Re: [Coworking] Work Permission Issues

2019-09-30 Thread Alejandro Moreno
precedent for your business, thereby setting up a slippery slope of liability for yourself, and placing yourself in a legal position that you never should've had to deal with or be in, in the first place. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <h

Re: [Coworking] summer slowdown?

2019-06-03 Thread Alejandro Moreno
ions, cannabis talks if you're in a state where it's being legalized and what the opportunities/implications might be, etc etc. Look at other coworking space websites to see what they're doing activity-wise. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC M

Re: [Coworking] 10 Day Passes for the Month - How to control this?

2019-04-15 Thread Alejandro Moreno
about this is it bypasses the ''what if they forget to check in'' conundrum, because they pretty much guaranteed will be using your Wi Fi. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 415-488-6069 LinkedIn <https://w

Re: [Coworking] Classes to take?

2019-04-15 Thread Alejandro Moreno
I would recommend EntrepreneurNow.com, it's a great online program. They've got a free 7 day trial right now. I know they have thousands of people signing up for their online courses. https://www.entrepreneurnow.com/ Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works&g

Re: [Coworking] Re: Do you require Hot Desk users to schedule or walk-in?

2019-03-26 Thread Alejandro Moreno
We keep it open and flexible. People's plans change all the time, a car breaks down, the kids get sick, etc etc. Too much stuff happens to require people to adhere to a rigid system, at least that's the way we see it at our space. On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 6:31 AM Alex Hillman wrote: > Even

Re: [Coworking] Re: Attn: Small CW spaces-- how fast is your internet?

2019-03-26 Thread Alejandro Moreno
What is a ''small'' coworking space? Here in the SF Bay Area, big is 30K sq ft, so at 4K sq ft, we feel ''small'' relatively speaking. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:03 AM Trevor Townsend <1...@trevortownsend.com> wr

Re: [Coworking] Re: building the community

2019-03-26 Thread Alejandro Moreno
have now over to a private office, giving us 8 private offices and 4 meeting rooms total That's all I have off the top of my head. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:11 AM wrote: > In addition to what the other exp

Re: [Coworking] Computer Monitors? --Should we offer them?

2019-03-26 Thread Alejandro Moreno
meeting room, so they come in handy for that too. This is simply what we do, not gospel by any means. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 415-488-6069 LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromo

Re: [Coworking] Internet Speed thoughts - also Comcast vs Verizon vs both

2019-03-26 Thread Alejandro Moreno
suffice. Note — the 500MB speed does not carry all the way through the Engenius access points, it will drop, though the speed is still more than enough for users. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 8:17 AM Alex Hillman wrote: >

Re: [Coworking] building the community

2019-03-02 Thread Alejandro Moreno
phone booths (i.e. as soon as people are done with their phone call or video chat, get out). These are just a few of the things that you may *or may not *want to ask your group about. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> O

Re: [Coworking] Re: Members using conference rooms without reserving it

2019-03-02 Thread Alejandro Moreno
parties is key. And members have to be ''trained'' on an ongoing basis. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 415-488-6069 LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter &l

[Coworking] To pay, or not to pay (for advertising) ...

2019-03-02 Thread Alejandro Moreno
do you spend on a monthly basis? Gratefully, Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 415-488-6069 LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter <https://twitter.com/Vent

Re: [Coworking] Cowork staffing for a new space

2019-02-25 Thread Alejandro Moreno
wages are high here too. Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter <https://twitter.com/VenturePadWorks> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019

Re: [Coworking] Re: coworking building without parking spaces

2019-02-25 Thread Alejandro Moreno
operations). Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer 415-488-6069 LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter <https://twitter.com/VenturePadWorks> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 8

Re: [Coworking] NYTimes Magazine piece on WeWork

2019-02-25 Thread Alejandro Moreno
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/wework-coworking-office-space.html On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM Jerome Chang wrote: > I didn’t. Link please. > Also, your blog link doesn’t work on my end. > > *JEROME CHANG* > > *talk to us: (323) 330-9505chat w/ us:

Re: [Coworking] Courses To Offer Members

2019-02-07 Thread Alejandro Moreno
a larger venue nearby for that, and everyone pays the same ticket price regardless of whether you're a coworking member or not (it's too big and too expensive to give away free tickets to members, at least for that event). Alejandro Moreno S. Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> S

Re: [Coworking] Co-Working Membership Software?!?!? HAAAAALP!!

2019-02-07 Thread Alejandro Moreno
We've been on Nexudus for almost 2 years since we opened, and we're looking at some other options right now, mainly Satellite Deskworks, Optix and Cobot. We're pretty dead set on leaving Nexudus. There are at least several companies out there that won't charge you for setup so, that's not that

Re: [Coworking] Layout advice & maybe a word of encouragement...

2019-02-05 Thread Alejandro Moreno
. I realize you've got 3K sq ft to work with, but if you do have enough space, I wanted to suggest keeping private offices in mind. You can't ''overbook'' them like you can with hot desks, but each office can provide significantly more revenue than even 2 or 3 part time memberships. Alejandro

[Coworking] Coworking in Marin County, CA

2016-10-08 Thread Alejandro Moreno S.
Coworking community fans in Marin County - there are 2 meetup groups in Marin for coworking: 1) https://www.meetup.com/CoWorkingMarin/ 2) https://www.meetup.com/San-Rafael-Marin-Coworking-Space-Meetup/ A new coworking space will be opening up in early 2017, stay tuned to these meetup groups.