Re: [Coworking] Courses To Offer Members

[Margo Aaron]

Non-members are not allowed to attend our classes. We're strict about this.
But if your'e openning this to the public I see no reason not to charge.

Price based on (a) the offer (b) the geographic region you're in. People
who live in Manhattan are used to spending more than someone in Kansas on
these offerings, it's just how the market forces play out.

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 10:53 AM Wendy  wrote:

> Do you charge a fee to non-members attending the classes? If so, how
> much?  If not, why not?
>
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>
> This is really helpful actually...must run some of these as lunchtime
> talks! 
>
> Emer Powell
>
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>
> On Mon 4 Feb 2019, 4:41 PM Margo Aaron, 
> wrote:
>
> What type of members does your space tend to attract?
>
>
>
> My members are solopreneurs so I've seen a LOT of engagement around
> courses and content aroudn the following topics:
>
>
>
> SEO Basics for People who *Should* Understand SEO but Don't
>
> Writing Proposals (This one is huge) and Organizing Your Offerings
>
> Pricing for Service-Based Businesses
>
> Social Media - More specifically, how to build a following on *specific 
> *platforms,
> like "How I grew to 10,000 followers on Instagram without paying for
> followers or hiring anyone"
>
>
>
> If you give me a better idea of your members I can help you with some
> content ideas that might be more relevant to them.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Margo
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM Exchange Events 
> wrote:
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> I am new as the director of our coworking space and we are currently
> looking for classes to offer our members for free or at a charge to
> non-members. There are so many classes out there and we are looking for a
> variety. We are willing to pay for the courses or course series. Any input
> would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [Coworking] Courses To Offer Members

[Margo Aaron]

I do, what type of "more infomation" are you looking for?

FWIW I would steer away from broad topics and get* very specific* with the
class titles. Having a class on "social media marketing" IMO is an
indicator that you will learn nothing. Having a class on "Instagram Ad
Sales" or "Building an Instagram Following" is way more compelling and
likely going to be a more productive class.

MTC.

- M

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 12:28 PM Liz Goldman  wrote:

> Margo, Thank you so much! Our base is primarily start-up entrepreneurs and
> small businesses looking to grow. I like the broad topics such as Social
> Media marketing growth and writing proposals. Do you have more information
> about classes for any of your recommended topics?
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 10:41 AM Margo Aaron 
> wrote:
>
>> What type of members does your space tend to attract?
>>
>> My members are solopreneurs so I've seen a LOT of engagement around
>> courses and content aroudn the following topics:
>>
>> SEO Basics for People who *Should* Understand SEO but Don't
>> Writing Proposals (This one is huge) and Organizing Your Offerings
>> Pricing for Service-Based Businesses
>> Social Media - More specifically, how to build a following on *specific 
>> *platforms,
>> like "How I grew to 10,000 followers on Instagram without paying for
>> followers or hiring anyone"
>>
>> If you give me a better idea of your members I can help you with some
>> content ideas that might be more relevant to them.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Margo
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM Exchange Events 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am new as the director of our coworking space and we are currently
>>> looking for classes to offer our members for free or at a charge to
>>> non-members. There are so many classes out there and we are looking for a
>>> variety. We are willing to pay for the courses or course series. Any input
>>> would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [Coworking] Courses To Offer Members

[Margo Aaron]

What type of members does your space tend to attract?

My members are solopreneurs so I've seen a LOT of engagement around courses
and content aroudn the following topics:

SEO Basics for People who *Should* Understand SEO but Don't
Writing Proposals (This one is huge) and Organizing Your Offerings
Pricing for Service-Based Businesses
Social Media - More specifically, how to build a following on
*specific *platforms,
like "How I grew to 10,000 followers on Instagram without paying for
followers or hiring anyone"

If you give me a better idea of your members I can help you with some
content ideas that might be more relevant to them.

Best,

Margo

On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM Exchange Events 
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> I am new as the director of our coworking space and we are currently
> looking for classes to offer our members for free or at a charge to
> non-members. There are so many classes out there and we are looking for a
> variety. We are willing to pay for the courses or course series. Any input
> would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: [Coworking] Promotion of small events` space

[Margo Aaron]

Hey Mantas,

Let's reverse engineer this (and perhaps as the founders if you're not one
of them?). Most coworking spaces target remote workers who either work for
themselves (so entrepreneurs and founders) or who work for large companies
that offer a WFH/remote work option.

After that, you can get more specific if your space is for "creative"
professionals or more "tech/Startup" or whatever niche you choose. But I'd
want to know:

Who have been, historically, your best customers? Where did they come from?

Have you asked people who already pay you all how they heard about you?

I'd start there. This conversation can get *really* overwhelming because
promotion and marketing feels like boiling the ocean so it helps to get
really clear on *who this is for* and reverse engineer from there.

Hope this helps, happy to answer more questions as it's helpful.

- Margo

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 7:48 AM Mantas Leleika 
wrote:

> Hi, I work in a coworking space based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
> At the moment I have a lack of ideas of how to get revenue out space
> comfortable for 12-18 people. We use this space for our coworkers' events
> and rent it for small events for youth gatherings, movie nights, board game
> nights etc.
>
> People find us from time to time but the problem is that I really have
> difficulties to think of somebody who would be interested.
>
> How do you promote small size spaces like this? What type of people you
> are inviting? Where do you find them?
>
> Thanks,
> M
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Re: [Coworking] RSVP for December's London Coworking Assembly Breakfast at 42 Acres

[Margo Aaron]

I wish I was in London!!!

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 7:58 AM Bernie J Mitchell <
ber...@berniejmitchell.com> wrote:

> *We are up to 18+ people for this months London Coworking Assembly
> Breakfast. *
>
> Please join the Facebook group here
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/coworkinglondon/>
>
> If you are already a member RSVP here
> <https://www.facebook.com/events/1088314424670134/>
>
> *Details:*
>
> A group of us meet every month in London for an informal breakfast and
> share our experiences and ask for help.
>
> This is open to people who own, run, work in (or are thinking about) a
> coworking or collaborative workspace.
> If you are in London from elsewhere come to say hi, we'd love to have you!
>
> If you are a supplier to the industry you are also very welcome.
> (However, if you start pitching or trying to sell stuff it will get super
> uncomfortable and we'll implement the 'ice bucket' challenge rule.)
>
> *When and where*
>
> Tuesday 11th December 08:30am - 10:00am
>
> 42 Acres in Shoreditch - nearest tube Old Street / Liverpool Street
>
> Breakfast is sponsored by our longtime friends FreeAgent.com
> <http://Freeagent.com> so just bring yourself and a story!
>
> Have A Remarkable Day!
> Bernie
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Re: [Coworking] The big bodacious list of coworking software

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this. is. awesome.

Thank you Hector!

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:45 AM Hector Kolonas  wrote:

> Heya!
>
> So a tonne of my work involves working on integrations with coworking
> space software. During this work, I've found it interesting to map out what
> integrates with what, and a few other points of info.
>
> With so many coworking space operators continuously asking what software
> they should use, I set aside some time to tabulate and share the list of *all
> the coworking space software* I could find.
>
> Some folks then asked me to add more views, add reviews and it's grown a
> little from there. It's even constantly updated by the software vendors as
> they correct, match and improve their offerings and integrations.
>
> But as this is one of the first go-to places for folks looking to start or
> change up things in their coworking spaces, I figured I'd share it here too.
>
> Here's the link:
> https://inztinkt.com/big-bodacious-list-of-coworking-software/
>
> Please do let me know what you think, if I've missed something you use,
> and if you want to sling  at me for getting something wrong.
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Building A Community

[Margo Aaron]

Hi Michael,

YES! Lots of ways to integrate Slack (keeping this on the main thread as I
think it could be useful to others). Namely, by watching what *doesn't* work
- we've all been part of those FB and Slack groups that are
just...crickets. Or worse, they're overly promotional.

In order to avoid that, here's what I did:

(1) *Limit Channels: *This gives people direction and a "beautiful
constraint." When you have 600 channels you get decision fatigue. Limit
your channels (5-10 max)

(2) *Give your channels VERY OBVIOUS names*. If people dont know what the
channel is for, they won't use it. I have fun with naming but it's still
clear what its' for (like #treatyoself is a channel, that's where we talk
about self care)

(3) *Tag people*: Don't awkwardly ambush people, but if someone asks a
question about instagram and you know one of your members knows instagram,
tag them in the thread like this, "@jon do you know anything about this?"
or "@jon might be able to help, he's way better than me at instagram" <---
You want to be careful not to obligate them, just engage them.

(4) *Set Rules for Engagement: *You dont have to state them explicitly, but
you do have to enforce them publically. For example, if you post "Hey guys!
I just published this would be great if you shared!" I will shame you bc
that is a terrible and self-serving post. You have to lead by example and
teach people how you want them to engage AND show them it's safe to be
real. The example above is when your communication is transactional and not
real.

(5) *Moderate: *I will comment directly on threads and say, "Give us
context, WHY do you want us to read this?" My tribe feels protected, like
someone is looking out for them. Because I am. I want the conversation to
have depth. There's a place to recommend your stuff but we have a thread
for that. So you need to moderate until people understand what the rules
are for engagement.

(6) *Most activity happens in the DMs*. At least, that's been our
experience, which is *great* news. It's annoying bc sometimes main channels
can be quiet and you freak out that no one is getting value - but slack
will send you activity data each week so you'll see if people are DMing
(it's great news because that means your members are connecting!)

Curious to know what others have done that's worked.

- Margo



On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 3:38 PM Michael Jon  wrote:

> Hi Margo,
>
> I have my first get together coming up and I would like to introduce Slack
> as a tool we can use to compliment our ongoing coworking get togethers.
> How would you suggest implementing this virtual coworking space/slack to a
> small group of people new to coworking?  What can I do to get people
> interested in joining and staying active?  Are there some virtual exercises
> that you have found successful?
>
> Thank you!
>
> On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 1:41:56 PM UTC-4, Margo Aaron wrote:
>>
>> Hey Michael,
>>
>> My coworking space is completely virtual, so we're almost *entirely*
>>  community.
>>
>> What's worked:
>>
>>- Personal introductions and taking the time to get to know everyone
>>in the space
>>- Exclusivity: stressing this is for "people like us" and having some
>>common thread that connects your members. In my case, it's solopreneurs
>>with online businesses. For other coworking spaces, it could be that you
>>all live in XYZ city or are trying to raise venture capital.
>>- Having a forum for members to meet each other
>>
>> What hasn't worked:
>>
>>- Oversharing articles or business opportunities - There is NOTHING
>>that will kill community quicker than interactions like, "Hey Guys! Will
>>you share this post I wrote! Thanks!!!" You want to push for substantive
>>conversations that build relationships instead of creating transactional
>>ones.
>>
>> That's not to say our members don't do business with one another, they
>> do. But it comes up organically. And it's sprinkled in between adding
>> genuine value to each other.
>>
>> We use slack for most of this. And Zoom.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> - M
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM Angel Kwiatkowski 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wrote a step by step book on how to do this. Find it at
>>> https://diycoworking.com.
>>>
>>> Angel
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:17:47 PM UTC-6, Michael Jon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello, all!  I've recently begun the journey to open up a coworking
>>>> space in my city.  After reading through various postings, books, websites
>>>> etc...it seems that many owners stress the

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

[Margo Aaron]

Hi Richard,

Yeah there is different something there. I'd love to hear where you net
out.

I dont have a physical space but have had *many* talks with physical spaces
in my area about leveraging our model or even white labeling what we have
for their own members.

The problem has been twofold:

(1) Cultivating community is a lot of work and most people don't want to do
it.
(2) Vetting. I have a long application + interview process for who I allow
in my space. It selects for the *type* of people who would be great in our
community. Most of the physical spaces I've consulted with let in anyone
who can pay. There is no prerequisite other than that. So there isn't a
shared motivation to connect.

The owners want community but often their members don't. They want a place
to work away from their kids and then they want to leave. In other words:
they dont have the problem that virtual coworking solves (isolation).

I still think there is an opportunity to collaborate, but I haven't found
a way to make it work yet.

If you have ideas I am ALL ears.

- M

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 1:17 PM Ten Below  wrote:

> Margo,
>
> Thank you! I love the idea and you have a firm grasp on creating
> remarkable offerings. As our space is just  5 months old in a rural
> community this virtual coworking has touched a nerve and I'm going to
> explore how I may add this into the mix as most of our members to date have
> been utilizing 5 and 10 day passes which makes it challenging to build a
> cohesive community.
>
> Do you also have a physical space? Have you considered vetting other
> Coworking spaces to offer up The Arena as a value add?
>
> Richard
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:00 AM, Neil Weakland 
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, they teleconference in, the experts or professionals are ALL from
>> outside our area. The event is more about sharing ideas and networking. It
>> doesn't matter if other spaces do this because I'm not competing with other
>> spaces outside my area.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:53 AM Margo Aaron 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Richard: Yeah so when you're in the business of offering added value to
>>> your members *beyond* merely offering them physical space, you're
>>> programs are part of your USP. While collaboration is wonderful, you're
>>> effectively telling your future customers, "it doesn't matter which
>>> coworking space you're apart of, you'll get this benefit either way."
>>>
>>> Instead of saying, "This is why you should be a member *here*."
>>>
>>> Neil: Maybe I misunderstood. I thought you said the experts
>>> teleconference in, right? So, you wouldnt be confined to people in NE Ohio.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:41 AM Neil Weakland 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Margo, unfortunately my network of professionals from outside
>>>> the Northeast Ohio area is growing thin, which is why I posted here. I
>>>> thought that in the spirits of coworkign and sharing other spaces might do
>>>> something similar and we could exchange local professionals from my area
>>>> for business leaders and entrepreneurs from theirs.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 1:08:06 PM UTC-4, Margo Aaron wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> This is awesome Neil!
>>>>>
>>>>> We do something similar in my space. I have someone come in
>>>>> (virtually) and do what's called "Office Hours" - they speak for 30-45 
>>>>> mins
>>>>> about their area of expertise (usually something members are struggling
>>>>> with - podcasting, sales, SEO) and then members can hit them with their
>>>>> questions for the next 15 mins.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also record them and keep them available for members in a "video
>>>>> vault."
>>>>>
>>>>> We've had no problem finding experts since people are generally
>>>>> excited to talk about what they know and get exposed to a new audience. So
>>>>> far, I've relied exclusively on my personal network, which is what I'd
>>>>> recommend to you before you reach out to other coworking spaces. Let this
>>>>> be a benefit of *your space exclusively. *
>>>>>
>>>>> My two cents :)
>>>>>
>>>>> - Margo
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:31 PM Neil Weakland 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've started a monthly event in my coworking space for networking and
>>>>>> sharing outside of our area. 

Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

[Margo Aaron]

Richard: Yeah so when you're in the business of offering added value to
your members *beyond* merely offering them physical space, you're programs
are part of your USP. While collaboration is wonderful, you're effectively
telling your future customers, "it doesn't matter which coworking space
you're apart of, you'll get this benefit either way."

Instead of saying, "This is why you should be a member *here*."

Neil: Maybe I misunderstood. I thought you said the experts teleconference
in, right? So, you wouldnt be confined to people in NE Ohio.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 11:41 AM Neil Weakland 
wrote:

> Thanks Margo, unfortunately my network of professionals from outside the
> Northeast Ohio area is growing thin, which is why I posted here. I thought
> that in the spirits of coworkign and sharing other spaces might do
> something similar and we could exchange local professionals from my area
> for business leaders and entrepreneurs from theirs.
>
> On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 1:08:06 PM UTC-4, Margo Aaron wrote:
>>
>> This is awesome Neil!
>>
>> We do something similar in my space. I have someone come in (virtually)
>> and do what's called "Office Hours" - they speak for 30-45 mins about their
>> area of expertise (usually something members are struggling with -
>> podcasting, sales, SEO) and then members can hit them with their questions
>> for the next 15 mins.
>>
>> I also record them and keep them available for members in a "video vault."
>>
>> We've had no problem finding experts since people are generally excited
>> to talk about what they know and get exposed to a new audience. So far,
>> I've relied exclusively on my personal network, which is what I'd recommend
>> to you before you reach out to other coworking spaces. Let this be a
>> benefit of *your space exclusively. *
>>
>> My two cents :)
>>
>> - Margo
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:31 PM Neil Weakland 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've started a monthly event in my coworking space for networking and
>>> sharing outside of our area. I've been calling it the Canton Connect
>>> Innovator lunch. I arrange for a startup founder or high level professional
>>> from a company to teleconference with my coworkers and local interested
>>> parties. It lasts an hour and has been a great experience so far. We've
>>> exchanged information on remote jobs, how we've been approaching new
>>> technologies, what our local tech scene is like, and more.
>>>
>>> I'm interested in finding more people to be our guests. I thought that
>>> some of the other coworking spaces would be good places to find startup
>>> founders and the like. Maybe if other spaces are interested we could set up
>>> a contact list of people who would be interested in being guests to other
>>> coworking spaces?
>>>
>>> Here are the last two Canton Connect announcements
>>>
>>> https://cantonworkspace.spaces.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/699348651/september-canton-connect-innovator-lunch---joe-zenas--ceo-of-the-thinkwell-group
>>>
>>> https://cantonworkspace.spaces.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/666508843/meet-tech-and-industry-professionals-from-outside-canton-at-the-canton-connect-innovator-lunch
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Neil Weakland
>>> Canton Work Space
>>> http://cantonworkspace.com
>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Connect Event

[Margo Aaron]

This is awesome Neil!

We do something similar in my space. I have someone come in (virtually) and
do what's called "Office Hours" - they speak for 30-45 mins about their
area of expertise (usually something members are struggling with -
podcasting, sales, SEO) and then members can hit them with their questions
for the next 15 mins.

I also record them and keep them available for members in a "video vault."

We've had no problem finding experts since people are generally excited to
talk about what they know and get exposed to a new audience. So far, I've
relied exclusively on my personal network, which is what I'd recommend to
you before you reach out to other coworking spaces. Let this be a benefit
of *your space exclusively. *

My two cents :)

- Margo

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:31 PM Neil Weakland 
wrote:

> I've started a monthly event in my coworking space for networking and
> sharing outside of our area. I've been calling it the Canton Connect
> Innovator lunch. I arrange for a startup founder or high level professional
> from a company to teleconference with my coworkers and local interested
> parties. It lasts an hour and has been a great experience so far. We've
> exchanged information on remote jobs, how we've been approaching new
> technologies, what our local tech scene is like, and more.
>
> I'm interested in finding more people to be our guests. I thought that
> some of the other coworking spaces would be good places to find startup
> founders and the like. Maybe if other spaces are interested we could set up
> a contact list of people who would be interested in being guests to other
> coworking spaces?
>
> Here are the last two Canton Connect announcements
>
> https://cantonworkspace.spaces.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/699348651/september-canton-connect-innovator-lunch---joe-zenas--ceo-of-the-thinkwell-group
>
> https://cantonworkspace.spaces.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/666508843/meet-tech-and-industry-professionals-from-outside-canton-at-the-canton-connect-innovator-lunch
>
> Thanks,
> Neil Weakland
> Canton Work Space
> http://cantonworkspace.com
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Building A Community

[Margo Aaron]

Yeah, I mean there's definitely something if you're already getting people
together and cultivating community.

The only thing I'd caution is there's a big difference between getting
people to come together and getting people to PAY for something. Use your
meetups as market research - listen to what people are complaining about
and what they need help with. Is there demand for a coworking space?

Definitely a good place to start. Keep us posted on how it goes!

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:01 PM Michael Jon  wrote:

> Thanks, Margo.  This does help.  I did end up creating a "meetup" group
> that has grown to about 40 members within several days.  What would you
> recommend as our first "meetup?"
>
> I truly believe a coworking space will be successful in my area and I do
> have a building that I have my eye on, however, I am trying very hard not
> to put the cart ahead of the horse.
>
>
>
> On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 1:41:56 PM UTC-4, Margo Aaron wrote:
>>
>> Hey Michael,
>>
>> My coworking space is completely virtual, so we're almost *entirely*
>>  community.
>>
>> What's worked:
>>
>>- Personal introductions and taking the time to get to know everyone
>>in the space
>>- Exclusivity: stressing this is for "people like us" and having some
>>common thread that connects your members. In my case, it's solopreneurs
>>with online businesses. For other coworking spaces, it could be that you
>>all live in XYZ city or are trying to raise venture capital.
>>- Having a forum for members to meet each other
>>
>> What hasn't worked:
>>
>>- Oversharing articles or business opportunities - There is NOTHING
>>that will kill community quicker than interactions like, "Hey Guys! Will
>>you share this post I wrote! Thanks!!!" You want to push for substantive
>>conversations that build relationships instead of creating transactional
>>ones.
>>
>> That's not to say our members don't do business with one another, they
>> do. But it comes up organically. And it's sprinkled in between adding
>> genuine value to each other.
>>
>> We use slack for most of this. And Zoom.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> - M
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM Angel Kwiatkowski 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I wrote a step by step book on how to do this. Find it at
>>> https://diycoworking.com.
>>>
>>> Angel
>>>
>>> On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:17:47 PM UTC-6, Michael Jon wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello, all!  I've recently begun the journey to open up a coworking
>>>> space in my city.  After reading through various postings, books, websites
>>>> etc...it seems that many owners stress the importance of building a
>>>> coworking community BEFORE opening a space.  What are some key
>>>> recommendations on how to build this community.  Very curious to hear what
>>>> worked/didn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Building A Community

[Margo Aaron]

Hey Michael,

My coworking space is completely virtual, so we're almost *entirely*
 community.

What's worked:

   - Personal introductions and taking the time to get to know everyone in
   the space
   - Exclusivity: stressing this is for "people like us" and having some
   common thread that connects your members. In my case, it's solopreneurs
   with online businesses. For other coworking spaces, it could be that you
   all live in XYZ city or are trying to raise venture capital.
   - Having a forum for members to meet each other

What hasn't worked:

   - Oversharing articles or business opportunities - There is NOTHING that
   will kill community quicker than interactions like, "Hey Guys! Will you
   share this post I wrote! Thanks!!!" You want to push for substantive
   conversations that build relationships instead of creating transactional
   ones.

That's not to say our members don't do business with one another, they do.
But it comes up organically. And it's sprinkled in between adding genuine
value to each other.

We use slack for most of this. And Zoom.

Hope this helps!

- M

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 12:14 PM Angel Kwiatkowski 
wrote:

> I wrote a step by step book on how to do this. Find it at
> https://diycoworking.com.
>
> Angel
>
> On Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:17:47 PM UTC-6, Michael Jon wrote:
>>
>> Hello, all!  I've recently begun the journey to open up a coworking space
>> in my city.  After reading through various postings, books, websites
>> etc...it seems that many owners stress the importance of building a
>> coworking community BEFORE opening a space.  What are some key
>> recommendations on how to build this community.  Very curious to hear what
>> worked/didn't work.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
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Re: [Coworking] Opening a Space, have many questions!

[Margo Aaron]

Ha that is awesome Jesse! My guess is that your people are hungry for
community. It's not the events, per se, it's connection to people like
them.

Sounds like a great value proposition for your space could be connection.
"Meet people like you"

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 12:21 AM Jesse Flores 
wrote:

> Wanted to follow up on an update. Reached out the regulars and they all
> responded the reason they enjoy our meetups is meeting working
> professionals at our networking events. Did I accidentally start an event
> planning company? I notice most active members have day gigs outside art
> and come to our co-working night to focus on their work to break into the
> art industry. There is something there I can work with right? It's evolving
> into something interesting.
>
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Re: [Coworking] Nice to "virtually" meet you guys!

[Margo Aaron]

Absolutely!

What specifically were you looking for help with? Happy to be a resource

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Howard Myers  wrote:

> Was interested in building an online community before i start  a coworking
> space is that something i could get help with?
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 3:30 PM Margo Aaron 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Alex!
>>
>> Ye omg so *backstory:* this grew out of my marketing consultancy. I
>> was getting requests for marketing help and every time I'd get on the phone
>> with founders, I'd discover that they didn't *really* have marketing
>> problems.
>>
>> They had self-doubt problems.
>>
>> Most of these people knew what they needed to do to grow, but would get
>> way too in their head about it. I tried giving them marketing advice and
>> services, but it didn't fix the problem. My hypothesis was that they needed
>> businesses owners *like them* to talk to about this stuff.
>>
>> They were spending all day alone or talking to their spouses or "normal"
>> friends - not business owners who understood what they were going through.
>>
>> That's when I realized the thing missing for them was *COWORKERS. *
>>
>> Which is why I built the space. I live just outside of NYC so it's easy
>> to meet like-minded people here, but it's not so easy when you're in other
>> parts of the world. That's why I made the space virtual. I wanted to
>> connect founders with people like them so they could get out of their own
>> way and start getting work done.
>>
>> *Most surprising lesson:* I thought people were going to experience
>> massive business growth. And while businesses DID grow, that's not why
>> people reported staying and loving the space. They said their marriages
>> improved. WHAT?!?!
>>
>> Turns out having a community of people - coworkers - to brainstorm with
>> and talk through stuff *on your level* helped people be better in other
>> parts of their lives because they got the business stuff out of their
>> system.
>>
>> Isn't that nuts? I was blown away.
>>
>> Anyway, happy to share more but this email is getting really long...haha
>>
>> Tell me more about your space and how people are interacting online! Are
>> you facilitating the interaction or is it all them? Slack? Details please!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Margo
>>
>> PS: Sorry if this reply-all is annoying...I figured this might be useful
>> so I'd keep us in the group thread. But LMK if it's not...dont' want to be
>> "that person" #sorrynotsorry? haha
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Alex Hillman <
>> dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Margo, welcome! I'm a huge fan of online community building, it's
>>> always been a large component of what we do at Indy Hall and more than 50%
>>> of our members almost *exclusively* interact online. I took a peek ta
>>> your website and it looks like you've created something pretty cool!
>>>
>>> Is there any backstory or lessons you can share about how you got
>>> started? Or interesting surprises/experiences along the way?
>>>
>>> -Alex
>>>
>>> --
>>> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
>>> Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org
>>> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
>>> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:57 AM  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi! I'm Margo and I just stumbled upon this group and am really excited
>>>> about it.
>>>>
>>>> I run a virtual coworking space for location-independent
>>>> solopreneurs called The Arena The Arena
>>>> <http://www.arenavirtualcoworking.com>. We dont have the benefits of a
>>>> PHYSICAL space, like a desk or mailbox or wifi. But we do have what a lot
>>>> of physical spaces are trying to do a better job of: Community.
>>>>
>>>> If you need any help with building community, HMU and I'd be happy to
>>>> answer any questions you have. Im curious to learn more about you all and
>>>> what you're struggling with as you grow your spaces.
>>>>
>>>> Reach out any time!
>>>>
>>>> - Margo Aaron
>>>>
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Re: [Coworking] Nice to "virtually" meet you guys!

[Margo Aaron]

Thank you, Alex!

Ye omg so *backstory:* this grew out of my marketing consultancy. I was
getting requests for marketing help and every time I'd get on the phone
with founders, I'd discover that they didn't *really* have marketing
problems.

They had self-doubt problems.

Most of these people knew what they needed to do to grow, but would get way
too in their head about it. I tried giving them marketing advice and
services, but it didn't fix the problem. My hypothesis was that they needed
businesses owners *like them* to talk to about this stuff.

They were spending all day alone or talking to their spouses or "normal"
friends - not business owners who understood what they were going through.

That's when I realized the thing missing for them was *COWORKERS. *

Which is why I built the space. I live just outside of NYC so it's easy to
meet like-minded people here, but it's not so easy when you're in other
parts of the world. That's why I made the space virtual. I wanted to
connect founders with people like them so they could get out of their own
way and start getting work done.

*Most surprising lesson:* I thought people were going to experience massive
business growth. And while businesses DID grow, that's not why people
reported staying and loving the space. They said their marriages improved.
WHAT?!?!

Turns out having a community of people - coworkers - to brainstorm with and
talk through stuff *on your level* helped people be better in other parts
of their lives because they got the business stuff out of their system.

Isn't that nuts? I was blown away.

Anyway, happy to share more but this email is getting really long...haha

Tell me more about your space and how people are interacting online! Are
you facilitating the interaction or is it all them? Slack? Details please!

Best,

Margo

PS: Sorry if this reply-all is annoying...I figured this might be useful so
I'd keep us in the group thread. But LMK if it's not...dont' want to be
"that person" #sorrynotsorry? haha

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Alex Hillman  wrote:

> Hey Margo, welcome! I'm a huge fan of online community building, it's
> always been a large component of what we do at Indy Hall and more than 50%
> of our members almost *exclusively* interact online. I took a peek ta
> your website and it looks like you've created something pretty cool!
>
> Is there any backstory or lessons you can share about how you got started?
> Or interesting surprises/experiences along the way?
>
> -Alex
>
> --
> *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.*
> Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org
> Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com
> My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:57 AM  wrote:
>
>> Hi! I'm Margo and I just stumbled upon this group and am really excited
>> about it.
>>
>> I run a virtual coworking space for location-independent
>> solopreneurs called The Arena The Arena
>> <http://www.arenavirtualcoworking.com>. We dont have the benefits of a
>> PHYSICAL space, like a desk or mailbox or wifi. But we do have what a lot
>> of physical spaces are trying to do a better job of: Community.
>>
>> If you need any help with building community, HMU and I'd be happy to
>> answer any questions you have. Im curious to learn more about you all and
>> what you're struggling with as you grow your spaces.
>>
>> Reach out any time!
>>
>> - Margo Aaron
>>
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[Coworking] Re: New Member

[aaron]

Hello peeps!  My name is Aaron Eng.  I'm an owner of a mobile app 
development company that has created a subscription based app solution for 
coworking spaces.  I also am working with an investor that is interested in 
setting up his own coworking space franchise, which is why I'm excited to 
join the group.  Looking forward to having some discussions with you guys!


Aaron Eng
App Maude, LLC



On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 1:41:40 PM UTC-7, Sharon Rice wrote:

> Hello Everyone! I'm new to this group so I wanted to introduce myself. My 
> name is Sharon and I'm a social worker based in the Philadelphia area. I 
> joined this group as I'm currently researching how to develop a coworking 
> space that would assist survivors of human trafficking and sexual violence. 
> This group was recommended to me by a colleague and I'm looking forward to 
> learning from all of you as I develop my idea. I hope to also be able to 
> share new resources as I discover them during my development phase. Thanks!
>

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[Coworking] Re: DIY multi-zone audio for playing music?

[Aaron Mader]

Chromecast audio might be an option to look into. 
Each device acts as a receiver, which you'd then plug into the aux input of 
a stereo system. You can 'cast' to multiple receiver devices at the same 
time, and it'll be time-synced.
One of the nice things about this approach is that most of us have a couple 
of old stereo's sitting around. 

More info 
here: https://www.google.com/intl/en_ca/chromecast/speakers/#?discover

On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 3:00:50 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> Hey gang!
>
> I'm currently doing my homework on multi-zone audio for the system that 
> plays music throughout Indy Hall, since we're moving into a new space next 
> month (!!!).
>
> As with most technology, audio is a game of "easy to over-engineer" and 
> I'm wondering if anyone has come up with a simple setup that they love. 
>
> Basic requirements in my mind:
>
> 1 - single audio source (in our case, we run a mac mini)
> 2 - minimum 5 "zones" each with with independent volume control
> 3 - the ability to put those volume controls in the zone itself, near the 
> speakers it controls
>
> It does NOT need to be wireless. 
> It does NOT need to be network enabled. 
> It does NOT need to be "state of the art."
>
> It DOES need to cost less than the same setup powered by Sonos :)
> It DOES need to be simple enough for someone who isn't trained in the 
> system to walk over to a knob and turn down the volume. 
>
> Suggestions? What research have you done? What have you tried? What 
> DOESN'T work?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Alex
>
>
>
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[Coworking] Re: Standing desks

[Aaron Mader]

I ended up building my own sit/stand desk. The ability to switch easily 
from sitting to standing makes me SO much more likely to change up my 
position through the day. I can't overstate it. 
Here's a link to the build: http://imgur.com/a/FWcxT

It's a fairly simple build.. constructing the desk just took a day. 
Finishing it on the other hand.. that took several days.. but maybe that's 
just because I didn't know what I was doing. If you wanted to build 6 of 
these, it wouldn't take you much longer than building one. 

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[Coworking] Re: Anyone Tried An "in house" VA / PA type assistant for members?

[Aaron Mader]

Don't most virtual-assistants contract themselves out to a number of 
clients, for a fixed number of hours per week/month?

It strikes me that each member could simply choose to hire the services of 
a VA, independently of each other. 
If they all choose the same VA, and that person happens to live in the 
neighbourhood, and has a membership in the same space - that's just gravy. 

On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 1:41:50 PM UTC-4, Bernie J Mitchell wrote:
>
> Brothers and Sisters of Coworking
>
> Can anyone report success / pitfalls having a person in their coworking 
> space that members use like a VA?
>
> OR 
>
> Members 'group funding' the role?
>
> My gut feel is this is one of those things that sounds great round the 
> community breakfast table but in real life..
>
> Please feel free to link to any older discussions if this topic has been 
> 'done' already ;-)
>
> Love Bernie 
>
> London 
>

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[Coworking] Creating a Co-Working Space - FL

[Aaron Greenfield]

Hello Everyone,

I am very new to this forum and I am sure their are posts about this but I 
couldn't seem to find them. I am considering starting a Co-working space 
near my old college in Florida and was curious on some of the things to 
look into before getting in too deep. 

I have done some research regarding things to start prior to investing, 
such as groups to help gain interest and peak community involvement. Is 
their any basic fundamentals for calculating rough start up costs and 
average facility sizes to accommodate a new co-working space? The only 
other facility close to me like this is over 8000 sq ft and I feel like 
that might be a little ambitious for me as it is my first time with a 
business like this. 

I would appreciate any help for some just getting started, I think this is 
an amazing opportunity for my community to get more involved 
professionally. thanks in advance.

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview - Interesting Academic Study on Coworking

[Aaron Schaap]

Great - thanks for sharing, Steve. Really looking forward to diving into 
this.


On Sunday, February 7, 2016 at 1:29:14 PM UTC-5, Steve King wrote:
>
>
> Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview 
>  is a very 
> thorough and interesting academic study on coworking. Kudos to the authors.
>

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[Coworking] Re: IT questions for people that run coworking spaces

[Aaron Mader]

We've never really needed an IT manager, there's always been enough talent 
in-house as coworkers. 
I've only been involved in smaller coworking spaces, where's there's been a 
lot of client buy-in, but whenever there's been a problem with the 
internet, there's always been someone in the building with the networking 
knowledge to help sort it out.

In terms of speed; we found that 40 people were ok to share a 20/5mbps 
connection (we'd do a little policing of power-users/p2p), but things are 
definitely better with the new 100/100mbps fibre line. The real priority 
for most people was latency, since we had a number of people using voip on 
their computers. From my experience, the challenge of having 40 people in a 
room share an internet connection is the local hardware. You can't cheap 
out on your network equipment, particularly your wireless network. This is 
where 95% of your headaches come from. 

At one point, we had our DSL connection fail. Within about 30 minutes (and 
long before the technician arrived), one of our members had wired up a new 
connection through the LTE (cellular) network, and everyone was content to 
share its 5/2mbps connection. 


On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:39:43 PM UTC-5, Jay Smith wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. I'm the IT Manager for a coworking company out of 
> California. I'm just curious as to what the average internet connection 
> speeds are at most of the coworking spaces in this group. Do you find that 
> your speeds could be faster, but you don't really have the option to obtain 
> more speed at a decent price? Or are your speeds adequate for your members 
> needs?
>
> How many of you have a dedicated IT person working for your company that 
> you have full access to during the work day? If you don't, do you have an 
> IT service that you call when things start to work improperly?
>
> Our slowest location has a 50/20mbps copper connection,
> but our fastest location is a 300/300mbps Fiber connection.
>
>

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Re: [Coworking] Invoicing and online payments

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I'll echo the Freshbooks love. It can be a bit complicated to set up all
the right SKUs depending on what your desk packages look like but once it
gets going, it's beautiful.

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On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Ashley Proctor ash...@foundery.is wrote:

 We LOVE LOVE LOVE FreshBooks!

 http://www.freshbooks.com/right-for-me

 I promise I don’t work for FreshBooks, although I ask them to work with me
 on a lot of things ;)
 They are great supporters of small businesses.

 I found them years ago and I recommend them to most of my clients and
 members.
 I use them for all of my companies and everything about it is
 super-intuitive and easy to use.
 (Even if you’re not the best with numbers)

 The app is also great and I use it for tracking time and keeping track of
 receipts etc.
 Come tax time, I can do my own because everything I need is right there in
 the reports.

 I’m such a fan, I’ve even asked Mike McDermott to speak at GCUC Canada
 this September.
 They know exactly what it’s like to grow a business from scratch and they
 are also amazing if you need help with anything.


 Ashley Proctor

 Creative Blueprint
 www.creativeblueprint.ca

 Foundery
 www.foundery.is

 GCUC Canada
 canada.gcuc.co



 On Aug 18, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Heather Haindel heather...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey! I'm curious what folks are using for invoicing their members
 nowadays? How do you accept payments? What do you like/not like about the
 software/services you're using? If you were starting from scratch right
 now, what would you use?

 Is anyone using waveapps.com?

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Re: [Coworking] Asking for help

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Check out the Desk Bee program at the HiVE in Vancouver:
http://www.hivevancouver.com/programs/desk-bee/

It's a way to get people involved that can't afford to rent space but who
would benefit from being there and a way to get help with space
maintenance. :)
They've been running it for years at the HiVE and while there is turnover,
it's a good program.

- Aaron

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Aloma Loren freephotoproj...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hi guys,

 First of all I'm so grateful I can post here!

 We just celebrated our one year anniversary and it was really exciting.
 This past year has been no less than extremely awesome.
 We have met so many great people, we have over 45 members, representing
 over 20 businesses. Our private offices are almost all full (only 4/24
 left) and I feel like we've really built a great community.

 However, I am feeling burnt out. My husband and I opened and funded this
 ourselves. We knew from the beginning that it was not going to be one of
 our most profitable endeavors (we run several other businesses as well),
 but we ended up making enough to pay the basics and even adding new
 furniture, etc as we went along. My husband spends most of his time running
 the other businesses so I've done a lot of this myself, which is fine but
 I'm anxious to lighten the load so I can focus on some of our other
 businesses as well. The problem is that we still aren't making enough to
 pay anyone to help. I don't even get paid and it's close to a full time job
 to run a space like this especially if you want to keep active in the
 community, be hosting events, collaborating with other organization, etc.
 Not to mention just the upkeep of over 11,000+ sq ft! I'd like to start
 asking members to pitch in but I'm wondering how other spaces operate. Do
 you just hire someone to keep the space clean? Who deals with taking out
 the trash, wiping down desks, etc? We need to figure something out. I want
 members to feel some sense of ownership and pride for our space and I think
 empowering them to pitch in a little here and there would really help. With
 this many members it really wouldn't require much from any one person.

 This is a running tasks list of things that need to be done regularly that
 someone could do in 2-5 minutes.

 Take out a bag of trash/recycling

 Wipe down a counter

 Sweep

 Spot mop (front entry or lunch room)

 Wipe down a few desks in the community space

 Straighten the pillow in the mini conference room

 Refill sugar/creamer at coffee station

 Vacuum a hallway

 Dishes (everyone should be doing their own, but sometimes there’s a dirty
 glass that gets left by the sink)

 Put away clean dishes

 Clean out old food in the fridge


 Any input is welcome.


 www.eugenemindworks.com



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Re: [Coworking] introducing the camaraderie artisan market

[Aaron Cruikshank]

This is the closest thing I've seen in Vancouver. I know Yash and could
facilitate an introduction if you think that'd be helpful:

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/proprietors+broaden+their+exposure+with+Chinatown+Experiment/9584014/story.html

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On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:39 AM, rachel young rac...@camaraderie.ca
wrote:


 Hey folks,

 I have exciting news and a question.

 We've been looking for a way to engage local small-scale manufacturers and
 artisans with our coworking space, and encourage shopping locally. When the
 ground floor and basement of our building opened up, we quickly realised
 what that could look like.

 We started a new membership level for artisans, manufacturers, designers,
 artists, and makers to be members of our coworking space and use parts of
 the building for what they need.

 Last week we launched the Camaraderie Artisan Market
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcArtisanMarketsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f.
 It's a permanent retail store specifically for artisans and manufacturers.
 Members pay a monthly membership fee to have their goods sold in the
 market, which we staff and manage entirely, and we don't take a commission
 on their sales (because we already charge them a monthly membership fee and
 won't double dip). With their membership they can also use the basement to
 produce their goods, and use the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building for
 meetings with buyers, staff interviews, administration of their business,
 and collaboration with what are now our more traditional coworking members.
 It really is an all-inclusive use of the building and a way for us to
 celebrate local artisans in a collaborative way. And it's pretty rad!

 If you're in town for GCUC Canada next month, I encourage you to come by
 for some shopping and I'll chat with the artisans to see if we can offer a
 store-wide discount to conference attendees.

 And so my question: I know of coworking spaces with makerspaces for makers
 to make goods and prototypes, and I know of coworking spaces for artists
 with artist studios, and I know of coworking spaces with cafes. But are
 there any other coworking spaces with retail for physical goods? I'm
 particularly curious if there are coworking spaces with retail like this
 that are exclusively for the members of their space. Anyone know of any?
 r.





 *rachel young*rac...@camaraderie.ca

 *We're located at 2241 Dundas St W, 3rd floor*
 *(between Bloor and Roncesvalles)*

 *Find us online:*
 Website/blog
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fcamaraderie.ca%2Fsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
  and Newsletter
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fcamaraderienewslettersi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
 , Twitter
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fcamaraderiesi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
 ,
 Facebook
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9zv3Fxsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
 , Google+
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FCamaraderiePlussi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
 , Yelp
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FCamaraderieYelpsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f,
 and LinkedIn
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FCamaraderieGroupsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f

 *New Camaraderie locations:*
 Artisan Market
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcArtisanMarketsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
 (Toronto) - now open!
 Port Credit
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcamaraderiePCsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516-46cd-f1e1-25434f05c77f
  (Mississauga)
 - summer 2015

 We're a proud member of CoworkingToronto
 http://t.signauxdeux.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0SmZ58dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7sM9dn7dK_MMdBzM2-04?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coworkingtoronto.ca%2Fsi=5437397447737344pi=eaf30175-0516

Re: [Coworking] Minority owned coworking spaces

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Just out of curiosity - what will you do with this information?
On Jul 28, 2015 1:12 PM, Edward Boyd edboy...@gmail.com wrote:

 Where can I find a national (USA) list of minority owned coworking spaces?
 Additionally, where can I find that information broken down into sub-ethnic
 groups (eg Asian, African-American, Native American, Hispanic, etc.)???

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[Coworking] Re: What are some of your Key Performance Indicators?

[Aaron Schaap]

Good topic. 

We don't have anything firm yet but also beginning the conversation (a few 
months in). Here's a few things we've started to watch closely.

* Tours - we get a good conversions on tours. It's one of the best ways to 
get people to signup. The more tours we do, the more people signup. 

* Churn - getting people to stay is important. We use baremetrics.com to 
watch this. Right now we're a bit high at 14% - 7 months  4 days). We've 
been at roughly 10% for awhile.

* People in the space - this depends on how you want to track this but we 
focus on the amount of people during the hours of 8:30am - 6pm. We are 
usually around 35-40.

I watch a few other things as well like monthly revenues, how interactive 
people are together, etc...


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On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 4:24:49 PM UTC-4, Jenifer Ross wrote:

 Hey Coworking World-

 I am working on identifying benchmarks for our space. Can you share with 
 me some of you Key Performance Indicators and how you track them?

 Thank you!!

 Jenifer Ross
 Founder + Co-owner
 W@tercooler
 www.watercoolerhub.com


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[Coworking] Who loves their website?

[Aaron Schaap]

We redesigned ours awhile ago - http://workthefactory.com and like it quite a 
bit. We're hoping to make some improvements again to it soon but check ours 
out. 

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[Coworking] Re: Unifi AP users - to controller or not to controller

[Aaron Schaap]

Yea, we had that same problem here at The Factory (workthefactory.com). 
There's some discussion that happened earlier over at 
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/coworking/e8lywtX02h8 as well.

I was a huge fan of Ubiquiti until I started experiencing this problem and 
ended up switching to http://meraki.cisco.com. I wasn't able to narrow down 
the problem but most people end up rebooting on a schedule (which seems 
lame).




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On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 6:00:39 PM UTC-4, Bryan Boyer wrote:

 Hi all- 

 Apologies for the hyper specific question, but I know a lot (some?) people 
 here also use Ubiquiti Unifi access points like the ones we run at 
 Makeshift Society Brooklyn. I'm hoping a similar installation at another co 
 working space may lend clues. 

 We have a simple network with four APs providing wireless service. A Sonic 
 Wall creates the network and hands out IPs. 

 We've had issues every so often, but seems more frequent now, where the 
 APs go offline for a few minutes. Eventually the APs come back and are 
 adopted again. During the outages there's no drop in Wifi signal but the 
 connectivity to the internet disappears. 

 We don't have a permanent controller and don't use any of the features 
 that require one. Could the lack of controller be the problem? Other ideas? 

 I've been searching the Ubiquiti forums until my fingers bleed and have 
 yet to find any good answers, so I appreciate any insights. 

 -bryan 

 +1 805 712 0311 
 @bryanboyer

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Re: [Coworking] Owner Commitment and Hours Put In.

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi Karen,

My advice would be that you'll need more than one person, for sure but will
everyone need to work full time? Not likely.
When I was running the HiVE, I was there about 3-4 days/week and we had a
full-time front desk person then used contractors that we paid hourly to
manage after-hours events. Their time was build into the space rental.

I think given what you've said, as long as there is someone there pretty
consistently M-F, 9-5, you should only need one body there at any given
time but splitting this workload between 2-3 people means that no one gets
stuck with it as a full-time job.

- Aaron

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On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Karen Ruane karen.ru...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi all,

 I'm Karen, and along with two other partners, I'll be opening a coworking
 space for creatives/artists this August in Bend, OR. While the creation of
 this business has been nearly a year in the making, and has become a full
 time pursuit, we are looking ahead to a few months after opening, once
 major wrinkles are ironed out. We are wondering what sort of time
 commitment we should expect? Assuming we will use some sort of software
 management system, have keycode access to our space, and be hosting the
 occasional after-hours event, how much time do you think we will have to
 put in for operations? Is it a single 40 hour per week job? Or will the
 three of us likely be putting in near full time hours? We are all working
 artists as well, so hope to find a nice balance between running this space,
 and our personal businesses. Pipe dream?

 Thanks so much,

 Karen

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Re: [Coworking] Co-working Spaces in Suburban (west) Philadelphia

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Please tell me it's going to have a Fresh Prince of Bell Air theme...

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On May 12, 2015 3:57 PM, Deb Irene genome@gmail.com wrote:

 (I hate to start a new topic, and if this isn't the appropriate group,
 please do be kind and point me to some others. I've done done my keyword
 searching homework to find other threads on this subject -- I found one and
 emailed the person, but I was hoping to find more!)

 I am looking to join (not start) a co-working space in west philadelphia
 suburbs. Some cities/towns of interest: Upper Darby, Drexel Hill,
 Havertown, Narberth, Overbrook, Penn Wynne, Haverford, Wayne, Villanova,
 Wynnewood.  If possible, I'd be interested in a science-based or interest
 working group.

 Being completely new to co-working*, I have trouble just locating where
 co-working spaces exist! It seems almost like speakeasies, you know someone
 who knows the place with the dark red door and password and then you find a
 co-working group. I've been reading articles online and locating ones that
 are pretty big in the downtown/center of Philadelphia. I tried searching
 craigslist in philadelphia area, but the words coworking and co-working
  came up with no hits. It would be great to have a website like the
 housing/apt sites (Zillow etc) but for finding co-working spaces. Or a site
 like match.com but match.cowork.com to find a co-working space that suits
 your needs.

 *When I say completely new to co-working, I mean new to purchasing a
 space or paying to join a community working space. The office environment I
 come from was very much like a co-working space. We had an open floor plan,
 desks were dedicated spaces on large bench like tables with a small cabinet
 space overhead, we had small conference rooms if needing to video or phone
 conference with remote groups and some amenities (free coffee/tea,
 photocopier/scanner). We mainly worked on separate projects but with a
 related background of genetics/genomics/bioinformatics/sequencing analysis.


 If anyone has insight, clues, tips for finding a science-ish (I could take
 that or leave it, more important is to find a space with friendly and
 relaxed co-working people) co-working space in Philadelphia western
 suburbs, please let me know -- or another group I should post to about it
 -- or , dread, a topic thread in this group I overlooked!!

 Thank you much,
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[Coworking] Re: Unifi users - how often do you find yourself needing to restart APs?

[Aaron Schaap]

We've been using Unifi for awhile now and started having the same issues 
after a few months of usage. I did a lot of the load balancing stuff, along 
with a lot of Channel/Band configuration to deal with problems. We had the 
same issues of needing to reboot and it didn't matter if it was 60+ people 
or only 10. I tried to see if it was a time of day and that didn't seem to 
matter. I thought it was a POE issue for a bit but after playing with 
different things, it didn't seem to be the case.

We actually just switched everything to Meraki (https://meraki.cisco.com/). 
I manage our infrastructure but also chat quite a bit with the building 
owner that offers WIFI to the rest of the building (4 floors). They had 
Unifi as well and were noticing the same things. The verdict is still out - 
on day 2 right now but I like the additional reporting within Meraki. 

I also like how Meraki handles wireless band selection (2.4GHz vs 5GHz) 
much better as well. Unifi is supposed to do this but doesn't do it well. 
We noticed a lot of users (mostly Mac) could connect to 5GHz but got stuck 
at 2.4GHz often. I ended up broadcasting only 5GHz and created another SSID 
for 2.4GHz for the few users still needing that. Wasn't ideal but everyone 
had a much better experience. Meraki does Band Steering much better by 
detecting clients capable of 5GHz operation and steers them to that 
frequency, while leaving 2.4GHz available for legacy clients.

I'd be curious if you figure it out but we decided to switch to Meraki 
ourselves. 

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Re: [Coworking] DIY Phone Booth

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Can you share some pictures of the storage area? It will help us come up
with ideas.
Also - is there electrical in the room already?

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Jensen Yancey jensen.yan...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Hey everyone,

 We have an open plan coworking office, and the number one thing I get
 asked for (and also the number one reason prospective members don't join)
 is for a place to take calls. We have a conference room, but it's on the
 other side of the building and people don't really like to walk all the way
 over. What we do have is a 75 sq ft storage area that we dont use. It's not
 completely walled off (it has a door but no ceiling so it just opens up
 into the coworking area) and I've been wondering if there's a good DIY way
 to build a little phone booth in it so that people can take calls without
 the rest of the office hearing them. Has anyone done a project like that?

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Re: [Coworking] Bandwidth questions for new coworking venture

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We found that the upload speed was an important consideration if you have a
lot of people in your space doing video conferencing via Skype, Google
Hangouts, etc...
At the HiVE, we were on a coax cable internet plan and the upload speed was
1 MB/s. It used to brown out the internet for everyone if more than two
people tried to do video calling at the same time. When we switched to
fibre, we were then getting 100 MB/s up and the brownout problem went away.

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
wrote:

 Also on the DHCP front we switched to using a netmask of 23 instead of 24
 to get twice the number of addresses.

 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Stuart Lambert stu...@cohub.co.uk
 wrote:

 Yeah, dropped it down to a day from 7 and our helped.

 (Secretly looking for an excuse to buy better kit anyway! )
 On 2 Apr 2015 18:29, Glen Ferguson g...@coworkfrederick.com wrote:

 If you shorten the DHCP lease time to 2, 4, or even 8 hours, that should
 address the problem of running  out of leases.

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 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Alex Hillman 
 dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:

 Oh yeah my experience matches Stuart's, the dual band is *much*
 better.

 I thought we could get away with the single band $99-per-unit versions
 when we expanded our initial cover and...yeah, they're just not as good.

 Definitely spring for the Pro units - this 3 pack:
 http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-Enterprise-System-UAP-PRO-3/dp/B00DJERLFG


 Or this single unit:
 http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Enterprise-System-AP-Pro-UAP-PRO/dp/B00HXT8T5O/ref=pd_sim_pc_6?ie=UTF8refRID=1SYSFCBY9V4T4H5TW0P1

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 On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Stuart Lambert stu...@cohub.co.uk
 wrote:

 +1 to the Unifi recommendation.

 We found that the dual band versions work far better. It seems a lot
 of users in the building our space shares are using 2.4Ghz only routers so
 we have the 5Ghz band to ourself...

 Something we've bumped into very recently is exhausting the DHCP pool
 on our router (a Draytek) which only supports 254 DHCP total address, no
 matter what size subnet you configure. The symptoms are people being 
 unable
 to connect to the network because there is no spare DHCP address for them.
 We have one of these on order which will fix this issue, and provide us
 with better throughput from our network to the internet -
 http://linitx.com/product/linitx-apu-1d-3nicusbrtc-pfsense-embed-firewall-kit-red/14094


 On Thursday, 2 April 2015 14:02:24 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:

 I've never seen a resource that organizes bandwidth usage that way -
 even within our individual respective spaces I think that would be tricky
 data to acquire!

 But two things that aren't obvious about Internet usage (and how
 bandwidth is just a tiny part of the equation) until you've had
 hundreds of people piping through a shared connection every day:

 1) bandwidth is important, but latency is more important. Without
 getting super duper technical, latency is the speed that the network
 responds, which is different from how fast files download.

 MOST people spend a lot of their day clicking around the Internet, or
 using internet connected apps. With some rare exceptions like game
 developers and video editors, the files we move around in our daily work
 are relatively small.

 But when the latency is bad - everyone feels it because clicking to
 load a page, or refresh email, or live typing on Google docs etc feels 
 like
 it has a lag. Our network (internal wireless + gigabit) plus our 50mb
 down/10mb up almost always has more than enough bandwidth for 120+ people
 working hard every day. And that includes streaming videos, music, etc.

 Where things go haywire is when latency ratchets up. This can happen
 in our network because wifi coverage is interrupted, or because our
 internet provider is having issues, or most often because someone on the
 network is uploading a huge file (offsite backup like a Dropbox sync or
 uploading a video to YouTube) and our ISP starts to throttle latency
 because it thinks something is wrong. This tool is FOREVER to figure out!

 Our normal network latency is 20-30ms response time from a popular
 site like google.com when it goes above 100ms, you start to notice
 things slowing down. 200ms

Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Aaron Cruikshank]

If you're calculating by how much cumulative space you need per person
including common areas and amenities,  Jerome is right but my assessment is
no less accurate. I've worked on several spaces where 40 sqft per desk is
plenty. But we calculate the other areas separately.

I've only been in this space for three years (eye roll) so please, take my
advice with a grain of salt.

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On Mar 30, 2015 9:42 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote:

 Please keep in mind that most corporations allocate 200-300sf/person
 Some indicators are leaning toward 175sf/person now
 Past discussions here in the coworking Google Group, if I recall
 correctly, have been about 90-100sf/person.

 40 sf/person would be a new record, in my book, and I’ve been doing this
 as an architect and space operator for 8 years.


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 On Mar 30, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Aaron Cruikshank aa...@cruikshank.me wrote:

 Hi Piper,

 40 sqft per desk seems reasonable.  Just make sure you're measuring out
 common areas. Most spaces have 25-30% set aside for meeting rooms, lounges,
 kitchenettes, hallways, phone booths, etc...

 - Aaron

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 I am in the process of leasing space for a new coworking business. Is
 there any industry standard for # SQ Ft needed per person? For example, I
 am thinking 40 square feet for each seat I can sell (averaged out for
 shared, dedicated desk and mini office suites), so a 4,000 square foot
 space would allow me to sell 100 memberships.  Also, is there a standard #
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Re: [Coworking] Standard for sq ft required per person

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi Piper,

40 sqft per desk seems reasonable.  Just make sure you're measuring out
common areas. Most spaces have 25-30% set aside for meeting rooms, lounges,
kitchenettes, hallways, phone booths, etc...

- Aaron

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coworking@googlegroups.com wrote:

 I am in the process of leasing space for a new coworking business. Is
 there any industry standard for # SQ Ft needed per person? For example, I
 am thinking 40 square feet for each seat I can sell (averaged out for
 shared, dedicated desk and mini office suites), so a 4,000 square foot
 space would allow me to sell 100 memberships.  Also, is there a standard #
 or percentage you can oversell by? Thanks for any help for the newbie!

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Re: [Coworking] Podcast Interview Opportunity for CoWorking Movement Leader!

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi David,

I'd look at Ericka Stephens-Rennie in Vancouver.
She's at sr.eri...@gmail.com.

They're working on a co-housing project here that is close to completion.
http://vancouvercohousing.com/

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:15 AM, David Kamnitzer david.kamnit...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Greetings!

 My name is David Kamnitzer, and I am launching a podcast series designed
 to showcase cutting-edge work in the areas of social transformation (as
 well as
 healing and spirituality).

 I am really excited about coworking (and cohousing) and am looking for the
 right person to be interviewed.

 If you, or someone you know, may be appropriate, please let me know asap.

 Thanks in Advance!

 (The podcast will launch around April 1, 2015 ... and is called

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Re: [Coworking] Re: What is the proper SIC Code for a Coworking Environment?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

That is what we used as well.

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On Mar 11, 2015 10:23 AM, Lisa Anne Logan lisaan...@hattery.com wrote:

 I just had to do this and went with SIC code 8621 for Professional
 Membership Organizations.

 Lisa Anne Logan
 General Manager
 Hattery

 On Monday, June 24, 2013 at 9:27:42 AM UTC-7, Paul G. Kostro, Esq. wrote:

 http://www.naics.com/search.htm

 What is the proper SIC Code for a Coworking Environment?

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Re: [Coworking] Legality of having alcohol on site

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We went though this at the HIVE. It's more an issue of your local liability
rules. Where we live, if you serve someone alcohol, you're partially
responsible for their actions afterwards.

For example, there was a couple here that went to a restaurant, had a few
drinks, went to a bar, had a few more drinks then went to a different bar
and had three more drinks. They drove drunk afterwards and caused a major
accident causing significant property damage. They successfully sued all
three establishments for $1 million each for serving them and not ensuring
that they were not driving. I'm not saying these individuals are not
complete douce bags but I tell this story to illustrate that the liability
lies partially with the person serving alcohol.

So, in the case of self - serve alcohol, you could get in a lot of trouble
AND you have no way of validating how much they had. Eg. Someone could
leave the coworking space with the self serve keg (we used to have one
before I started running the place) without actually having touched any
booze, go drink their face off at a bar, do something similar to the couple
I mentioned above and then come after the coworking space saying that you
guys served them alcohol without checking to make sure they were okay to
drive.

They don't need to prove that they drank at your space - it's your word
against theirs because you're not controlling their access to alcohol.

In our jurisdiction, the way we get around this is BYOB. If someone serves
themselves alcohol and does something stupid, no one is liable except
themselves.

Hope that helps. We did a lot of research into this because we were
thinking about getting a beer vending machine.

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On Feb 25, 2015 7:24 AM, Jensen Yancey jensen.yan...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey Everyone,

 Quick question for those of you with a little more experience with the
 law. I know lots of coworking offices will stock the fridge with beer or
 have a keg on site, but I'm trying to figure out if this is something
 that's actually legal to do or if it's just a law that isn't really
 enforced. My understanding is that it's legal as long as anyone who's over
 21 could walk in off the street and ask for a beer. Is that correct?

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Re: [Coworking] Member Growth

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We're everywhere. ;)

As for you current capacity - you're sitting at about 45% - which is not
terrible for open desks but... how are you counting them. The way I used to
do the math was by full time equivalent (where 40 hrs/week = 1 fte). By
that math, someone coming in 10 hrs/week would only count .25 towards my
whole head count.

Do those 35 people represent 35 × 40 hrs/week?

- Aaron

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On Feb 10, 2015 12:36 PM, Kelly Fitzgerald ke...@societyofwork.com
wrote:

 Sure!

 Our total capacity (for hot desks) is close to 80. We have expanded at a
 rate that has allowed us to only use space + add furniture as we need it,
 so we are not fully outfitted in workspace. We have 5 small offices (all
 taken) + 1 conference room that take up roughly 1500 sq. ft. total, leaving
 the other 2500 for hot desks.

 Weirdly enough, we have a coworker with the last name Cruikshank- I have
 never seen it before!

 On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 3:08:24 PM UTC-5, Aaron Cruikshank wrote:

 Hi Kelly,

 Can you tell us what your total capacity is and what the ratio of hot
 desks to permanent desks/offices are?

 - Aaron

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 Hi Everyone-

 I realize every market is different and that no space is alike. However,
 I'm trying to gauge our growth here in Chattanooga to someone in a
 comparable market- potentially Asheville, Boulder, Fort Collins or
 something along those lines.

 Our space is located in downtown Chattanooga. We have 4000 sq ft are
 currently at 35 members (we opened in Sept 2013). I'm wondering what the
 growth process has looked like for people in other markets? Again, I know
 it's not a science, but I am trying to get a general idea.

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Re: [Coworking] Member Growth

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi Kelly,

Can you tell us what your total capacity is and what the ratio of hot desks
to permanent desks/offices are?

- Aaron

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On Feb 10, 2015 11:55 AM, Kelly Fitzgerald ke...@societyofwork.com
wrote:

 Hi Everyone-

 I realize every market is different and that no space is alike. However,
 I'm trying to gauge our growth here in Chattanooga to someone in a
 comparable market- potentially Asheville, Boulder, Fort Collins or
 something along those lines.

 Our space is located in downtown Chattanooga. We have 4000 sq ft are
 currently at 35 members (we opened in Sept 2013). I'm wondering what the
 growth process has looked like for people in other markets? Again, I know
 it's not a science, but I am trying to get a general idea.

 Thoughts?

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Do coworking spaces work in the suburbs?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

That is fascinating. That's what I've been seeing as well but was trying to
figure out if it was a localized thing or a trend. Thank you.

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On Feb 9, 2015 8:17 AM, Michael Copeland mscopel...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'm the Executive Director of a coworking space in the Chicago suburbs.
 We've been here since 2010.
 I realize this thread is older but did a search of the group and wanted to
 bring up the conversation again.

 Through the years, we have discovered that people in the suburbs tend to
 want private offices or shared private offices more often than just open
 coworking. Coworking is kind of a new concept for some people. In the
 suburbs, people want to own something. They want their own office, their
 own desk, something they can call their own, rather than just sitting at
 any open space. In fact only about 30% - 40% of our members are coworkers,
 while the others are doing a private office or shared private office.

 What have some of you fellow suburban spaces experienced?

 Thank you,
 Michael S. Copeland
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Infuriating article on the high premiums charged by coworking spaces in Bloomberg

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I want to respond to this directly because I have been involved in running
and setting up both non-profit and for-profit coworking spaces. The social
economy does not equal giving things away for below cost. A social
enterprise still needs to operate as a business entity - just one that puts
profits behind delivering a good service.

Unless you own the building or are subsidized/bankrolled by some wealthy
folks, your operating costs are driven by the market. Commercial real
estate for those of us who lease space is both a supplier and a direct
competitor at some level.

We are not greedy,  soulless bastards who fall asleep in a pile of money
surrounded by naked women. We work hard to provide a good service to a
community - usually at not much above our costs. Very few people are
getting rich in this business.

As for those not able to afford coworking, at the HiVE,  I always allocated
a number of desks (usually 5% of the total desks) that I could give away
for free or next to free for groups in need. Usually charities or
non-profits doing a lot of social good. That's how I helped people in tough
situations.

Do I feel like not giving the starving artist a free desk somehow means
that I have lost my way? Fuck no. Coworking is a privilege,  not a right.
I'm not the social safety net. I have to build communities that will thrive
and grow and create impact in the community.

Unemployed people have many resources available to them in my country -
that is paid for by the taxes I pay and my tenants pay. I do not need to
provide a free service to them.

Should we give a free pickup truck and lawnmower to the person who is
unemployed and wants to start a gardening business? Most people would say
that is ludicrous but you're suggesting I do the same thing by 100%
subsidizing overhead costs for someone trying to make a living as a
creative class professional. Why should I do that?

/rant

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On Feb 7, 2015 12:37 PM, Marius Amado-Alves amado.al...@gmail.com wrote:

 Not read the article, but I do feel cowork fees are too high in a couple
 contexts:

 space with hundreds of coworkers in a big city e.g. Berlin thus earning
 many tens of thousands of euros monthly; that's very good business for the
 owner, but somehow inbalanced w.r.t. to the social economy spirit of
 coworking

 many people would benefit from coworking but cannot afford the high fees
 e.g. unemployed people

 this is just an observation about the dimension of the fees, not about the
 article which I haven't read and probaly will not, sorry

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

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I know why people are getting all fussy about it.

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On Jan 18, 2015 6:26 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com
wrote:

  Hey J.C.,

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

 I don’t get the sense that you’re trying to avoid a coworking space…maybe
 you’ve even tried it but because you’re often on the phone it didn’t work
 out.

 The #1 problem that coworking solves is loneliness (which it sounds like
 you’re dealing with), and there’s more than one way to skin that cat. :)

 *Two anecdotes of encouragement for you, JC:*

 1) completely separate from the coworking space that I founded, I run what
 could easily be considered a virtual coworking community. In fact, here’s
 an excerpt from the page that people see when they sign up:

 The members of this particular community pay more than most of the members
 of the coworking space - quite happily. :)

 2) Indy Hall’s “virtual” coworking community might look like an add-on to
 the coworking space, but we treat our discussion list  chat room as full
 fledged places to gather in the same ways you’ve described. There’s banter
 and motivation and support. We do Photoshop Fridays (you don’t need to be
 good at photoshop, trust me) and swap music videos on Youtube, help each
 other with problems ranging from technical to business to DIY home
 improvement projects, planning lunch  trips

 Are these interactions a complete replacement for the coworking space? No!
 Of course not.

 But for:
 * the people who like you, JC, have a constraint that keeps them from
 working in the coworking space...
 * the people who have jobs that *require* them to be at another office,
 full of coworkers that they DON’T enjoy talking with...
 * and the people who have a whole host of other reasons that physically
 relocating themselves just isn’t practical, but WANT to be a part of a
 community of likeminded people who they’re happy to call their coworkers...

 we’re really proud of what we’re able to offer, and the members really
 love having a way to contribute to the energy of the community from
 wherever they are.

 I wrote a bit on this list (
 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/coworking/CFsjTAEPP2g/oRegOZbfIPYJ)
 last year about how we launched an online community membership to focus
 even more on opening the “door to people want a community of coworkers but
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 Hey all! My name is JC and I do phone sales out of my apartment but am
 finding it kind of difficult to stay focused. I'm usually pretty
 disciplined in the office but at home by myself it's way too easy to get
 distracted and goof around, especially since my job is commission only so
 there's no one to get on my case when I slack off. What I'd like to do is
 get together with a few other professionals and create a regular google
 hang out for people who work from home but want to sort of recreate the
 office environment. A little banter, a little motivation and support. This
 would probably work best with others who cold call from home but I'm open
 to working with anyone who's interested. If anyone is interested in trying
 it out, shoot me an email.

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Logo

[Tawni Aaron]

Hi there,
I hope you don't mind me dropping this in the hat.  It's original art and I 
feel speaks simply and graphically to the essence of coworking individuals 
/ together...  I can provide a clean copy  feel it could be tweaked 
further...  OURSpace has not had lift off /opening at this time.  The dream 
is still VERY alive, just don't want to push it with out the proper support 
to do it right... :)  In the mean time, happy to share (see attached)
Best to each of you!
Tawni


On Friday, September 7, 2007 at 9:53:39 AM UTC-7, Chris Messina wrote:

 I mocked up a couple logos for coworking (nothing final) and would
 love your opinions:

 http://urltea.com/1feh
 http://urltea.com/1fei

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

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At the HiVE, we have a 100/100 Fibre connection. We upgraded to that from
ADSL and the main reason why was the poor upload speed we were getting
before (5 mb/s up max). When we'd get 2-3 people trying to make Skype or
Google Hangout video calls, the whole network would brown out due to the
upload bandwidth getting loaded down.

Once we moved to a 100/100 account, we had no more problems but the up
speed over wired was easily double that of the wireless connection.

- Aaron

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 I do want to make people aware of asynchronous bandwidth like 50 download
 / 10 upload.
 Connectivity can be much less reliable in the days of dropbox and other
 vid/file uploads.
 This is the reason why 50/50 is much more $$ than 50/10.


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 On Jan 8, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Mike Pihlman altamontcow...@gmail.com wrote:

 I did a quick test of wired vs wireless speeds at AltamontCowork.
 Interesting results...

 http://techymike.com/2014/07/18/internet-speed-testing/

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 On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Alex Linsker alexlins...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 I agree with all of the above.

 Having a backup network is good for your brand, too, even if your main
 provider goes down for 1 minute per every 6 months, it's a relief to know
 there is a backup. And if one network blocks someone, the backup often has
 different settings that work for them.

 For wired, I have jacks along the wall, and hubs on some desks. Keeping
 the cords orderly can be solved by keeping the cords extended towards each
 seat.

 To get the ethernet to the hubs from the wall, you can use gaff tape or
 buy a cover.

 I keep an ethernet cord accessible in each conference room to give people
 the option.

 Power cords are very similar in terms of accessibility with floor routing
 and hubs. I love the 'hub-and-spoke' model for many things.

 Alex Linsker, Collective Agency, Portland Oregon (sent from my phone)

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Re: [Coworking] Wired vs Wireless?? Does anyone use wired anymore?

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Wired is still important. I always use the hardline if it's available
because the speeds are better. Wifi is always slow in comparison.

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coworkfactor...@gmail.com wrote:

 Does anyone use wired anymore?  I'm opening a new space and installing the
 IT infrastructure now, but am thinking I may be overdoing the CAT5e ports.
 Planning on about 30-35 ports for a 3,200 sq ft building.  I'll have a
 couple of business class APs and am thinking I should have wired ports as
 an option for IP phones and other heavy users of data.

 Thoughts?

 Thanks!

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking and Unemployment

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I used to do a lot of programming at my space in conjunction with local
agencies that help the underemployed. It doesn't bring in new tenants but
it's a good thing to do.

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 Hello All,

 I just opened up a Coworking space with my business partner. The city has
 been hit really hard with unemployment.  Wondering if other spaces offer
 workshops or services for the unemployed or underemployed.

 Thanks
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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Georgetown, Texas?

[Aaron Smith]

Hi Amy,

It appears the coworking movement is gaining momentum in Central Texas but 
our discussion board has stalled a bit. Is anyone interested in meeting in 
the Teravista/HEB shopping area to talk about what needs (if any) for this 
area? Judith, are you still investigating Georgetown as an option?

On Monday, March 11, 2013 4:28:52 PM UTC-5, Amy - Plug  Play, Austin, TX 
wrote:

 Hi there,

 I own a coworking space in wy North Austin (Anderson Mill  183). Our 
 unique twist is offering childcare in a completely separate section of the 
 building. You don't need to have a child registered at PP in order to work 
 there. It's been doing well! If you need to bounce ideas off of me, or 
 would like to come see the space, I'd be happy to show anyone around. 

 I can definitely see a need for a coworking space in RR/Georgetown. Good 
 luck!

 ~ Amy 

 On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 3:29:35 PM UTC-6, Gregg Geil wrote:

 I to am looking for a co-working space in the Round Rock/Georgetown area.

 On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:48:33 PM UTC-5, jmanriquez wrote:

 Hi All, 

 I've been following posts for the last few months and the past couple 
 of days have been amazing!  Your passion and commitment is 
 inspirational. 

 I've been doing my due diligence for starting a space in Georgetown, 
 Texas.  We are 30 minutes north of Austin and are a smallish community 
 (67,000). 

 Gratitude goes out to everyone who has offered feedback and support on 
 budgets and advice on getting started. 

 I will be releasing a website link to inform and collect information 
 in my community. When I have it done I will share here. 

 If I can find and/or generate the support we will see a new coworking 
 space in Texas.  If there is anyone out there who is interested in 
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Alex,

Do you consider WeWork to be coworking or something else - closer to Regus?

- Aaron

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wrote:

 Funny enough, the article URL is more telling about what’s *really* going
 on here:

 /wework-now-a-5-billion-real-estate-sartup-1418690163





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  Wall Street Journal reports
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Re: [Coworking] Re: US Coworking Space Survey Results from Share Your Office

[Aaron Cruikshank]

This is fascinating. Most of the spaces I have talked to in Canada are
closer to 75% full normally. It opens up a broader discussion about demand
and how in most markets, there's no way that supply has exceeded demand. I
believe that the problem is awareness of coworking as a viable option for
individuals and small businesses/non-profits. I'm thinking about doing some
original research on this in a few key markets in North America. What do
you guys think?

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wrote:

 I thiought this was interesting: Of all the places polled, it seemed on
 average that most coworking spaces hovered around 50% capacity. While no
 one wants to stuff their space so full of people that no one can move, this
 does mean that coworking spaces have room to grow. Studies in the past have
 suggested that demand for a seat in a coworking space outpaces the amount
 available, but of the 200 places polled, almost none reported that they
 were completely full.

 I have never been completely full in the sense this article seems to mean;
 at the point that we are at 50% consistently, I treat it as a call to start
 exploring the possibility of a bigger location or in some way to change the
 structure of the use of the space.  You need 50% to be free to deal with
 the unexpected, or so I have found.

 We were right at 50% earlier this year, when one of the webshop/retail
 coworkers had a massive growth spurt.  Ultimately the went and got their
 own bricks and mortar shop in town, they had outgrown us.

 I would like to be able to offer a real cradle to grave coworking option,
 but none of my cuirrent spaces are big enough for that.  Some day.

 But anyway, the idea is not to pack 'em in like sardines.  My house is
 also used at less than 50% capacity most of the time, that's not unusual
 either. :-)

 On Saturday, November 22, 2014 12:49:43 AM UTC+1, Steve King wrote:

 Share Your Office http://www.shareyouroffice.com/recently released the
 results of a survey of US coworking spaces
 http://www.shareyouroffice.com/blog-syo/us-coworking-survey/. I had a
 chance to interview Connor Provines from Share Your Office today and came
 away very impressed by this work.  It has lots of interesting data and is
 well worth reviewing by anyone in the coworking industry.


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Re: [Coworking] Re: Urgent: ShareDesk Contact?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Kia Rhamani is the CEO. Here's his email.
k...@shareddesks.net

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On Nov 20, 2014 5:50 PM, Lisa Anne Logan lisaan...@hattery.com wrote:

 I've noticed a lot of interface improvements recently, and I do like that
 I get a text when someone makes a booking so I can immediately review and
 approve/decline as I choose. It does seem someone out there is working on
 the product but not the help desk - I submitted a support request
 recently on several truly buggy things and never heard back. We just
 recently entered our payout details to collect what's supposedly waiting
 for us, but the past reservations and receipts page is so jacked it's
 unclear what that amount even is. Will be curious to see if we get paid.

 Minna, have you tried searching LinkedIn for an employee you can email
 directly? Or making a support request post on their company page there, if
 they have one?

 On a similar issue in the past with another vendor, I had some success in
 saying that I really liked their product and wanted to keep using it, but
 the growing concern in the online community of coworking space managers and
 my own experience of not receiving any help replies were leading me to take
 my business elsewhere - also, that I'd love to report back to such an
 influential community of prospective customers that I finally received good
 service and they should give it another chance. Power of the people ;)
  Even the scummiest product will get back to you if they feel you're a
 voice to many. It's not a tactic to be abused of overused, but it was
 totally true in that case, and it totally worked.



 On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:31:02 AM UTC-8, Minna Van |
 TheNetworkHub.ca wrote:

 Any one know direct contact for anyone from ShareDesk? Sent 3 emails, 1
 twitter DM and filled out support form and no answer.

 ShareDesk sold a desk for a month, which we didn't know about until
 someone walked in... no headsup, no form, no agreement, no money. Not even
 sure if this is for real Help? :(

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Re: [Coworking] Urgent: ShareDesk Contact?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

The guy who runs ShareDesk worked out of the HiVE for a while. He totally
fucked us on a few things. Eg. We gave him free desk space in exchange for
him building us some software. He never did what he promised and then left
the country.

We also had a booking where he discounted our desk price without telling us
then expected us to honor the deal.

We pulled our listing and I recommend others do the same.

- Aaron

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m...@thenetworkhub.ca wrote:

 Any one know direct contact for anyone from ShareDesk? Sent 3 emails, 1
 twitter DM and filled out support form and no answer.

 ShareDesk sold a desk for a month, which we didn't know about until
 someone walked in... no headsup, no form, no agreement, no money. Not even
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Re: [Coworking] Re: I have a quick favor to ask this community

[Aaron Cruikshank]

400
That's incredible. Do you feel like the market is saturated now or is there
still room for new spaces to open up and be successful?


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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Kyo Satani kyo.sat...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thank you, Alex.
 I subscribed the list and faved the link to the Coworking Weekly Show.

 In Japan this month, the first coworking 'paper' magazine was published.
 (in Japanese)
 We have now more than 400 coworking spaces in Tokyo, but more than half of
 them doesn't seem to understand the concept of coworking and importance of
 the
 community. So coworking pioneers and dedicated coworkers began trying to
 spread coworking in other ways.

 Here's the link to the magazine: http://coworkingmagazine.net/



 2014-11-13 6:39 GMT+09:00 Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com:

 Whatever y'all are doing is working, but don't stop now!

 At this moment, The Coworking Weekly Show is:


- #17 overall in the Business category,
- #6 in the Management  Marketing category,
- New  Noteworthy in BOTH categories, as well as Society  Culture
- And as of a few moments ago, just #195 in the ALL PODCASTS OF
iTunes...just ahead of my buddy (ha!) Jim Cramer
http://dangerouslyawesome.com/snaps/iTunes_2014-11-12_16-38-00.jpg.

 There's a wave now, as people from outside of our circles can start to
 find this podcast...but the higher up I am, the better. I'd LOVE to be in
 the top 10 of the Business category. That would make my day.

 If you haven't listened/rated/reviewed yet, here's that link:
 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coworking-weekly/id938871054?mt=2

 Thank youuu 3 3 3

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Re: [Coworking] Why do you go coworking?

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1. I used to run a coworking space so I felt the need to support a local
coworking space.
2. I have little kids at home and a mother-in-law so I need to escape the
house to get any work done.
3. If I am going to plow through 5-8 hours of paperwork, I want to do it
with a comfortable chair, somewhere to store my external monitor, somewhere
to store my extra power adapter for my laptop + an external mouse 
keyboard. My productivity is pretty bad without these things in coffee
shops, the library, etc...

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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Rachel Jensen rach...@shaw.ca wrote:

 What are you're top three reason for buying a membership to a coworking
 space?  I know the benefits of coworking but I'd like to hear from people
 who actually use coworking spaces.  Why do you make the decision to spend
 your money on coworking?

 Thanks for your insight!

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Re: [Coworking] Need advice about free coworking week

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Why do you need a waiver?

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On Oct 31, 2014 5:48 PM, Angela Samuels visionarymeeti...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I want to have a free coworking week before I have my grand opening but
 I'm not for sure what kind of waiver to give them. Any suggestions would be
 appreciated.  When you have free coworking week do you let they have free
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Re: [Coworking] Phone Calls / Noise Control

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We built phone booths. They can be a bit pricy to do up right but they
help. Just remember to ventilate them. :)

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On Oct 30, 2014 5:06 PM, Janelle Doll jane...@herahub.com wrote:

 Would love some advice.. we are struggling with providing space for
 members to take phone calls. We have various areas where members can take
 calls, but the common complaint is that they get calls randomly and then
 have to get up and move to take the call, which can be awkward at times. I
 remember seeing (I think at Satellite in Santa Monica?) small rooms that
 had noise cones toward the ceiling. Is anyone familiar with these?

 What do you do in your coworking space to allow members to take calls
 without disrupting others who are working?

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking in a shopping mall?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

If you can work laser tag into your space, you might have a winning formula!

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On Oct 22, 2014 3:15 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 Hi All,

 Recently a shopping mall realtor approached me about opening a coworking
 space in their closed gaming zone/internet cafe. I'd love to hear opinions
 about this, pros and cons. Before you completely ignore this post as coming
 from someone who is clearly not from the same coworking planet, here is why
 I'm even considering it:

 (1) *With respect to the fact that mall real estate goes for a premium: *At
 least where I am, a lot of shopping malls are trying to build in
 community/space quality features that make going to the mall (which lets
 face it, most people in urban areas sometimes do) a more human experience:
 space-taking areas like open art galleries, free indoor playgrounds,
 exhibition space, gardens, etc. These spaces add value/traffic to the mall
 as a whole, making the rentable space more valuable. This means that the
 mall owner may be willing to partially fund a coworking space if it adds
 value to the mall as a whole.

 (2) *With regard to the importance of community and quality of the work
 environment: *Sure, malls are horrific. But they're also a reality.
 Wouldn't creating coworking spaces in the horrific reality of a shopping
 mall make malls a little less horrific? To the extent you could contribute
 to the reinvention of malls as more human, community-focused spaces,
 wouldn't it be a good thing to promote the development of a coworking space
 in a mall?

 (3) *With respect to the objection that it wouldn't be sustainable; the
 kind of people drawn to coworking would not want to do it in a mall: *The
 malls where I am right now have many fast food restaurants (McDonalds, KFC,
 etc.) with free bad wifi and people working away on their laptops or in
 business meetings, or higher end cafes where laptop workers aren't as
 welcome and places to work aren't comfortable or well suited for meaningful
 work or quality meetings. I would guess many of the people who work in the
 area or who are just there while their partners are shopping or their kids
 are at the movies would love a more human space to work. Yes, they're not
 the people traditionally drawn to coworking, but is there room for
 something in between?

 My big question I guess is whether there would be a way to do this that
 would create more than the equivalent of a hotel business center or an
 internet cafe? Would there value or demand for a community-focused
 workspace in a mall?

 Clearly this couldn't be an ideal community-focused and community-driven
 coworking space. But is there room for something between the ideal and the
 business center in a shopping mall (or airport or highway
 gas-station/restaurant off-ramp for that matter)? Something that would help
 build the sense of community and humanity in these largely community-less
 spaces? Could it bear the *coworking *name?

 I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

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Re: [Coworking] Coworking in a shopping mall?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I know that we looked at a mall location near the HiVE in Vancouver at one
point because this particular mall had ridiculously cheap lease rates but
we kept coming back to access. The mall itself wasn't a bad location. It
had lots of exterior windows in the commercial units, which was awesome and
there were some great amenities in the building but it didn't open until
10am and closed at 1am (there was a movie theatre in the building). If it
hadn't been for the weird hours and lack of 24/7 access, it could have
worked. Maybe for a satellite location?

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On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Mark Gilbreath mfgilbre...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Will

 There is a good bit of this happening already.   Westfield, a major
 shopping center owner/developer, recently announced Bespoke
 http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Westfield-San-Francisco-Centre-pioneers-new-mall-5801646.php
 which they describe as a co-working, demonstration and event space  (yes,
 they used a hyphen :(

 We've also seen examples of this in Australia with SpaceCo
 http://www.spaceandco.com.au a coworking space developed by GPT Group
 (an office and retail REIT).

 I think you ask the right question, about whether a retail environment can
 be effective as a community driven environment, vs  a more transactional
 space.I believe that if well designed and operated it can certainly be
 the latter.   TBD on whether these new spaces can truly support community.
   Regardless, I think its very clear that more and more flavors of
 workspace are on the come.

 Cheers
 Mark

 On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace 
 wmben...@locusworkspace.com wrote:

 Hi All,

 Recently a shopping mall realtor approached me about opening a coworking
 space in their closed gaming zone/internet cafe. I'd love to hear opinions
 about this, pros and cons. Before you completely ignore this post as coming
 from someone who is clearly not from the same coworking planet, here is why
 I'm even considering it:

 (1) *With respect to the fact that mall real estate goes for a premium: *At
 least where I am, a lot of shopping malls are trying to build in
 community/space quality features that make going to the mall (which lets
 face it, most people in urban areas sometimes do) a more human experience:
 space-taking areas like open art galleries, free indoor playgrounds,
 exhibition space, gardens, etc. These spaces add value/traffic to the mall
 as a whole, making the rentable space more valuable. This means that the
 mall owner may be willing to partially fund a coworking space if it adds
 value to the mall as a whole.

 (2) *With regard to the importance of community and quality of the work
 environment: *Sure, malls are horrific. But they're also a reality.
 Wouldn't creating coworking spaces in the horrific reality of a shopping
 mall make malls a little less horrific? To the extent you could contribute
 to the reinvention of malls as more human, community-focused spaces,
 wouldn't it be a good thing to promote the development of a coworking space
 in a mall?

 (3) *With respect to the objection that it wouldn't be sustainable; the
 kind of people drawn to coworking would not want to do it in a mall: *The
 malls where I am right now have many fast food restaurants (McDonalds, KFC,
 etc.) with free bad wifi and people working away on their laptops or in
 business meetings, or higher end cafes where laptop workers aren't as
 welcome and places to work aren't comfortable or well suited for meaningful
 work or quality meetings. I would guess many of the people who work in the
 area or who are just there while their partners are shopping or their kids
 are at the movies would love a more human space to work. Yes, they're not
 the people traditionally drawn to coworking, but is there room for
 something in between?

 My big question I guess is whether there would be a way to do this that
 would create more than the equivalent of a hotel business center or an
 internet cafe? Would there value or demand for a community-focused
 workspace in a mall?

 Clearly this couldn't be an ideal community-focused and community-driven
 coworking space. But is there room for something between the ideal and the
 business center in a shopping mall (or airport or highway
 gas-station/restaurant off-ramp for that matter)? Something that would help
 build the sense of community and humanity in these largely community-less
 spaces? Could it bear the *coworking *name?

 I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

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Re: [Coworking] Feedback for laptop security product idea

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Honestly, if theft is a perceived problem in a coworking space - that space
isn't going to last. I could see this being a bigger issue for when you're
working outside of the office in coffee shops, etc... that's where I
usually hear of people getting their stuff jacked. Great idea - possibly
the wrong target market. Totally salvageable.

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:10 AM, David Frahm da...@thefrahms.com wrote:

 I recently pitched an idea for a coworking-related product at Startup
 Weekend Columbia, Missouri, and would love your feedback.

 The Pitch (summary):


- Vicinity is an idea for a product with two components: an motion
device and a mobile app.
- The motion device (an iBeacon sticker, fyi) attaches to your laptop,
and detects distance and movement.
- If you move away from your laptop, the app arms itself.
- The app will assure you that your laptop is right where you left it, and
alert you immediately if your laptop is moved.
- Vicinity provides the peace of mind to get up and move around, which
is the whole reason you got out of the office in the first place.

 My main concern is whether or not *laptop security is even a real issue
 for people *in the first place. If not, then there's no need for me to
 build this thing.

 Please post your thoughts, questions, and criticism. Don't be afraid to be
 harsh, I can handle it :)

 David Frahm
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Re: [Coworking] Competing Spaces

[Aaron Cruikshank]

One perspective to consider is what is the total addressable market?
Vancouver has many coworking spaces and I get asked often by the media if I
think the coworking market in Vancouver is saturated.

By my math, if you consider every micro entrepreneur as a potential user,
Vancouver is addressing around 1.5% of the total addressable market. Far
from saturated, surely.

Yet some of these spaces are struggling to fill desks. The problem isn't
the size of the market - it's lack of knowledge in the potential market
about coworking.

More spaces = more potential awareness. There must be some critical mass in
a city or region that pushes coworking from obscurity to mainstream
recognition.

Thoughts?

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On Oct 7, 2014 3:25 PM, Jonathan Markwell jonathan.markw...@gmail.com
wrote:

 This has been a common question over the years in my relatively small city
 (Brighton, England population 273,400). I've just written about it and
 created a checklist for future community founders to consider here:

 http://jonathanmarkwell.com/2014/10/06/multiple-coworking-spaces/

 On 3 March 2013 18:20, Cameron Goldsmith shreveportcollect...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Curious how everyone feels about cities that have multiple coworking
 spots Do you think this is generally a good idea? I know competition is
 supposed to be good for the market, but what if the city is small??

 Im asking because I'm looking to relocate soon. The city Im interested
 in, St. Louis, already has a coworking spot. Ive been looking and
 researching to open one for awhile now, but am now hesitant after finding
 out StL has a fairly large spot already.

 Do you think this is something that is sustainable, or do you feel like I
 would be stepping on the toes of a community catalyst by opening a new
 business doing a very similar thing?


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Re: [Coworking] Re: Getting rid of the co-working hyphen

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I asked a professional editor friend of mine and this is what she had to
say:

I think usually the style guides follow the dictionary, and the dictionary
is descriptive, not prescriptive. I just had Roma check Webster's, and she
says there's no entry for coworking, just coworker, which of course
means something different. I wonder if AP is inserting the hyphen in order
to distinguish our kind of coworking from this other use?

Speaking of descriptive instead of prescriptive. Google reports over 7
million uses of coworking but only about 800,000 of co-working, and 1.8
million hits of coworking space to co-working space. That's the kind of
data that should convince the style wonks.

They may have a policy on use of co- words generally that overrides when
there's no entry in the dictionary. My guess is that getting a dictionary
entry will be easier than convincing AP. The style guides will follow.

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:17 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com 
oren.salo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sounds like something Open Coworking could undertake if y'all aren't
 opposed. After all we do already operate coworking.com and coworking.org.

 I think the first order of business is figuring out who makes this call.

 Does anyone have any place where to start on discovering who's in charge
 here?

 On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:28:16 PM UTC-5, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:


 they did not hyphenate Coworking Visa as that is a name of a program
 but they did hyphenate the word everywhere else in the article.


 This illustrates the issue perfectly. If Brad had invented something that
 sounded more proprietary, like Bradworking, then there'd be no issue. But
 by calling it something so simple that anyone who saw it could immediately
 understand what it was, he made something that could more easily blossom
 into a global movement.

 The fact that neither he nor anyone else retained control over the word
 further allowed for that blossoming, but at a cost. If there's no authority
 on the word, issues like this become difficult to overcome.

 The only way I could see us making headway would be if some subset of us
 formed a sufficiently powerful coalition that could wield some kind of
 authority over the word, without violating the decentralized spirit of the
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 On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Jacob Sayles ja...@officenomads.com
 wrote:

 I haven't heard any movement on it but I'd love to see us take another
 stab at it.  Lauren, our newest employee, had some great ideas on what we
 could do to grease the skids for the AP but she's only worked here one week
 so she may need some time to settle in.  :)

 Sometimes you just have to let it go.  For the NYTimes article on the
 Coworking Visa recently I went to bat just like you did and got a similar
 response.  Funny though they did not hyphenate Coworking Visa as that is
 a name of a program but they did hyphenate the word everywhere else in the
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 On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:09 PM, oren.s...@gmail.com 
 oren.s...@gmail.com wrote:

 There hasn't been any movement on this in 3 years. Anyone have an
 update? Liz? Alex? Tony? Jacob? Anybody?

 I had no idea how bad this issue was.

 I encountered this today with some press being written on Fort Work in
 the Dallas media today.

 When I saw the article posted, I saw a few misquotes about coworking
 statistics as well as the misspelling of coworking  (hyphen included, not
 the cowering autocorrect).

 When I requested that both be corrected, the writer told me she could
 change (or omit) the quotes, but that AP style guides forbid her from

Re: [Coworking] Background Checks

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I'm going to echo the sentiments of Tom and Susan. The HiVE has been going
for years with 24/7 access for the majority of our members and we only ever
had one issue with a tenant that was (unknown to us) technically homeless
and was kind of living out of the space. We nipped that in the butt and
everything was fine. Background checks sounds heavy-handed, not to mention
expensive.

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On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Lindsey Rima lindseyr...@gmail.com wrote:

 We are exploring the possibility of giving members after-hours/keyholder
 access at Link Coworking.  We would like to run a background check on new
 members looking for access during unstaffed hours.  Does anyone have a
 vendor they recommend?

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

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Adam,

That was me. I was the space manager for a community of over 100
businesses. The hired gun for two years.

I've been through hell and back for that space.

Now my job is to help both owners and space managers create great new
spaces.

I'd be happy to swap space management war stories anytime.

- Aaron

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On Sep 8, 2014 6:45 AM, Adam Teterus a...@indyhall.org wrote:

 Hey, all. I'm Adam.

 So I've been running Indy Hall as the Point Man for just shy of 3 years,
 looking over this place and these people on a daily basis from January of
 2011 to right now (and well beyond right now, I should hope). 3 years of
 facilitating relationships between new and old members, introducing
 newcomers to our community, saying goodbye to longstanding members who came
 before me, bumping into very *human* obstacles and guiding members
 through sometimes tough social situations, always toward a place in which
 we're much tighter and stronger and better than where we came from.

 I recently had a really great conversation with a friend about what it is
 that I do here at Indy Hall. Given that coworking is relatively new in
 the scheme of things, and given that it's a burgeoning meta-community and
 industry in its own rite, she asked me who I turn to when I have questions,
 when I encounter something new.

 That's a long, winding answer. My reference points are ALL OVER the place,
 there's not really anyone one, particular role model. Not really a
 coworking space manager that I look to for parallels or direct reference.
 Many of you on this forum are among reference points, but there's a
 contingent missing from the Google Group: the person that most closely
 reflects me and what I do here at Indy Hall. I know that person and those
 people exist, but...where are they?

 My friend, she's a researcher type, and she points out that I've got this
 wealth of domain knowledge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge,
 this set of skills and attributes that I reflexively understand and act on
 every day to keep this community up and running. Things that I often take
 for granted, admittedly. Things I rarely think about because I'm not
 talking about them out loud with other people who do it, too.

 She goes on to say that it sounds like I'm lacking a field
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(academia), a network of people
 who share the same domain knowledge. A group of people like me. Where are
 those people?

 I know the Google Group is primarily for/frequented by owners and
 prospective space owners, but where do the space managers go to talk to one
 another? The daily, boots on the ground, hired to be here community
 leader - where does she go for answers? Where do they go to learn and talk
 and share? Hell, where do they go to debrief and unwind after a long week
 of weird social situations? Who teaches them how to do what they're doing?

 Further, for owners and prospective owners: when you're hiring for a
 coworking space manager, who are you looking toward and thinking, yeah, I
 need *that* person? When you do hire someone, who do you refer that
 person to in terms of a role model for the gig?

 Where are the people like me? Who are they? I want to meet 'em.

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Re: [Coworking] Having your space bought out from under you

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi George,

We went through this situation at HiVE Vancouver. Nothing bad happened
except for our landlord changed. Do you have a concern that they'll force
you out of the space? I'm sure the building was sold with you factored into
it. No one wants to buy a building without a revenue stream. You're the
revenue stream for the building.

As a leasee, you don't really have any power in this relationship beyond
threatening to leave the building and forcing them to lose revenue while
they try to find another tenant.

I think the only potential problem on your horizon is re-negotiating your
lease when your current lease is up. Depending on how much the new owner
paid for the building, they may want to jack up your rent. I would advise
going into that negotiation with some other properties in mind that you
could move to so that it's clear to the new owner that you will walk if the
terms aren't favourable. The new owner most likely won't want you to leave
and bought the building assuming that you'll be a long-term tenant.

*TL,DR: Unless you have heard something indicating that they're going to
throw you out, all you need to do is start prepping for your lease
negotiations in nine months.*

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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:10 AM, George Aye geo...@greatergoodstudio.com
wrote:

 Dear Coworking folks,

 I've been a long time lurker on the list, and have been constantly
 inspired by the frank dialog on and reading the challenges we all face
 running our spaces.

 *A little background:* My co-founder and I started a small design office,
 called Greater Good Studio 3 years ago and after a period of running the
 business from our bedroom, we needed a space to collaborate with our team
 and clients. We came across our current building and started renting from
 our landlord just over a year now. And in a dual effort to offset our
 overhead as well as grow a studio culture, we opened our coworking space
 called The Logan Share http://loganshare.com. Our focus has simply to
 make it the most distraction-free coworking space in Chicago.

 *Our current situation: *We have 9 months left of our current lease and
 we fully expect to sign on for 5 more years. We have been very fortunate
 and in the last 15 months grown from just 1 renter to now 24 renters,
 covering all all our overheads and making a little on the side.

 *My questions and concerns:* Has anyone had any experience with their
 building, that they run their coworking space from, sold out from under
 them? Is buying the building outright the only way to prevent this from
 happening to us? Were there any signs this was going to happen beforehand
 that we should look out for? Is there language we should include in our
 lease to prevent/delay/help us so it doesn't happen?

 If anyone have experience or advice in this area, I would greatly
 appreciate it.

 Thanks!

 George

 The Logan Share
 2864 N Milwaukee Ave
 Chicago, IL 60618
 *The most distraction-free *
 *coworking space in Chicago*

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Re: [Coworking] I started a coworking researchers group for African based coworking spaces

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I'm a professional researcher that works on coworking spaces.  What kind of
help do you need?

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On Jul 12, 2014 12:35 PM, hilda moraa hi...@ihub.co.ke wrote:

 Dear all,

 My names are Hilda Moraa from Kenya. A passionate coworking researcher
 based in Kenya with experience in understanding the coworking models across
 African hubs in the last 4 years. A week ago, I started a coworking
 researchers group
 https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!members/coworking-researchers for
 researchers around the world who are passionately researching on the
 subject of coworking spaces to understand their current gaps and models.
 This group provides a platform for interested researchers to share ongoing
 knowledge and findings of their work as well as contribute useful resources
 and posts.

 This group is not for entities such as hubs managers or leads running the
 hubs as AfriLabs already has a group for all the Hubs across Africa. The
 primary target for this group is researchers or media trying to understand
 the role of coworking spaces, especially if the primary focus is on African
 coworking spaces. With more than 100+ innovation spaces across Africa
 then there is need for continued research and assessment of the hubs impact
 and growth.

 Currently a total of 13 researchers working on coworking related research
 have joined this group. Please feel free to invite other researchers to
 join the group.Once you join the group. Please start by introducing
 yourself, your research work, and areas of interest in coworking research.

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 coworking spaces across Africa to access useful resources, insights and
 services to remain sustainable in the long run.

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Re: [Coworking] Business Book or Magazine Club?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We did a Personal MBA book club but it fizzled quickly. People wanted to
learn about business but don't want to work hard to learn about business.
They'd rather watch TED talks and other short videos.

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On Jul 10, 2014 1:33 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking 
baut...@gmail.com wrote:

 Denver Coworks, our local coworking alliance, is going to start a book
 club for our communities. I have been debating on whether to do a business
 book club or a business magazine book club where we discuss two or three
 features in magazines like Fast Company, Wired, Business Week, etc. The
 magazine club would be less time consuming for people, which I think is
 important. We tried the business book club and it fizzled out after a few
 months because of the time commitment.

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Re: [Coworking] Why I Ditched my Coworking Space

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Sounds to me like this is not the kind of guy who should be in a coworking
space.
I used to get these kinds of guys all the time at the space I used to run
and I would always re-direct them to local tech incubators. Not that
they're any less noisy or chaotic...
It sounds like what he needed was a private office but all he could afford
was hotdesking.

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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Susan Dorsch su...@officenomads.com
wrote:

 Out in the New York Times (h/t to Steve King
 http://www.twitter.com/smallbizlabs - I caught the article via his
 Twitter Feed):
 http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/why-i-ditched-my-co-working-space/

 There is so much I could say about this article, but I'll just start with
 saying how useful I think this piece is for any owner/cultivator/tummler
 out there. Lots of food for thought in there.

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Re: [Coworking] Why I Ditched my Coworking Space

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Misread the name. Sorry for the gender slip.
And to Trevor's point about contributing to the culture of the space
instead of trying to build a culture inside a culture - spot on, mate.

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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Susan Dorsch su...@officenomads.com wrote:

 I think that she (not he - worth noting!) pinpoints a lot of elements that
 are worth taking note of. Over the years I've noticed that members come to
 coworking spaces not to be sold things, but usually to fulfill more
 emotional needs. I heard a lot of that frustration in Rebekah's article,
 and it's worth taking note of instead of simply shrugging off. Because the
 emotional stuff is complicated and tough to put your finger on sometimes.
 But paying attention to it is critical to ensuring the sustainability of
 your coworking community.

 Sure, we can shrug and say that she should have kept looking for the right
 space (and I'd recommend that she keep looking - sounds like she hasn't
 found the right spot yet). But there are a lot of lessons in there that we
 can glean as well. She specifically calls out that the space was organized
 in such a way that it was nearly impossible to build a culture. We should
 be listening to feedback like that - even in spaces where we feel like
 we've got the culture right. I read this article and dove right away into
 reviewing our systems here at Office Nomads to be sure that we encourage
 our members to build the culture here as much as they want to.

 Again, it's easy to shrug off articles like this and point holes in this
 individual's experience, but look closer and you'll find there is a lot to
 be learned from her experience.

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 wrote:

 Sounds to me like this is not the kind of guy who should be in a
 coworking space.
 I used to get these kinds of guys all the time at the space I used to run
 and I would always re-direct them to local tech incubators. Not that
 they're any less noisy or chaotic...
 It sounds like what he needed was a private office but all he could
 afford was hotdesking.

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 wrote:

 Out in the New York Times (h/t to Steve King
 http://www.twitter.com/smallbizlabs - I caught the article via his
 Twitter Feed):
 http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/why-i-ditched-my-co-working-space/

 There is so much I could say about this article, but I'll just start
 with saying how useful I think this piece is for any
 owner/cultivator/tummler out there. Lots of food for thought in there.

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[Coworking] Does anyone in Canada know how it works with CRA and claiming coworking costs + Business use of the home?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi folks,

I get this question a lot from my clients and friends using coworking
spaces - if you have a desk at a coworking space AND you maintain a home
office (I use both about 50% of the time each), can you claim both expenses
at tax time?

Someone recently suggested to me that you might get in trouble with Revenue
Canada if you're claiming a coworking space AND business use of the home
deductions.

Anyone had to deal with this yet?

- Aaron

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[Coworking] Check out my interview on Dotto Tech Live about coworking and productivity

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hi folks,

I get interviewed by the media from time to time re: coworking but I had a
unique opportunity to spend an hour talking with a local technology and
productivity video blogger (Steve Dotto) about coworking.

Any comments welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFN81DwI8Ho

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[Coworking] Coming to Scottsdale, Arizona

[Aaron Schaap]

Hey Folks,

I'm heading out to Scottsdale, Arizona next week (Jun 22-29) and wondering 
if there are any great coworking spaces I should check out. Happy to drive 
to Phoenix, AZ as well. I'll be there for work but I'm hoping to meetup 
with other folks in the area and see what's going on.

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Re: [Coworking] How did you get the first members to sign in? Just opening a coworking space

[Aaron Cruikshank]

You could try offering an incentive if they sign up by a certain date.  Eg.
25% off your first month if you sign up now.

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On Jun 17, 2014 4:56 PM, Tamara Acosta tamara.aco...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello community,

 I am just opening the first coworking space in Merida Yucatán (mexico) (
 www.nodocowork.com)

 We are just 3 weeks of starting with this great project but struggling
 with the first members to sign in. They come, they try the coworking, get
 great reviews from them but then I don´t get them to come pack and decide
 to pay. How did you all managed with this? We are starting to organize
 different events to create more community bunds which I hope it works.

 One thing I am not liking is that when they come and try it out there is
 nobody but me working here so they don´t really feel like coworking. I was
 thinking to invite like brand embassadors to work from here during one week
 and on that week invite all the interested people on coworking to give it a
 try, to feel the real coworking effect and then if you pay in the next few
 days you get a week for free Any other suggestions? I am still waiting for
 the first coworker to open the dance floor!

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Re: [Coworking] Best activities that fit you needs ?

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At the HiVE, we did a lot of food activities. Food always seems to bring
people together. We did it in a very organic way but one local group
(Invoke Labs) does waffles every week and they make people who don't work
together or really know each other take turns cooking the waffles. Good way
to get people to connect with one another.

Worst thing we tried -  a soup potluck. What a disaster.

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On Jun 16, 2014 11:18 AM, steve st...@bercy.biz wrote:

 Hello everyone,

 I write to you to have your feedback about activities you've launched (or
 discovered) and are very successful with your coworkers communities.

 For my part :
  Videoconferencing with entrepreneurs worlwide
  Pitch contest
  Lunchs
  Short awareness sessions (15mins) on a specific topic, just to create
 the contact between the speaker and the participants

 And you do you have tips to share please?

 Cheers,

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Re: [Coworking] How common or useful is using QR codes in coworking?

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Marketing profs writes a lot on the use of qr codes. This article is good:

http://m.marketingprofs.com/articles/2014/24499/proper-and-improper-use-of-qr-codes-10-great-examples-of-each

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On Jun 16, 2014 10:51 AM, Ender Baykal en...@indiegrovejc.com wrote:

 Hello all!

 Hope you all had a good weekend. We, as Indiegrove attended to the Small
 Business Expo on last Thursday and it was very good. In one of those
 presentations during the Expo, using QR codes behind the business or
 postcards would be very useful said the speaker. I am not sure how right he
 is and that's why I opened this discussion. What do you think about using
 QR codes when it comes to selling the coworking ? I don't think a fair
 amount of people use the QR codes nowadays, it's just not easy to use in my
 view. All comments/suggestions are welcomed.

 Thanks!

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Re: [Coworking] Any E-Signature Tool Recommendation?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

We use Adobe Echosign but there are other solutions out there.

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On Jun 16, 2014 3:16 PM, Ender Baykal en...@indiegrovejc.com wrote:

 Hello!

 We are trying to find a tool that allows us to have people sign our
 agreement electronically. We, as Indiegrove, welcome people in our space
 and hand the iPad to sign the agreement, but sometimes, for meeting room
 bookings people might not be in the same area, and they want just to sign
 it electronically. Do you have any suggestions to solve this problem?

 Thank you so much

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Re: [Coworking] Re: Need Help Naming New Coworking Space in Connecticut

[Aaron Cruikshank]

You could always incorporate under a numbered company and change the name
once you've settled on the final choice.

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Jessica coworkingnewlon...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Thanks.  Makes sense.  My sense of urgency to get a name is because we
 were picked to be in a city revitalization program which pays for space,
 help with marketing, and basically assists us to get off the ground. We are
 in the program for the next 3 months and wanted to incorporate our business
 sooner rather than later. Our officially launch will be in Sept.  So
 basically in these 3 months we need to build a community, get people
 interested in what we want to achieve in order for this to work. We've gone
 through close to 100 names..

 Over 2 years ago, I piloted a coworking space program in a temporary space
 that was given to me a couple of days a week. Didn't really work out due to
 the location and inconstant hours. Now we have another chance.


 We will build the story behind the space. That makes total sense. And
 thank you.


 Jessica

 On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:41:10 AM UTC-4, Jessica wrote:

 Hi All.


 Thanks to a new community initiative my friend and I will be opening up
 the first coworking space in Southeastern CT. We are having a hard time
 coming up with a catchy name.

 It will located in New London, CT ...downtown.  A little about New
 London,  culturally diverse, near the water, small downtown, very big local
 music and art scene.


 Thank you for your help! :)

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Re: [Coworking] Meeting with coworkers for space improvements - any advice?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I'd try committees where groups of tenants have input towards specific
goals like space improvement or community animation.

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On Jun 2, 2014 2:30 PM, Kate Catlin k...@grandcircus.co wrote:

 Hi all,

 We've been open about 9 months and now that we're getting close to full,
 we see more and more of a need for a formal symposium process for our
 coworkers to give us feedback and brainstorm ways to be a better space!

 Any guidance or advice on the best way to go about this?

 What we DON'T want is a complaining session that ends with a lot of
 negativity. What we DO want is a productive conversation that leads to all
 our coworkers feeling more bonded and involved in the space!

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Re: [Coworking] Printer suggestions, please?

[Aaron Cruikshank]

Hey Mychael,

We went to a local business solutions provider and they hooked us up with a
monthly lease on a multifunction print/scanner/copier/fax that was used and
reconditioned.

It works pretty well. The monthly lease is around $200 and then we get
billed for pages printed. They supply the toner. We just have to supply
paper.

It's a pretty good setup.

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On May 27, 2014 2:19 PM, Mychael Taylor mych...@coworkjax.com wrote:

 *Hey! *

 We're currently looking for a new printer for our space. Does anyone have
 any suggestions for printers *under $500* or have experience in renting a
 printer for your coworking space? (How expensive is it to replace color
 cartridges/ how many pages per cartridge)

 The one CoWork Jax has (or had since it's broken now) - Canon Lasers
 Color imageCLASS MF8380Cdw
 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLASS-MF8380Cdw-Wireless-
 5120B001AA/dp/B005L39H9G/

 We're now looking into...Brother MFC-9970CDW... because of our needs for
 scanning, color printing (obviously), and copying
 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004GXAY9E/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_4lJepb1FE8CNH

 Would love to hear feedback from the community!

 Thanks in advance! :)

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Re: [Coworking] Behold! There's a new magazine created for and by members of coworking spaces - and it's good

[Aaron Cruikshank]

I heard a rumor that desk mag might be no more. Good timing!

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On May 27, 2014 11:02 AM, Susan Dorsch su...@officenomads.com wrote:

 YES! So glad that the first issue is out. Congrats to all who worked on
 this!!

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 On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:08 PM, cindi abribat cabri1...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Fantastic concept!  Can't wait to share it with members!!  Looking
 forward to getting our community involved!

 Thank you!


 On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:33 AM, Melissa Mesku em...@melissamesku.com
 wrote:

 Yes, you read that right.

 Your members love coworking so much that they've created their own damn
 magazine about it.

 Myself and other members of coworking spaces in 8 countries have
 collaborated on a digital magazine that launches this Wednesday. It's
 totally independent, free, and all contributors are members of coworking
 spaces (and a makerspace).

 *Go take a peek at our awesome landing page at newworker.co
 http://newworker.co/. *There's a gorgeous list of contributors and
 upcoming articles.

 We launch on Wednesday, May 28 and we'd love for you to share it with
 your members. In the meantime I totally welcome your feedback, ideas,
 questions, etc.

 Melissa Mesku
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[Coworking] Re: Any tips on how to find discounted furniture / showpieces?

[Tawni Aaron]

You could work with a local furniture store that you would like to feature 
some of their pieces in exchange, they get their line featured to your 
clients.  Could be a selling benefit to them.  Could be short term, as to 
not over-use / maintain the pieces for sale Also, featuring different 
lines, manufactures, artists... Each month or so, keeps your space looking 
fresh and interesting.  This would work best with only certain items; art, 
tables, some seating - things that will maintain almost new for re-sale.

It would take a bit of work to go this rout, it's worth a discussion - I 
have not done this but, planned to for a future space...
Best to you,
Tawni


On Friday, January 10, 2014 2:32:01 PM UTC-8, Farhan Abbasi wrote:

 Hi folks,

 I'm starting a new coworking space in Boston, and hoping to get tips from 
 this awesome community as to how you were able to find discounted furniture 
 and crazy show piece items. I mainly need lounge chairs, work stations, and 
 show piece / accent items.

 As for show piece items, think random vintage antique non-functional stuff 
 like gondola lifts, antique water pump, over-sized steering wheel, etc. 

 Also - any ideas on cool vintage items that would be cool??

 Farhan


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[Coworking] Re: Coworking in Marietta, GA

[Aaron Reimann]

So this a few years old, but it looks like thinkinsidehere.com is no longer 
going on.  Do you guys know of anything else in the area?

On Friday, November 26, 2010 4:04:55 PM UTC-5, Tommy wrote:

 I'm starting a coworking space in Marietta, GA. Is there anyone in the 
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[Coworking] Re: example Pre-membership agreements

[Tawni Aaron]

Yes, of course, the obvious!
 Thank you for your article How To Fund Your Coworking Space
http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/
Funny, this enlightenment actually came to me last night, could not
sleep!

Questions;
What are legalities of signing contracts with potential/new members?
Are you suggesting an adapted L.O.I. agreement?  what do they actually
sign  how (is on-line enough?  in person)?  what must the agreement
include?  What is the promise, we will have a space by x time or will
refund your $ by?  And what is the proper way to collect, use and
account for funds?  (hoping to not have to refund ;)  Lawyer needed
for all this?

OURSpace San Francisco is VERY close to becoming real!  We've been
very patient with the process, assembled a fantastic team, found a
location and are in process for purchase.  We are working with 
seeking investors (it's a BIG project, need BIG funding - will be
worth it!)  Have the city/neighborhoods' support  many inquires from
interested members.  Now, yes, need $!  Yes, of course, the obvious,
GET MEMBERS on board now!

Thank you for this one  SO many other great informative
conversations!
Tawni Aaron
OURSpace San Francisco
ourspacesf.com


On Sep 27, 8:19 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:
 Ding ding ding! Now that's what I'm talkin' about. :)

 We also had our initial membership sign up, with checks, before our
 opening.

 We even let/encouraged people sign up for multiple months at a time to help
 our bootstrap cashflow. Small benefits - like a month free for signing 6
 months in advance, or a t-shirt, really helped pad our bank account for the
 first few months and gave us a clear runway to fill in the gap.

 -Alex

 /ah
 indyhall.org
 coworking in philadelphia
 learn how to launch and run a healthy, happy, and sustainable coworking
 space and community https://indyhall.stagehq.com/events/1048

 On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:12 AM, gerard sychay helloger...@gmail.comwrote:







  We don't use Letters of Intent now, but before opening, we had charter
  members sign LOIs.  The key difference: they had to submit checks for 1st
  month's dues + deposit along with the letter  :)

  Gerard
 http://cincycoworks.com

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[Coworking] $10K Grant Avail for Individual working on Open Source Software!

[Tawni Aaron]

Nominations Open for Nation’s Top Honor in Public Interest Computing

Tides Pizzigati Prize will award $10,000 to an open source
software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed

San Francisco, Calif.
September 12, 2011 – Nominations have now opened for the sixth annual
Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest, the
nation’s highest honor for software developers working with nonprofits
to help advance innovative social change.
Tides is now accepting nominations for this year’s $10,000 prize
through October 31. The 2012 winner will be announced in April at the
Nonprofit Technology Network annual conference in San Francisco.
Each year, starting in 2006, the Pizzigati Prize has accepted
nominations for talented and creative individuals who develop open
source software products that demonstrate impressive value to the
nonprofit sector.  Tides welcomes nominations from both developers and
the nonprofits who work with them.
The most recent Pizzigati Prize winner, Ken Banks, created software
that speaks directly to the reality that millions of people globally
have only simple mobile phones and no access whatsoever to the
Internet. The software Banks has developed turns mobile phones into
grassroots organizing tools for everything from mobilizing young
voters to thwarting thieving commodity traders.
The 2010 Pizzigati Prize winner, Yaw Anokwa, led the development on
Open Data Kit, a modular set of tools that's helping nonprofits the
world over on a wide variety of battlefronts, from struggles to
prevent deforestation,  to campaigns against human rights violations.
 “Software developers like these fill an indispensable role,” explains
Tides chief of staff Joseph Mouzon, a Pizzigati Prize judge and the
former executive director of nonprofit services for the Groundspring
Network for Good. “The Pizzigati Prize aims to honor that contribution
— and encourage programmers to engage their talents in the ongoing
struggle for social change.”
The Pizzigati Prize honors the brief life of Tony Pizzigati, an early
advocate of open source computing. Born in 1971, Tony spent his
college years at MIT, where he worked at the world-famous MIT Media
Lab. Tony died in 1995, in an auto accident on his way to work in
Silicon Valley. .
Full details on the Pizzigati Prize, the largest annual award in
public interest computing, appear online at www.pizzigatiprize.org.

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Centers in Michigan

[Aaron Schaap]

I run both the Garage in Zeeland, MI and the Factory in Grand Rapids, MI 
(www.workthefactory.com). I've worked with and know most of the other 
coworking spaces, local government and various incubators in Michigan as 
well. 

Happy to chat on what you're thinking.

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[Coworking] Oficio - Boutique Office Space!

[Aaron Jacob]

Oficio is a boutique shared office space coming to Newbury Street
later this month and
will provide exceptionally flexible and affordable options for
business owners and
freelancers.

 Follow us to be the first to know when we're open and for a chance to
receive up to 6 months of free membership! http://www.facebook.com/oficio
or
http://www.myoficio.com

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[Coworking] Seeking Business Development Mentor

[Tawni Aaron]

Hi group!
OURSpace, San Francisco here!  Coworking - Independents residents -
Green Tech Incubator - Film - Children's  Center...and much more! Big
stuff!  We're getting closer to opening OUR doors!  It's been a slow
journey allowing all the right pieces and people to come together.
The BPlan is well written and we got #'s.  We getting ready to start
shopping for investors.  I've created a one page hand out.  I've got
most of it down but, where I need help is wording the $$ Request and
terms.  Has anyone got an example, have suggestions, know anyone?
Ideally, it would be great to find someone to work with ongoing in SF
but, good advice is good wherever it comes from!

Thank you,
Tawni
tawni.aaron@gmail
ourspacesf.com

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[Coworking] Re: Starting a career in coworking and ideas on how to create a profitable coworking space.

[Aaron Schaap]

Hey Craig,

Feel free to stop by the Factory here in Grand Rapids, MI
(workthefactory.com) or at the Garage in Zeeland. We can probably give
you some of our experience to some of your questions. Overall, (as
said before), it's less about the space and more about family. Of
course good space with nice furniture isn't a bad thing, especially
for us as we're in furniture alley with Steelcase, Herman Miller,
Haworth, Izzy, etc...) - it just isn't what changes people's behavior
and start using your space.

We've had some successes and a lot of failures. We're coming close to
our first year end and we'll definitely be in the red. Part of this is
due to how busy we've been at our day jobs (www.elevatorup.com) and
others have been in things we've learned.

654 Croswell is a great space as well. They have more members than we
do right now as well. They aren't covering all their costs yet either
though.

There's also a lot of different reasons people startup coworking
spaces - each person/group has different ideas of success so be
careful to mimic one clubhouse as it may not align with your same
definition of success.

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The Factory
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On Jul 21, 6:08 pm, Craig Baute baut...@gmail.com wrote:
 Tara: I apologize for incorrectly stating that Citizen Space is a for
 profit venture. Congratulations with the success of Citizen Space. I
 love following Citizen's progress.

 Alex: Thanks for the input and the numbers. I look forward to
 following the numbers and wish you the best of luck.

 I absolutely agree that a coworking space is about the ecosystem and
 the ability to collaborate, bounce ideas off of individuals, and
 finding creative solutions through chit chatting with a neighbor. I
 worked in coffee shops for two years before discovering the concept of
 coworking and it immediately resonated with me. The value is in the
 people and the space. Thanks for reminder Alex.

 I'm a 'space guy.' I went to college near Herman Miller, SteelCase,
 and Haworth furniture and have read their reports and studied their
 furniture. I'm intrigued on how coworking space is using the flexible
 furniture of having tables on wheels, moving bulletin boards,
 incorporating the benefits of technology into physical space like
 walls that work well with displaying projected images, etc. I enjoy
 studying how people move and use their space as they work and
 collaborate. Since coworking is a different beast than a traditional
 office setting is their anything type of furniture or set that is
 invaluable to your space?

 On Jul 21, 4:11 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com wrote:



  Same with Indy Hall. The doors that have been opened by operating a low
  margin not-just-for-profit business have led to much farther reaching
  success...and not just for me individually but for many of our community
  members as well.

  We've made the money invested into Indy Hall back, unlike Citizen Space, and
  continue to invest our profit into growth.

  But looking at your estimations for operating a profitable for profit
  space is probably off.

  For some perspective, when we operated an 1800 square foot location we
  packed in ~22 desks (which was cramped) and even when we were at capacity
  AND had a waiting list, we were netting just a few thousand dollars a month.

  Nowadays we operate a 4500 square foot location with ~50 desks (and room to
  grow). In under 6 months we were able to recover from our increase in
  overhead to operational breakeven, and are month-to-month cashflow positive,
  but even with our growth projections leading up to this space being at
  capacity, we're still only netting a few thousand dollars a month.

  There's an article coming out within the week where we bare all regarding
  our numbers, I'll be posting it here if Imran doesn't beat me to it, and
  then sharing the raw numbers with some of my own context here as well.

  Apart from dialing the numbers on the business side of a coworking space,
  the other thing you really need to consider is the sociological implications
  of running a coworking space as your business. By default, you need your
  members more than they need you. Until they need you more than you need
  them. In both cases, you're likely to fail.

  Instead, a symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationship is what's really
  needed between the founder/owner/operators...and that takes a lot more work
  than the setting up and operating of a space does.

  Before you jump in headfirst into the dollars and cents of a coworking
  space, I strongly urge you to consider your goals here and focus on the core
  value of community and what it means to you...and see if that resonates
  with others.

  If it does...you might be on to something.

  -Alex

  /ah
  indyhall.org
  coworking in philadelphia

  On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Tara Hunt horsepig...@gmail.com wrote:
   Just an FYI...Citizen Space

[Coworking] a few Coworking Videos for us

[Aaron Schaap]

We have a new manager (David Tilley) at the Factory here in Grand
Rapids and he's been hitting the ground running. Check out a few fun
videos he's been pushing out in his first 2 weeks.

New Guy in Town
http://workthefactory.com/blog/2010/07/new-guy-in-town-2

Member Profile: Charley Vandenberg
http://workthefactory.com/blog/2010/07/member-profile-charley-vandenberg

Why Cowork? Reason 1
http://workthefactory.com/blog/2010/07/why-cowork-1

 watch for the Why Cowork series on our blog at 
http://workthefactory.com/blog/



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[Coworking] Re: New Website

[Aaron Schaap]

The site looks awesome - keep up the good work :-)


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ourspacefortwa...@gmail.com wrote:
 I just wanted to share with the new website for OurSpace, LLC.
 It was a birthday gift from a member; the site and community are works
 in process!

 www.ourspacefw.com

 Sincerely,

 Jodi Dean, Founder
 OurSpace, LLC
 825 S. Barr Street
 Fort Wayne, IN 46802www.ourspacefw.com
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[Coworking] Re: Wiki home page (mockup)

[Aaron Schaap]

One caution I would have before jumping into a different tool would be
to outline WHAT exactly we're wanting to say/do before we define
HOW to best accomplish it.

I've actually been apart of a few wiki re-orgs and it's a little tough
at first but it's nice to have a system that anyone can easily edit.
I've primarily used MediaWiki but I'm up for learning another one.

@Todd O'Neill - great work on getting this started. Locations/Resource/
About feels a bit to limiting for the IA. I'm actually wanting to jump
in as well but really limited on time. I'd be up for doing a paired IA
session via Skype with ya, Todd, if you're up for it. If you got it,
no problem though.


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[Coworking] Re: SXSW Coworking Meetup Announcement

[Aaron Schaap]

Looking forward to catching up with everyone. See you all at the SXSW
meetup :-)


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On Jan 31, 7:08 pm, Cody Marx Bailey superp...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hey everyone,

 On behalf of all the coworking spaces in Texas, I'd like to welcome
 everyone to this years Coworking Meetup during SXSW. In years past, we
 have used the lovely San Jose Hotel, but this year, we'll be having it
 at the newly opened Texas Coworking just blocks away from the Austin
 Convention Center.

 We're doing it a bit earlier than years past, so we don't take away
 from the party atmosphere that happens later in the night. That said,
 here's the skinny:

 Date: March 13th, 2010
 Time: 6PM - 8PM
 Location: 200 E. 6th Street, 3rd Floor -- Austin, TX

 If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'll respond on/off list.

 Cody Marx Bailey
 979-574-9199
 The Creative Space (.org)
 Desired Hearts (.com)
 Hashtags (.org)
 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy
 Bryan, Texas 77803

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking Economic Development

[Aaron Schaap]

Jumping onto this a bit late but we're spending a lot of time around
this as well in Grand Rapids, MI w/the Factory.

We're working really closely with Lakeshore Advantage
(www.lakeshoreadvantage.com) - our local Econ Dev. We've done a lot of
projects/events already together and we now recently partnered with
them to run Momentum www.momentum-mi.com, a pre-seed venture firm
helping keep ideas and talent in the West Michigan area. Along with
that, we find ourselves partnering with a crap load of other
organizations and recently with different colleges/universities.

I'm at SXSW and up for a few beers around a conversation.

Ping me at http://twitter.com/schaapy or txt at 616-566-1423.


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On Mar 8, 2:17 am, Derek Neighbors de...@integrumtech.com wrote:
 On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:24 AM, John Sechrest sechr...@gmail.com wrote:
  So while Derek is identifying a real experience, I believe there is
  significant evidence that now is the time to have the conversations with
  your Economic Development folks and to have conversations with your Chambers
  of Commerce. If the State Association of Chambers of Commerce in Oregon is
  paying attention in a new way, I suspect your chambers and Economic
  Development folks are as well.  So now is the time for some of those
  critical conversations.

  And I believe with the right conversations, you will get more than referals.

 The trick is to have real economic impact.  Stop thinking of your
 space as subletting office space to freelancers and two person
 companies.  Instead have the vision to change your city and be a piece
 of infrastructure for the type of people that are employable for jobs
 most cities want to have.

 I am really interested in talking more about this kind of thing at the
 SXSW meetups.

 A recent success:http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/151506

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[Coworking] Re: Hi

[Aaron Lozier]

I'm at about the same place as you and I also thought a childcare would be a
super great amenity.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM, ForceDotMom bcol...@gmail.com wrote:


 Hi,

 I am not coworking yet.  Actually - I just had the idea to open a
 space the other day, and I didn't even know that 'coworking' was a
 thing.  But here you all are.

 My thought was that it would be nice to have a coworking space that
 would incorporate childcare of some kind. I know that some
 corporations have on site daycare for working parents.  I think it
 would be so great to have something like that for people (like me) who
 work at a home office and have kids to care for.

 Would love to hear any thoughts or input from the group.

 I look forward to learning more here.

 -Brandy


 


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[Coworking] Interview from Lafayette, LA Jelly 7/16

[Aaron Lozier]

Hey all,

We had a jelly in Lafayette, LA today and several us talked more about
starting a permanent coworker space here.  I posted one interview/discussion
here:

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=111467182326h=_Rrbeu=gy3zhref=mf

Feedback welcome!

Thanks,

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[Coworking] Re: SXSW Panel on Federated Coworking

[Aaron Lozier]

Hi Jerome,

Interesting ideas!  I am new to the coworking scene, but I'd like to mention
that I am a web developer by trade, with a lot of internet marketing
experience, and would be willing to contribute to such a project if someone
with a bit more experience (in the coworking movement) were willing to head
it up.

Thanks,

Aaron

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.comwrote:


 Hello all.  Some notes:

 1. Advanta was one of the country's 20 largest credit card issuers who
 focused on small business.  They just closed shop due to all the usual
 problems: escalating risk, higher defaults, etc.  We freelancers are a
 [actuarially] risky group.  Still, it'd be interesting to see if
 someone with banking/CU experience could vet out the feasibility and
 at least document it for all of us.

 2. The reason that residents of not necessarily all states are
 eligible for health insurance is that every state has different laws
 about these group plans.  In California, for example, group
 guaranteed plans are only allowed if you work for an employer.  Any
 other group plans are just slight discounts, if any, for which you
 have to apply and get approved.  I heard we were just 4 votes short in
 the last state [senate/assembly/?] vote to adopt group guaranteed
 plans without being employed by that group.

 3. [Mind you, I'm not a web tech...] We could develop a web app that
 any coworking website could add to their membership page that quickly
 lists other participating coworking visa sites.  Who maintains it?
 What info does it show? How does a visa traveller prove his/her
 membership to that other coworking site?  I don't know.

 ...

 5. Reservation/Booking: I see a lot of efforts toward setting this up,
 including its sister-features: POS (point-of-sale) transactions,
 invoicing, billing, etc.  If other coworking sites share the same/
 similar system, the coworking visa program would inherently get
 structured.  The precedent would be the airlines: American Airlines'
 Sabre reservation system enables ticketing for many airlines.  (For
 full disclosure, I'll confess I'm a bit motivated to share my system
 [for a price...], since I think I have probably the most complex/
 customized memberships out there.)

 6. Marketing: a lot of coworking sites, esp the new ones, may want
 some help to promote themselves.  This could happen with coworking on
 a macro/national level (like when national orgs advertise for milk in
 general, or cheese, or whatever), or on a regional level (like when
 local car dealers use commercials made by headquarters).  From SEO,
 social media, to traditional ads (print, tv/vids), a lot could be done
 collectively for everyone's benefit to raise general awareness for
 coworking as a whole.  (For full disclosure, I'll confess I'm thinking
 of licensing out my commercials and I'll change/add text for that
 individual coworking site.)


 Jerome
 __
 BLANKSPACES
 work wide open

 www.blankspaces.com
 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea)
 Los Angeles, CA 90036
 323.330.9505 (office)

 On Jul 15, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Andy Louis-Charles wrote:

 
  Chris,
 
  Thanks for sharing your post.
 
  I think you hit on some good points.  Coworking communities do need to
  become somehow networked in order for them to reach their full
  potential.  At the same time, I like how you recognized that the
  independent spirit of each center (and its members) is at core of the
  movement.
 
  That is why I believe any federated efforts need to be in response to
  specific community needs vs. creation of a traditional, top-down
  chamber of commerce type of bureaucratic entity. For example:
 
  1. A Coworking Credit Union - the creation of a cooperatively owned
  bank that focuses specifically on lending to freelancers,
  independents, startups, coworking members and coworking center owners
  would be a valuable instititution for the community ...
  http://coworking.pbworks.com/Coworking-Credit-Union
 
  2. Coworking Healthcare - a group rate health insurance plan for
  coworking members. Freelancers Union has a program up and running, but
  I believe only New York residents are eligible -
  http://www.freelancersunion.org/insurance/index.html
 
  3. Coworking Visa - a more structure way to allow traveling coworkers
  to use cooperating locations. http://coworking.pbworks.com/CoworkingVisa
 
  4. Coworking Passport - an idea I floated a couple of weeks back where
  a network of coworkers could offer urban accomodations to fellow,
  traveling coworking members. http://www.airbnb.com/groups/coworking
 
  So, my general thought is that a coworking federation could simply
  draw attention and bring resources to the growing number of
  collaborative efforts among coworking members that are already
  starting to blossom.
 
  But those are just my initial thoughts and would love to further
  brainstorm on them.
 
  Cheers,
 
  Andy
  twitter:  @OnCoworking
  web:  http

[Coworking] Re: Lafayette, Louisiana

[Aaron Lozier]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for writing!  Yeah definitely feel free to pass along my
information.  I agree with what you're saying about building a co-worker
community, and I have come across this idea on various blogs and coworking
sites I've been reading.  It was with this idea in mind that I started the
Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106445771485ref=mf).
I am hoping the Lafayette Jelly happening this Thursday will be a good
place to start discussions in person, and grow from there.  Definitely let
your friends know about all that as well.  I was thinking of bringing a
video camera, doing some interviews, maybe having questionnaires ready as
well - so that the co-worker space will reflect actual needs/desires rather
than my own preconceptions.

I'm excited about fiber as well.  Looking forward to finally having it
installed at my house in the next two weeks! :)

Aaron

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Matt Titsworth paladi...@gmail.com wrote:


 Aaron,

 My old college stomping grounds! I'm so glad to hear that fiber
 finally went through. I remember there being quite a fight over it.
 I've said to a number of people that I know around town that I really
 think Lafayette is primed to join in on coworking. I even have a
 couple of friends around lafayette that themselves really want to get
 a coworking space started. I've already mentioned this email to them
 and they'd love to get in contact with you.

 Given the stage that your in, beginning planning and what not, my
 thought for you would be to, rather than begin work on trying to put
 together a coworking space, begin work on trying to put together a
 coworking community. That's one of the things that I and some others
 who just opened our doors recently have been finding out. Through
 different situations and what not, it seems that the common thing has
 been that we had opportunities on space and took them, figuring that
 it might be easier to build community that way... I won't speak for
 the others, but I know that our experience has seemed a bit more up
 hill because we had the space, now we're working on the community.

 I don't know what kind of community you have around town already, but
 definitely going in with a strong backing seems to help, and it's all
 work you'll have to do afterwards anyway. If you put your efforts into
 bringing people together and getting a solid foundation of coworkers
 going, then let the space come out of that, my guess is that you'll
 have more luck and see more visible progress.

 Glad to hear it's going on down there though, and if you don't mind
 I'd like to pass an email on to the friends in Lafayette who are also
 themselves working on the idea.

 Matthew

 On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Chris Johnstoncmjohns...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Aaron,
  You should contact the guys at launchpadnola.com. I know that throught
  Net2NO.com we have some contacts in Lafayette that might be able to help
 you
  connect with the larger tech community.
 
  Christopher M. Johnston
  504.208.1766
  http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston
 
  *If Sent, Replied To, or originated from a mobile device, I apologize
  ahead
  of time for spelling, brevity, and / or grammatical errors :-)
 
 
 
  On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:21 AM, ajlozier lozie...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Hello all,
 
  I am a web developer in Lafayette, Louisiana who is starting to work
  with others on creating a coworking space in our town.  We feel this
  is an especially opportune time after the recent launch of a city-wide
  fiber optic network which allow us access to some of the fastest
  internet speeds in the country.  http://lusfiber.org/
 
  Right now we are at the planning stage and may soon be seeking
  financing to rent a space.  Just basically introducing myself to the
  group and will keep everyone posted of our progress.  Very much
  looking forward to hearing of everyone's experiences and ideas.
 
  Thanks!
 
  Aaron Lozier
  Lafayette, LA
 
 
 
 
  
 

 


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