattle 1/22-25*
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:36 AM, Alex Linsker <alexlins...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Elias, start by figuring out who you do and who you don't want to be in
>> your coworking place. Write it down and share it -- it can be only positive
>> wording but if it is meaningful it will exclude people who know they don't
>> belong. You don't want everybody.
>>
>> If you write "We are a coworking place where everybody is worthy of love
>> and belonging" and you truly intend that, you will exclude people who don't
>> want everybody there, people who want cliwues or don't consider themselves
>> worthy of love or belonging. (As an example.)
>>
>> Common advice on this group is, stsrt with community before you rent a
>> place.
>>
>> Find people who care about many people and who have communities they will
>> benefit by referring.
>>
>> Find people who have strong feelings and experiences about the place you
>> will fent or will rent in, who actively want something. That is how I start
>> things.
>>
>> If it isn't fun while doing it, don't do it.
>>
>> Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon
>> http://CollectiveAgency.co
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Stats of our first 5 years coworking

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@Alex: #5? I know of #1 and #2 ;P (#insomniajoke)

@francesca: You have all the results of the stats and more information in
the post <http://www.betacowork.com/5-years-of-betacowork-the-numbers/>
itself  also in French
<http://www.betacowork.com/fr/5-ans-de-betacowork-en-chiffres/> and Dutch
<http://www.betacowork.com/nl/5-jaar-de-betacowork-de-cijfers/>. There's
also this mega list of the advantages of coworking
<http://coworkinghandbook.com/advantages-benefits-coworking-list/>.

@Elias: you have a full chapter in my book (The Coworking Handbook
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/149912063X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8=1789=9325=149912063X=as2=coworkhandbo-20=5AXVWL4WKUCHTNTC>)
dedicated to marketing. It is the largest chapter of the book, too long to
resume in one line. Bring people in your target audience with events,
personal invites, social media, email... And work to keep them in by
connecting them. Make sure they get to know at least one person when they
come. More books about coworking here
<http://coworkinghandbook.com/readings/>.

@tom: thanks :) Share it with the world!

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On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Tom Lewis <t...@coworkinc.co.uk> wrote:

> Happy Birthday Betacowork and nice work on the infographic Ramon!
>
> On Tuesday, 24 November 2015 11:48:23 UTC, Ramon Suarez wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We turned 5 last week and decided to share some stats. We hope they are
>> useful to you:
>> http://www.betacowork.com/5-years-of-betacowork-the-numbers/
>>
>> This infographic has the highlights of the data:
>>
>> <http://www.betacowork.com/5-years-of-betacowork-the-numbers/>
>> Coworkingly yours,​
>>
>> Ramon Suarez
>> Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
>> Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
>> email & hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com
>> Phone: +3227376769
>> GSM: +32497556284
>> Twitter:http://twitter.com/ramonsuarez
>> Skype: ramonsuarez
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Re: [Coworking] Stats of our first 5 years coworking

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Thanks Harald :) 

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[Coworking] Virtual assistant services

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No, there's just no demand for it and if anybody ever needs it they work with 
any of the existing concierge services, through freelance platforms and 
specialized companies 

Ramon Suarez 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Our experience with community-first

[Ramon Suarez]

Awesome Benjamin. You are doing a great job with your spaces. Give my best
to Jon :)
On Nov 3, 2015 06:38, "Benjamin" <benja...@grindspaces.com> wrote:

> Ramon, my friend...I like your words (but I already know that you are one
> of the best/brightest in coworking)...just wanted to contribute an example
> to the truth you have told...say what you will about Verizon but they "get
> it" and have so far completely supported all of Grind's needs/desires in
> creating a community-based coworking project...it is very exciting and will
> be an interesting example for our industry...
>
>
> On Saturday, October 17, 2015 at 7:15:06 AM UTC-4, Ramon Suarez wrote:
>>
>> Great post. I recently had the same issue with a building owner I was
>> negotiating with. They tried to get all my Financials before we agreed on a
>> price and I did not agree. I understood that they would screw me if I did.
>> I had already spent a lot of hours with them, plus money on architect and
>> lawyers. They got a copy of the Coworking Handbook and we're passing it
>> among colleagues. After a few weeks of silence they called to see if I
>> would be open to manage the Coworking space they are planning on opening.
>> Now they are trying to get one of my coworkers to work for them. Too many
>> people looking for fools instead of partners out there, no wonder they
>> don't understand community.
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Re: [Coworking] Our experience with community-first

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Me too,  I trust first, but when it comes to real state agents and owners I
trust a little less ;)

I help a lot of people out to understand all aspects of the coworking
business. Last Friday I had two people coming to talk with me about opening
coworking spaces unannounced. The one that had at least read the Coworking
Handbook and looked at the page of Betacowork got  a lot more time and
info, and we had a ore interesting conversation :) A little research and
work on their side sends a signal of real interest and of respect to my
time and efort that filters out a lot of abusers who just want quick free
consulting to launch what they think is a silver bullet business that is
going to make plenty of money without any work and abusing the trust and
the willingness of people.

The worst I've heard about community: we have  a community because we have
included it in the contracts...
On Oct 17, 2015 17:26, "Trevor Twining" <trevortwin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Ramon.
>
> I refuse to stop sharing, even though some people misuse it. My main
> concern with misuse is that it spoils attempts for legitimate communities
> to form. There have been three local attempts outside of Cowork Niagara
> that haven’t been successful now, so I don’t want people to get the idea
> that it doesn’t work. I want to keep sharing ‘how’ it works.
>
> What I’ve heard in the past 2 years:
>
> "I can do that myself faster.”
> “We’re going to advertise to build the customer base.”
> “Our customers are ready now. We can’t wait to build the
> community.”
>
> 
> Trevor Twining
> Cowork Niagara
> http://coworkniagara.com
> Home of Niagara’s independent workforce
> twitter: @coworkniagara, @trevortwining
> cel: 416-201-2254
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Ramon Suarez <ra...@betacowork.com> wrote:
>
> Great post. I recently had the same issue with a building owner I was
> negotiating with. They tried to get all my Financials before we agreed on a
> price and I did not agree. I understood that they would screw me if I did.
> I had already spent a lot of hours with them, plus money on architect and
> lawyers. They got a copy of the Coworking Handbook and we're passing it
> among colleagues. After a few weeks of silence they called to see if I
> would be open to manage the Coworking space they are planning on opening.
> Now they are trying to get one of my coworkers to work for them. Too many
> people looking for fools instead of partners out there, no wonder they
> don't understand community.
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[Coworking] Our experience with community-first

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Great post. I recently had the same issue with a building owner I was 
negotiating with. They tried to get all my Financials before we agreed on a 
price and I did not agree. I understood that they would screw me if I did. I 
had already spent a lot of hours with them, plus money on architect and 
lawyers. They got a copy of the Coworking Handbook and we're passing it among 
colleagues. After a few weeks of silence they called to see if I would be open 
to manage the Coworking space they are planning on opening. Now they are trying 
to get one of my coworkers to work for them. Too many people looking for fools 
instead of partners out there, no wonder they don't understand community. 

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Re: [Coworking] Government Owned Coworking/MakerSpace

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Find more information about the project. If they offer space for free it may be 
tougher to beat,  but no government run initiative will ever have the thrust, 
energy and care for clients that an entrepreneur may have. 

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[Coworking] Pop Up Co-Working Spaces

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Yes, Jaime Aranda from workINcompany.com 

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[Coworking] Closing my space, what to do with website traffic?

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Sorry to hear. 

You can sell\gift the redirect to some other space in the area. 

You can also redirect to the Coworking Wiki page for your region. 

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[Coworking] Re: Lessons from the first year of operating our coworking space

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Excellent post Matt :) Shared all over the place

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Week 2015 Update

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Thanks a lot Jeannine for such a thorough and we'll crafted email and for once 
again taking the lead . Thanks also to all the rest for your thoughtful 
contributions. 

For the discussion about the coworking week I would like to suggest a new and 
separate discussion,  so that things don't get mixed up. 

You can count on me to work and on the support of Betacowork and the European 
Coworking Assembly.

I would suggest a task for the first year that we can discuss in the coming 
coworking conferences too: write our definition of coworking and use it in 
Wikipedia articles and everywhere. We already had a few discussion about this 
in the Google Group and it lead to the one we are using for the Coworking Week 
Belgium and the European Coworking Assembly: 
http://coworkingbelgium.be/2014/05/22/belgium-coworking-spaces-map/ (link to 
original group discussion in text). Not all Collaborative and shared working 
spaces are coworking spaces. If we dilute the core and the target too much we 
will be irrelevant, and we want to have impact. 

Regarding the target, I think that for most of the properties we are talking 
about space operators. Coworkers can benefit of the wiki and spalecially the 
visa, but mixing everybody in the Google group only ads noise, making it harder 
to contribute, help and have meaningful conversations. If people absolutely 
want to have coworkers discussing, it should be in a different group that could 
be also created and managed by Open Coworking, but I think this is too much 
work for little value. I think that for them it is much more interesting 
finding out about the coworking visa: creating personal links around the world 
will do much more than any online experience (as we all have experienced in the 
conferences, and as a former AFS participant I reckon). 

An idea for the visa would be to add a voluntary longer exchange, that could be 
as easy to signal as adding an asterisk by the name). I was thinking about one 
week. 

When it comes to mentoring we do a lot in the conferences and through the 
connections we make there. On top of it there's Andy's seminars and podcast,  
the Coworking Handbook, many people doing consulting,  and other ressources.  I 
don't think personalized free tutoring is needed, but I would love to 
participate in some scheduled open hangouts.

It is important  to have a legal structure with motivated and hard working 
people in the board to move forward and to manage some visit financial 
operations, such as renewing the domain name registration and taking he members 
fees.

Those that want to be part of the organization should pay an annual fee. 
Ressources can still be open, but the more committed and those that walk the 
walk should decide. 

The cooperative idea sounds good specially if it is a non profit.  You are the 
lawyer,  I trust you know well this :) What is important to me is that the 
people taking the lead are not personnally liable, as it would be the case 
without any kind of organization. Limited liability please :) If a new entity 
is created, the old one should transfer assets to the new one. 

It is important that he ownership of he domains, group, and the wiki is 
transfered to whatever legal entity we use. I've seen too many cases where not 
knowing who had to renew the domains and inaction have ended up in losing them. 
They are too valuable to loose them.

To participate you don't need membership, but some things have to be limited to 
the members, who have a higher engagement and commitment. And basic commitment 
equals annual fee :)

Cheers, 

Ramon Suarez
Founder Betacowork.com 
Author CoworkingHandbook.com
President CoworkingAssembly.eu
Founder CoworkingBelgium.be 
And coworking apasionado :)   

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[Coworking] Coffee Shop/Coworking Combination Business Model

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To understand a business model the canvas by Ostewalder is a great tool. Here's 
the one I made for coworking 
http://coworkinghandbook.com/coworking-business-model-canvas/

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Re: [Coworking] When is International Coworking Day this year?

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Thank you Toby.

I'm sending the information out via Coworking Belgium
http://coworkingbelgium.be We are trying to organize our own national
week (August is really bad in Europe, a lot of people are on vacation) but
the smart people will also take this opportunity. The website will be
shared also via the Betacowork http://www.betacowork.com, Coworking
Europe Assembly http://coworkingassembly.eu, and Coworking Handbook
http://coworkinghandbook.com social media accounts.

Do you have an idea of the time to deliver and costs to Europe for
Teespring?

Ramon Suarez
Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Citizen Space- Member Services Desk 
citizensp...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Ramon,

 Yes, the URL is www.coworkingweek.com, we are working on updating the site
 now, we can use any and all help, so if you are able to help in anyway, we
 would appreciate the assistance.

 We need help with the following:
 Local Organizer Outreach (space owners and managers)
 Sponsor Outreach (Local, and National)
 Social Media (Content Creation, Scheduling, and Monitoring)
 Updating the Website (its Wordpress)

 We will be publishing a 10 Year Coworking Anniversary logo in the next
 week or so, along with a flyer template, and stickers that each local
 organizers can print locally.

 We will try crowdfunding Tee Shirts with the anniversary logo TeeSpring
 http://teespring.com/


 Anyone who has some bandwidth, and willing to help, drop me a line.


 Thanks,
 Toby






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  Thanks Paxi and Tobi. That's the date we remember. Is  there a website
 or an
  organization of any kind behind it? Where can I refer people that ask
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[Coworking] Coworking Day

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We do a lunch and open doors every year at Betacowork 

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[Coworking] presentation

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Hi Honore. My book The Coworking Handbook will help you set up and manage your 
coworking space: http://coworkinghandbook.com 

Good luck! 

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Re: [Coworking] When is International Coworking Day this year?

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Thanks Paxi and Tobi. That's the date we remember. Is  there a website or an 
organization of any kind behind it? Where can I refer people that ask about it 
to? 

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[Coworking] What do you recommend space size per person?

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You have some calculations and data on coworkinghandbook.com 

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Re: [Coworking] Advice for a baby coworking space.

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All my tips and insights are condensed in The Coworking Handbook 
http://coworkinghandbook.com  

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[Coworking] bad practices

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Hopefully some of the spam victims will mark their email as spam and this will 
screw the deliverability of their emails 

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[Coworking] Bandwidth questions for new coworking venture

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From home connections to gigabit, everything goes. Make sure that you can 
upgrade easily

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[Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

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J'aime Aranda and I made some calculations for coworkinghandbook.com and we 
figured out a bit over 1200ft2 for twenty desks without an event area. The 
calculations are detailed in the book

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[Coworking] Member Growth first months - 1 Year

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28 in the first month 84 after a year. 

No advertising, we did our own marketing via social media, email and events. I 
think in the USA you would call it elbow grease, tons of it :) 

I've written what I learned in the Marketing chapter of coworkinghandbook.com 

Good luck! 

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[Coworking] Update on the Coworking Survey

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Steve,  o have some private survey info that I may share with you if you want.

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[Coworking] Does your coworking space have stickers?

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We run out of them but we may make some more soon 
:http://www.betacowork.com/get-the-new-betacowork-stickers-with-halloween-movember-specials/

We used moo

Ramon
Check out my book coworkinghandbook.com 

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[Coworking] Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

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Published in 21 social networks and sent to our 203 coworkers. We will also 
include it in the Betacowork newsletter that goes out next week to 2.4k people. 

Looking forward to see the see the results, although I will miss GCUC this year 
:(

Good luck, 

Ramon
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[Coworking] Coworking Week NY

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We are doing the same this year in 
Brussels:http://coworkingbelgium.be/2015/02/20/the-first-ever-brussels-coworking-week-is-coming/

I had been thinking about it for a while and decided to kick it off with just 3 
other owners I know and think fit together. On Monday we are launching 
invitations to all coworking spaces and related businesses. We will finish the 
week with an Unconference for owners  and Operators. 

Ramon
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[Coworking] Afghanistan's Coworking space

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The basics for any country are in my book http://coworkinghandbook.com  You 
have to figure out your own numbers based on local prices. Good luck! 

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[Coworking] Coworking Elevator Pitch !

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Check the homepage of Betacowork for good elements : betacowork.com 

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[Coworking] New Space Opening...Any suggestions? (pictures attached)

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Tips and answers http://coworkinghandbook.com ;) 

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[Coworking] What kind of Coffee?

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At betacowork.com we have nespresso capsules for our members that they pay for. 
We used to have sense pads but almost nobody used them. Our Italian moka coffee 
makers are never used. We make coffee for events in big drip machines and give 
it for free:they prefer it strong. We chose pads for members because they are 
cleaner than ground coffee and leave responsibility and initiative for their 
coffee in their hands. We allow members to bring their own coffee too. Fancy 
stuff like manual espresso pumps do not last more than a few days, the time for 
the novelty to wear off. 

We tried asking like Alex suggests,  but the answers did not reflect usage, so 
at the end it is us that chose to limit choice and burden. 

Ramon Suarez 
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[Coworking] Re: Conference room presentation equipment.

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Definitely wired,  as Alex said. All you really need is a screen or a 
projector,maybe a small speaker for some videos in the presentations. Our 
largest room is for 80 people and we only use a PA  system when we have to 
record the talk. Always keep a spare cable: people tend to drop them after 
their presentations and some pics become loose or bend which ends up making it 
difficult to connect and you loose colours. 

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Re: [Coworking] Cohere finally got venture capital and it's almost on par with WeWork

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Shit, I'm so mad I missed this investment opportunity. I'm sitting on piles of 
cash from Betacowork's stratospheric profits. 

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[Coworking] I am starting a coworking program at my office in Bucks County, PA

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All that and more on the marketing chapter of coworkinghandbook.com 

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Re: [Coworking] Who's looking for a virtual co-working group?

[Ramon Suarez]

Will, that would only add noise. If the coworkers wanted a discussion
group, wouldn't they have created it already and wouldn't it be thriving?
It is simple and free to start a discussion group. What is stopping them?

There's no purpose in such a group. The link is too weak and purposeless.
It is already hard to have an online group that runs with much stronger
ties and interests.

There are a load of social networks, chats, and groups for freelancers,
entrepreneurs and every profession and interest, still none of them add
what JC is asking for. What he asks for are exactly the things why me and
thousands of others joined coworking spaces. No online network is going to
provide what physical presence of others does. Creating and online
distraction is not the solution to lack of productivity, concentration and
loneliness. Attending local meetups is a good way to at least see some
faces and not isolate yourself completely, but it does nothing or little to
improve the previous.

I speak from my own experience and that of many others: the solution is
joining a coworking space or a shared office and interact with people face
to face. :)

Ramon Suarez
Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
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Phone: +3227376769
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 J.C.'s post does point to what I take to be the greatest loss for this
 discussion group: that it is almost devoid of participation from people who
 cowork and don't also have some deeper connection to the movement. But I
 suppose that's the nature of the beast? Is there *ongoing* value in a
 coworking discussion group for *members* of coworking spaces?

 My sense is we'd all benefit from getting greater input/perspective from
 that side of the coworking world (the member side), though I'm not sure
 that side would benefit from taking the time to give it.

 I do wonder if there's some tweak we could do as a community here that
 would make this list more diverse in terms of who can get benefit from
 being on here so that coworkers too could participate and add their
 perspective and also feel as though they're getting value from doing so?

 On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 2:22:25 PM UTC+1, Will Bennis, Locus
 Workspace wrote:

 Hi J.C.:

 I'm sure there are people out there who share your need and would want to
 cowork with you over the Internet and for whom a physical coworking space
 isn't the solution. Unfortunately, I don't think this list is the best
 place to find those people. As you might have gathered from the replies,
 most of the people active on this list are coworking space proprietors or
 are otherwise invested in the coworking space industry or the coworking
 movement. That's not by design. In my opinion it's just by virtue of what
 has kept a consistent group actively interested in discussing *coworking*.

 Anyone know of a good non-affiliated discussion list where coworkers,
 or people seeking to be coworkers, congregate? My guess--J.C.--is that
 you'd be better posting this question on some group where digital nomads,
 location-independent professionals, freelancers, home workers, teleworkers,
 etc., congregate. But I don't know where that is (or if those groups suffer
 from the same trait of hosting primarily people who build their careers
 around that topic, rather than the participants in those activities
 themselves).

 I'd love to hear others' suggestions for where to find this niche. Or
 J.C., if you find a place to post this inquiry that brings you success, I'd
 love to hear where you found it.

 Best,
 Will

 On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 10:23:56 AM UTC+1, Jeannine wrote:

 We are workinig towards this as a community, the impulse came mostly
 when we shifted form one space to 2. The secopnd space is a sort of a
 daughter location, which has options the original space simply did not
 have.  (I know th espace isn't supposed to matter.  But when the webshop
 has taken up all the tables with inventory and packing materials, or the
 importer is sending home machines on pallets which have to be put
 somewhere, it starts to matter.  A lot.  lol)

 It isn't quite mature yet, but it has been a really interesting ride so
 far.

 For a Euro-development, the newest initiative/proposal we are discussing
 is to stop with the discussion group thing altogether and move to Whatsapp
 groups for this function.  Not sure how that will go, but I guess I will
 know in a couple of months.

 Cheers,

 Jeannine
 On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 3:26:47 AM UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:

  Hey J.C.,

 I’m honestly not sure why people are getting all fussy about this, it
 seems to me like your goals

Re: [Coworking] Are coworkers welcome members of this group? Is virtual coworking valuable?

[Ramon Suarez]

 they feel like it (i.e., virtual coworking). I know for a fact that
 some people can and have benefited from that, because I've seen it in
 action more than once. I agree: It's not the ideal. We're all sometimes in
 situations where our ideal work environment isn't possible (I think most
 members of coworking spaces would acknowledge it's not their ideal work
 environment; it's just nominally ideal given their particular work
 reality). Is virtual coworking better than sitting alone at their desk
 without being able to look up and have that video/voice connection when
 needed? For everyone, of course not. For a lot of people it would be an
 annoying distraction. For some? I'd be astounded if some people don't
 sometimes benefit from that environment. Give JC the credit for knowing
 what he's looking for and for having some reason for looking for it.
 Telling him he's looking for the wrong thing and should do what we're doing
 instead comes off as patronising. Given that it's coming from coworking
 space owners who make their livings--at least in part--selling coworking,
 it also comes off as perhaps inauthentic and self-serving (though of course
 I don't think that was the motivation).

 Respectfully,

 Will

 On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 10:13:39 AM UTC+1, Ramon Suarez wrote:

 Will, that would only add noise. If the coworkers wanted a discussion
 group, wouldn't they have created it already and wouldn't it be thriving?
 It is simple and free to start a discussion group. What is stopping them?

 There's no purpose in such a group. The link is too weak and purposeless.
 It is already hard to have an online group that runs with much stronger
 ties and interests.

 There are a load of social networks, chats, and groups for freelancers,
 entrepreneurs and every profession and interest, still none of them add
 what JC is asking for. What he asks for are exactly the things why me and
 thousands of others joined coworking spaces. No online network is going to
 provide what physical presence of others does. Creating and online
 distraction is not the solution to lack of productivity, concentration and
 loneliness. Attending local meetups is a good way to at least see some
 faces and not isolate yourself completely, but it does nothing or little to
 improve the previous.

 I speak from my own experience and that of many others: the solution is
 joining a coworking space or a shared office and interact with people face
 to face. :)

 Ramon Suarez
 Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
 Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
 email  hangouts: ra...@betacowork.com
 Phone: +3227376769
 GSM: +32497556284
 Twitter:http://twitter.com/ramonsuarez
 Skype: ramonsuarez
 Try coworking: http://betacowork.com

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 On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
 wmbe...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 J.C.'s post does point to what I take to be the greatest loss for this
 discussion group: that it is almost devoid of participation from people who
 cowork and don't also have some deeper connection to the movement. But I
 suppose that's the nature of the beast? Is there *ongoing* value in a
 coworking discussion group for *members* of coworking spaces?

 My sense is we'd all benefit from getting greater input/perspective from
 that side of the coworking world (the member side), though I'm not sure
 that side would benefit from taking the time to give it.

 I do wonder if there's some tweak we could do as a community here that
 would make this list more diverse in terms of who can get benefit from
 being on here so that coworkers too could participate and add their
 perspective and also feel as though they're getting value from doing so?

 On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 2:22:25 PM UTC+1, Will Bennis, Locus
 Workspace wrote:

 Hi J.C.:

 I'm sure there are people out there who share your need and would want
 to cowork with you over the Internet and for whom a physical coworking
 space isn't the solution. Unfortunately, I don't think this list is the
 best place to find those people. As you might have gathered from the
 replies, most of the people active on this list are coworking space
 proprietors or are otherwise invested in the coworking space industry or
 the coworking movement. That's not by design. In my opinion it's just by
 virtue of what has kept a consistent group actively interested in
 discussing *coworking*.

 Anyone know of a good non-affiliated discussion list where coworkers,
 or people seeking to be coworkers, congregate? My guess--J.C.--is that
 you'd be better posting this question on some group where digital nomads,
 location-independent professionals, freelancers, home workers, teleworkers,
 etc., congregate. But I don't know where that is (or if those groups suffer
 from the same trait of hosting primarily people who build their careers
 around that topic, rather than

[Coworking] Who's looking for a virtual co-working group?

[Ramon Suarez]

What you really want is to join a coworking space. That's what will increase 
your focus, productivity and happiness. 

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Member board/photos

[Ramon Suarez]

I also loved the analog idea and I don't think that as coworking spaces we
have to create any kind of virtual social network, but our online directory
with search and easy connecting is very useful. From the beginning the idea
of the online directory has been to showcase the members and help them
connect and be found, and also to remove me and the rest of the staff as
bottlenecks.

The public directory only displays about half of the members, but it is the
3rd most visited page of our site, mostly by members trying to find others
with whom to speak or a name they forgot. A lot of visits come also from
companies looking for freelancers to hire.

The private directory (members choose to display their profile publicly or
only to other members) also has a contact form so that you can send an
email directly to any member. Anything that makes it easier for members to
connect is welcome :)

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Serendipity Accelerator, Betacowork
Author: http://coworkinghandbook.com
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I’m also a big fan of offline, low-tech solutions…especially within the
 space itself. Photos of members’ experiences - things that show off life in
 and outside of the coworking space - sound awesome.

 But we also ran into the problem with analog photos (using the Instax
 camera) getting dreadfully out of date…or running out of film…

 And really, it wasn't as useful as we’d hoped. The goal of having photos
 is to help people learn (or remember) names along with faces since that’s
 easily one of the hardest parts about joining. And for a long time, I was
 really really resistant to an online directory/bios, especially ones that
 focus on their skills. The big reason for THAT is because we want people to
 connect and have conversations about things other than what they *do *
 (see: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2014/08/conversation-therapy/)

 But our community doesn’t just “happen inside the coworking space. In
 fact, some of you have heard me say this year that 70% of our members use a
 desk less than once a month…but they’re still active in our online
 discussion community spaces between coworking days and events. Those
 members don’t get to see the analog photo wall when realistically they’re
 the ones who would benefit from it the most.

 So one of our members started this project, which has been picked up as a
 collaborative effort led by one of our team members:
 http://hello.indyhall.org/member-wall/

 It’s NOT online bios…just photos and names, and really nice photos! We
 currently only have around 20% of our community on here and it’s a slow
 process to add people, but it’s been worth it because these photos can live
 in *lots* of places.

 Most recently, we brought the online photo wall back offline by connecting
 it to our Lounge TV via a Chromecast. It rotates through member photos with
 their names, and current events/announcements/reminders. Looks like this:

 http://instagram.com/p/xzg-1DOGLW/
 http://instagram.com/p/xzX4OsuGN_/

 Still a work in progress, but it’s been working :)

 -Alex



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 On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  I was inspired by bulletin boards at an office I used to work at, with
 photos of employees doing what they're passionate about: fishing trip,
 silly faces on a plane, hugging their kids, etc.

 At Collective Agency we have hallways with white walls, and as people
 come in, the photos are on the walls. Most photos have a series of
 questions and answers below that most members fill out the answers to when
 they join -- a mini-interview. I use double-sided tape on the pages, which
 makes it easy to move them around, and add new members, and provide a sense
 of continuity and anyone-can-do-this relaxed feel.

 We tried online bios years ago, but that quickly did not work -- it
 wasn't supporting the reasons why we exist (in the minds of the people who
 are willing to value us by paying), and actually detracted value.

 Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon
 http://collectiveagency.co/

 On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:53:37 AM UTC-8, Gretchen Bilbro wrote:

 Hi all,
  What have you used to create your member boards? I have a giant old
 metal sign that I want to use for the board itself and place photos with
 brief write ups on with magnets for our member board. For those that have
 done something similar did you print photos on your printer or buy an
 instant camera

Re: [Coworking] Member board/photos

[Ramon Suarez]

We used to print them and stick them to the Windows, but with more than 170 
members it became too much work to keep it updated for very little actual value 
for the members. Now we just stick to online: betacowork.com/coworkers 

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Re: [Coworking] Three Case Studies on Joint Ventures with Landlords

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Thanks Jerome :)

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com
wrote:

 Hi all.

 The webinar is available on the event listing.

 http://lexc.org/event/lexc-webinar-joint-ventures-wlandlords/?instance_id=91

 (link is at the bottom of the page)


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 On Jan 9, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Tabari Brannon tkbran...@gmail.com wrote:

 I missed it as well, is there a recording?

 On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 12:34:46 AM UTC-8, Ramon Suarez wrote:

 I found out about it too late. Did you guys record it?


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[Coworking] A universal symbol for coworking

[Ramon Suarez]

Why W instead of C or CW? 

Who will own the copyright of the symbol? 

Who will have the right to use it? 

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Re: [Coworking] Need advice about free coworking week

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Put a piggy no bank by the printer\drinks and a sign with the price. 

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Re: [Coworking] Need advice about free coworking week

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For the waiver,  make them sign up via an online form and state what you want 
them to be aware of plus make them accept your terms and conditions (with a 
link to them) Don't be over legal\scary 

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[Coworking] Re: Phone Calls / Noise Control

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Our space is an office,  not a library, so people can take calls. We do have 
one call free room,  but it is not very successful 

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Re: [Coworking] Commision on Memberships?

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In Belgium the comission that business centers pay is 10 to 15 ‰ of the first 
year or the life of the contract.

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Re: [Coworking] Handling phone calls in an open coworking office

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Our silent room has come and go. At the begining very few people wanted
to be there and the ones that had to go there because the other areas were
full always complained. We run a first survey that meant the official death
of the silent room,  but the few people that really liked it tried to keep
it alive unofficially. After a while of this we run another survey and the
room is back,  but with a difference : instead of being a library like
silent room it is now a no calls room. People can still talk,  and we have
a group of very playful members that make sure it is not dead (the nerf
rocket launchers have helped).

For us enforcement is a non issue. People behave (as in the rest of the
space) and if not either other members or ourselves will talk to them to
remind of the conditions,  and that is more than enough. We pull each
other's legs a lot,  so most of this conversations are funny and light.

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On Oct 22, 2014 8:22 PM, David Frahm da...@thefrahms.com wrote:

 Any thoughts on taking your approach of defining a No call zone as
 opposed to a Designated call zone?

 I assume if you have more people OK with calls than not, than you'd be
 better of with the former, and visa-versa.

 Is that how you decided?


 On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:39:36 AM UTC-5, Ramon Suarez wrote:

 This is not really an issue at Betacowork except in the cases of a couple
 people that have very powerful theater-grade voices. When people worry
 about being to noisy we just tell them to make a call and then just ask
 those around if it bothered (response is no). We have the advantage of
 having the space divided into 3 rooms,  so there are less interruptions
 affecting the whole space. What we have also done is setup one of the rooms
 as a call free zone

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Re: [Coworking] So...where are all the space managers?

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Melissa, can you please add me to the slack group?

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On Sep 10, 2014 6:09 PM, Melissa Geissinger meli...@beawimp.org wrote:

 Chad - I'll send over an invite then! I'm making everybody an admin so we
 can all send invites.

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 On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:02:33 AM UTC-7, creativespace wrote:

 we love Slack. 3

 Chad Ballantyne
 705.812.0689
 ch...@thecreativespace.ca





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 On Sep 10, 2014, at 11:54 AM, Adam Teterus ad...@indyhall.org wrote:

 Turns out Slack multi-team options just got a lot better, too. A new beta
 build is out right now that let's you swap between teams much faster, and
 with full notifications for all teams in one window. Download it here
 https://rink.hockeyapp.net/apps/06bd6493684f65a3b8f47aca92c9006e if
 you want to join in for the Coworking Leadership Slack that Melissa
 started!

 On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 1:05:41 PM UTC-4, Melissa Geissinger wrote:

 It's actually really easy to swap between teams I've found. It's even
 easy on the mobile app! Send me your email and we can experiment.

 And hell yes to Google Hangouts. Let's do it! Pick a time.


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 On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 10:01:10 AM UTC-7, Adam Teterus wrote:

 Hey, Melissa! Congrats on opening the clubhouse! it's especially
 refreshing to read that you've been so cohesive for such a long time prior
 to moving into a space. That's really fantastic, and I'm thrilled for you.

 I'm absolutely sure that we could talk and learn lots from one another,
 and I'd love to do that. We use Slack here at Indy Hall, in fact. My
 understanding of Slack is that it's a little difficult to swap between
 teams right now (Indy Hall log-in v. Coworking Group log-in), though I may
 be building that up into something more difficult than it really is. I'll
 hop inside and we can pick-up from here.

 I was also thinking that it'd be phenomenal to have a Google Hangout at
 the end of every week, some forum for connecting with other tummlers and
 managers and leaders in real time. Realistically, we have an astounding
 amount of potential tools and platforms, we just have to execute and meet
 up!

 On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 12:17:34 PM UTC-4, Melissa Geissinger
 wrote:

 Hi Adam and everyone!

 We just opened up our coworking space last week, so I'm wearing all
 the hats for now. Honestly, I can't imagine it any other way for the time
 being. I love getting to know every single person in the community and
 making sure I do my best to serve them and meet their needs and
 expectations. Even though we just opened our space, we've had a throwing
 and thriving community for nearly 3 and a half years already.

 I run the group with 3 other individuals, and we've been using a chat
 service called Slack for a few months now. We used to have our regular
 conversations in Facebook but that just got messy and disorganized. Now we
 just opened up a team for the greater group and it's been awesome. Other
 companies around us are even starting to adopt the platform for
 inter-company communication. What if we created a Slack team for Coworking
 Space management - we can create different channels (basically chat rooms)
 for all kinds of topics and that can be where we go when we need real-time
 answers or real-time like-minded company to keep. What do you think?

 It's an invite-only service and it's free. Check it out at
 https://slack.com/. I can start up a team if you guys are interested?

  *Melissa Geissinger*
  President  COO | WIMP LLC http://www.beawimp.org/
 WIMPspace: Cowork * Colearn * Coexist http://www.wimpspace.com/
 p 707 827 1334 x1
 c 707 888 0225


 On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 8:46:12 AM UTC-7, Adam Teterus wrote:

 Thanks, Will!


 how to engender that sense of commitment and passion to go above and
 beyond the formal job requirements and to want to be involved in the 
 Google
 Group (as an example of going above and beyond the strict job definition
 more generally), given that the external motivators (income potential,
 career development) are not overwhelming?


 This. Exactly this. I think you hit the nail on the head, and to your
 point, there very much is a critical practice of learning to *make
 your employees care as much as you do*. Makes total sense, too,
 because that's precisely what we ought

Re: [Coworking] Handling phone calls in an open coworking office

[Ramon Suarez]

This is not really an issue at Betacowork except in the cases of a couple 
people that have very powerful theater-grade voices. When people worry about 
being to noisy we just tell them to make a call and then just ask those around 
if it bothered (response is no). We have the advantage of having the space 
divided into 3 rooms,  so there are less interruptions affecting the whole 
space. What we have also done is setup one of the rooms as a call free zone

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