Re: [Coworking] Update from Local 64 (Vermont)

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hillman
Awesome! Congrats on the growth. - First, how are coworking spaces connecting? With O2 up in Burlington we're looking to share access via a passport system, which is great. And I want to start connecting our coworkers' ideas with others. We're having a pitch kitchen in September

Re: [Coworking] Re: Description of coworking for a brief on innovation spaces

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hillman
This looks pretty good. One small nit pick: Workers can become members with a dedicated desk, or pay a drop-in rate and use whatever space is available. I would advise against conflating membership with dedicated desks. Membership takes on many forms, and drop-in usage tends to be a

Re: [Coworking] A coworking space must-have

2012-08-08 Thread Alex Hillman
I cannot wait for this to be in CoworkingWeekly. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Susan Evans wrote: Fellow coworkers, I've been wanting to send this recommendation for some time now. And finally today is the day. My coworking

[Coworking] Last call for Early Bird Masterclass tickets

2012-08-07 Thread Alex Hillman
Today's the last day to save $200 per seat on the September Coworking Community Building Masterclass. https://indyhall.stagehq.com/events/1610 Related posts: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/a-better-coworkshop-practice-makes-perfect/

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Market Research Report by Place Dynamics LLC

2012-08-06 Thread Alex Hillman
This is an amazing piece of reference. Thanks for sharing Brendan! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Brendan Alviani wrote: Hello! So Place Dynamics LLC put together a VERY useful Market Research

Re: [Coworking] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

2012-08-04 Thread Alex Hillman
I think that the truth is that the Kickstarter model is much more effective for physical goods design oriented projects as Matthew alludes. People still have a hard time putting money towards intangibles compared to pre-selling and effectively co-funding hard costs of mass production. People

Re: [Coworking] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

2012-08-04 Thread Alex Hillman
picked an audience to sell to. Do that, and you're entire formula changes. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Hi Alex, Alex Hillman wrote: I think that the truth is that the Kickstarter model is much more

Re: [Coworking] Re: Windows or no Windows that is the question

2012-08-03 Thread Alex Hillman
Adam, have you connected to the guys at CincyCoworks? I was really impressed by the beginnings of the community when I was out there for QCMerge in the spring. Good stuff going on there, glad to hear you're working on something new! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On

Re: [Coworking] How to grow/communitize co-working inside an existing office?

2012-08-02 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm especially unsure how to create the small community without making the existing people feel uncomfortable. Can you explain a bit more about what you're concerned about here? It sounds like you've got some fears that are holding you back from creating something potentially great. Lets

Re: [Coworking] How to grow/communitize co-working inside an existing office?

2012-08-02 Thread Alex Hillman
folks and might even be cheaper than your rent. On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Alex Hillman wrote: I'm especially unsure how to create the small community without making the existing people feel uncomfortable. Can you explain a bit more about what you're concerned about

Re: [Coworking] Windows or no Windows that is the question

2012-08-01 Thread Alex Hillman
I suppose that depends on what you mean by an innovative design? Personally, I wouldn't trade natural light for anything. Lighting has a HUGE impact on people's moods, productivity, energy levels…and there's not really a substitute for natural light. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking

Re: [Coworking] Windows or no Windows that is the question

2012-08-01 Thread Alex Hillman
. :-) On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: I suppose that depends on what you mean by an innovative design? Personally, I wouldn't trade natural light for anything. Lighting has a HUGE

Re: [Coworking] Re: Windows or no Windows that is the question

2012-08-01 Thread Alex Hillman
Floor to ceiling windows!? WANT. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Adam Dean wrote: Here is some of the images of the window room from both the inside and outside On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 2:17:01 PM UTC-4,

Re: [Coworking] Sexual harassment

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hillman
Mutual trust and respect are top priority in any community, never mind the coworking part. Sexual harassment undermines both. Further, Coworking spaces are a place that people choose to go, full of people they choose to be around. That sets the bar pretty high. Handling this takes two

Re: [Coworking] Sexual harassment

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hillman
indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Alex Hillman wrote: Mutual trust and respect are top priority in any community, never mind the coworking part. Sexual harassment undermines both. Further, Coworking spaces are a place that people choose to go

Re: [Coworking] Sexual harassment

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hillman
calls me on it. Then it becomes awkward. Then you lose that comfort, that safe place, that community. I'm terribly sorry for the long monologue. I'm exhausted, and it's still frustrating, 2 days later. Joshua On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes

[Coworking] I bet I know why you're addicted to looking at space

2012-07-31 Thread Alex Hillman
I just spent the entire day so far looking at real estate in Philadelphia (no, we're not opening another location. Just exploring). I realized something as I was walking back to Indy Hall. The reason why those of us who want to open coworking spaces are quickly tempted into focusing on space,

Re: [Coworking] Global Workspace Association

2012-07-30 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm a member of the LinkedIn group. Most of the discussion trends to the real estate side of the conversation, but there's periodically a good link or comment. One guy in particular, Ray Lindenberg, writes EPIC long posts but they're thoughtful and interesting. Met some of the regulars

Re: [Coworking] Re: Global Workspace Association

2012-07-30 Thread Alex Hillman
... TH On Jul 30, 10:38 am, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com) wrote: I'm a member of the LinkedIn group. Most of the discussion trends to the real estate side of the conversation, but there's periodically a good link or comment. One guy in particular, Ray

Re: [Coworking] Re: Global Workspace Association

2012-07-30 Thread Alex Hillman
Heh, as I hit send I got an email from them. Looks like they're doing a push into coworking spaces as we speak. Anybody else get a call? On Monday, July 30, 2012 11:56:04 AM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: I honestly didn't even know that they had a website :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking

Re: [Coworking] Re: 501c3 // nonprofit spaces?

2012-07-26 Thread Alex Hillman
I forgot about that post! Thanks :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Shenoa Lawrence wrote: I'm in a similar position. We incorporated as a 501c6, and were able to secure a few initial sponsorships that make our move-in costs bearable.

Re: [Coworking] The Candy Factory is turing 2 - all welcome to our party!

2012-07-25 Thread Alex Hillman
Congrats on another year and the growth, neighbor! :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Anne Kirby wrote: Hey Everyone, The Candy Factory (coworking in Lancaster, PA) is turning two and we're having a party! If you will be in or

Re: [Coworking] Re: Space catalyst in Indianapolis all input is welcome!

2012-07-24 Thread Alex Hillman
As Toni suggested, ABSOLUTELY check out your local spots first! Get to know the local scene, especially given that you're new on the ground in Indianapolis, what's good about it and what's not. The people already doing it are the local coworking community - which means they're potential

Re: [Coworking] Utility costs with 24/7 access

2012-07-23 Thread Alex Hillman
I guess it's worth asking what your non 24/7 costs are before being able to provide a useful answer to this question :) As an aside, 24/7 is something that a lot of people think they want, but actual utilization varies dramatically so any answer here will be a your milage may vary kind of

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Workshops Return in September!

2012-07-20 Thread Alex Hillman
I've posted a bit more about what's in store for the new course: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/07/a-better-coworkshop-practice-makes-perfect/ Pricing will be announced on Monday via the early bird list first, so add your email (at the bottom of the post) if you're interested! -Alex

Re: [Coworking] Insurance

2012-07-20 Thread Alex Hillman
breath. Cheers, Cody batha.us (http://batha.us) On Monday, July 16, 2012 11:43:47 PM UTC-4, Alex Hillman wrote: In addition to everything that Tom said (which is spot on with our arrangement), I strongly recommend speaking with an insurance agent that understands coworking, lest your

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Workshops Return in September!

2012-07-19 Thread Alex Hillman
Nicholas, There's also, perhaps, this option : touring. You're reading my mind :) I'm already thinking about the logistics of something along these lines for next year. In a slightly different format, I want some of the workshop concepts to act as a way to bring together regional

[Coworking] Coworking Workshops Return in September!

2012-07-18 Thread Alex Hillman
After a bit of a hiatus, I'm in the process of reopening enrollment for my coworking workshops with a completely new approach and a whole lot more focus on the parts that make the biggest difference in the coworking spaces I've worked with. A new (work in progress!) landing page is here:

Re: [Coworking] Re: Alex Hillman

2012-07-18 Thread Alex Hillman
You guys, I'm blushing. :) I'm actually just in the dictionary next to karaoke: http://db.tt/PhyfTgH2 -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 5:49 PM, oren.salo...@gmail.com wrote: Look up any of the following words in the dictionary and you'll probably

Re: [Coworking] Re: Finding New Coworkers

2012-07-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Racing to the bottom on price isn't going to solve your problem, it's only going to exacerbate it. It sounds like you're doing a lot of push marketing, telling people about your space and services and expecting them to know that it's what they want. My guess is that they don't know they

Re: [Coworking] Re: Finding New Coworkers

2012-07-17 Thread Alex Hillman
we're finally starting to get there. -Karen On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:11:25 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: Racing to the bottom on price isn't going to solve your problem, it's only going to exacerbate it. It sounds like you're doing a lot of push marketing, telling

Re: [Coworking] Re: Finding New Coworkers

2012-07-17 Thread Alex Hillman
and wait. It's times like this that I wish I were a more patient person. :) On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:16:40 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: Glad to hear things are picking up :) Can you communicate a clear picture to prospective members why your existing members have chosen

Re: [Coworking] Alex Hillman

2012-07-17 Thread Alex Hillman
3. I love visitors, even (especially?) when I'm jet lagged :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Joshua Marpet wrote: I just want to throw a thank you out there to Alex of Indy Hall. The day after he gets back from Sydney, Down Under,

Re: [Coworking] Our first media coverage!

2012-07-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Excellent use of sound bites. The fact that they nailed the collaboration vs. competition point so well is a testament to you (and/or, a rather smart writer). Also great that you showed some social proof in the point about there being some members already. Your intentions and goals are

Re: [Coworking] Insurance

2012-07-16 Thread Alex Hillman
In addition to everything that Tom said (which is spot on with our arrangement), I strongly recommend speaking with an insurance agent that understands coworking, lest your policy costs go sky high. I've referred our agent for The Hartford to people all over the US and they've been able to

Re: [Coworking] Forum weirdness

2012-07-09 Thread Alex Hillman
I found a bunch of unmoderated messages and let them through. Sorry about the delays everybody! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Joshua Marpet wrote: Did anyone else get a batch of 3 day old messages just now? Or am I just screwy? (I

Re: [Coworking] Launch Party/Open House Finally!

2012-07-09 Thread Alex Hillman
Have you ever thrown a dinner or cocktail party for friends? Think like that. Make your priority helping people get to know each other more than the formalities. If there's any activities, they should be for guests to do together. Remember, this is a celebration, not a sales pitch! ;) -Alex

[Coworking] Coworking Workshop Live! in Sydney this Thursday

2012-07-08 Thread Alex Hillman
It's been a few months since my last coworking workshop, mostly because I've been working on a new, improved version that's less lecture and much more interactive. A special thank you to those of you who've been involved in that process so far! I'm excited that my next

Re: [Coworking] Building a community

2012-07-06 Thread Alex Hillman
Deskmag just published a piece on this topic: http://www.deskmag.com/en/community-building-tips-before-opening-a-space -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Alex Sante wrote: Hello everyone, I'm new to the group, and I am fascinated

[Coworking] 20 Week Roundup of Coworking Weekly

2012-07-05 Thread Alex Hillman
As I worked on this week’s Coworking Weekly from over a dozen timezones away from home hhttp://theworkben.ch/, I took a moment to reflect on what the last 20 weeks have allowed me to share with nearly 1400 people. Below is a complete link-list of every article included in the first 20

Re: [Coworking] Re: Any good member profiles apps for coworking space websites??

2012-07-05 Thread Alex Hillman
Take a peek at Citizenry, an open source app that powers weworkinphilly.com and many more. The link to the github project is in the footer of our website. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Friday, July 6, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Denver Hutt wrote: Hey Will, Great

Re: [Coworking] Re: Chase and LivingSocial Mission: Small Business $250K Grant

2012-07-04 Thread Alex Hillman
this might fall short of a few facts. TH On Jul 3, 6:22 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com) wrote: For all of you who are in the running for this grant, some food for thought: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/07/all-we

Re: [Coworking] Re: Chase and LivingSocial Mission: Small Business $250K Grant

2012-07-03 Thread Alex Hillman
For all of you who are in the running for this grant, some food for thought: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/07/all-we-need-is-250-votes.html -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Jeff McMahan wrote: PLEASE VOTE 4:

Re: [Coworking] Re: Community size vs facility capacity

2012-07-03 Thread Alex Hillman
:) Glad you're feeling back on track. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 2:42 AM, John @ Plugged Inn wrote: Thanks for talking me down, Alex. Get that idea out of your head. There is *always* going to be another opportunity, another

Re: [Coworking] Community size vs facility capacity

2012-07-02 Thread Alex Hillman
This might be one of the last opportunities... Get that idea out of your head. There is *always* going to be another opportunity, another space. I know it doesn't feel that way now, but from what it sounds like you're likely to kill or cripple yourself by opening a space that you know isn't

Re: [Coworking] Re: Regus doth protest too much, me thinks...

2012-07-02 Thread Alex Hillman
They've been doing that for quite a while. I doubt it's having a significant impact or converting well for them. People who are actively looking for Coworking generally don't find what they want at Regus. And even if they do, awesome! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On

Re: [Coworking] Coworkwarming Party

2012-06-28 Thread Alex Hillman
Awesome, awesome, awesome. :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Susan Evans wrote: Congrats, Shenoa!! This is wonderful news. Can't wait to hear more about your ever-growing community! Susan __ Office Nomads

Re: [Coworking] Community Workspace or Communist Workspace?

2012-06-22 Thread Alex Hillman
Will, your members pranks make me envious :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Friday, June 22, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace wrote: Being an American running a coworking space in a post-communist country (the Czech Republic), I'm not always keyed in to

Re: [Coworking] Re: Un-boring space/meeting room names

2012-06-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Great point, Peter. Choosing names like these now don't really bring value and are more likely to be confusing or alienating members before they even join. If you're going with fun names, they should come from your membership, not the people in this google group who are unlikely to ever use the

Re: [Coworking] A .cowork or .coworking Top Level Domain?

2012-06-17 Thread Alex Hillman
That $175k is an *application* fee, not an actual purchase price. I don't think there's any way to see that kind of return even if the TLD were awarded because even if we shared it, the mass market still thinks every domain ends with dotcom. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in

Re: [Coworking] Re: Hiring at New Work City - advice and onboarding

2012-06-15 Thread Alex Hillman
It would be super awesome if we could get a business concierge pro in here that increase their business by offering services to the community as we grow. I've thought a lot about this. Has anyone tried something like this? Can you explain a bit more about what this means? I'm not sure

Re: [Coworking] From a newbie: Thank you Coworking Community!

2012-06-14 Thread Alex Hillman
Posts like this make all of the time in here worth it. Welcome, Jen! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Jen Vincent wrote: A recent trip to New York City gave me the great opportunity to drop into New Work City and to meet co-founder,

Re: [Coworking] Las Vegas Coworking

2012-06-14 Thread Alex Hillman
As far as I know DTP hasn't launched their space yet (though I could be wrong!), but there's an VERY vibrant Jelly on Thursdays. I've been a couple of times, it's overwhelmingly awesome. http://wiki.workatjelly.com/w/page/38951064/Las%20Vegas%20Jelly When I was there 6 months ago, this was

Re: [Coworking] Re: New Space Question

2012-06-13 Thread Alex Hillman
, you'll start noticing issues that can be taken care of by adding more additional wifi access points. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Toni Hogan wrote: This is REALLY making my head hurt! :-( Toni Hogan On Jun 4, 10:59 am, Alex

Re: [Coworking] Re: New Space Question

2012-06-13 Thread Alex Hillman
(4). Wifi we are happy with our Airport Extreme. 5000sqft and solid coverage. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes

Re: [Coworking] Re: New Space Question

2012-06-13 Thread Alex Hillman
http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: Just one Airport Extreme How many people share that AP? -- /ah indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) coworking

Re: [Coworking] Local 64 Insights

2012-06-13 Thread Alex Hillman
Awesome update Lars! Thanks for sharing. For the members you've gotten so far, do you know how most of them are finding out about you? - Access is managed in two ways: members with an office have their own keys, for 24/7 access; nomads have 9-5/M-F access through a buzzer to a first-floor

Re: [Coworking] Pop Up Co-working

2012-06-12 Thread Alex Hillman
I think there's overlap between pop-up and jelly coworking, but they're not necessarily the same thing. Jelly is more for organizing people in a place that might not be designated for coworking - a cafe, a living room, a park, etc. It's low/no commitment and really doesn't require any

Re: [Coworking] Pop Up Co-working

2012-06-12 Thread Alex Hillman
months. -- Derek Neighbors Gangplank On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: I think there's overlap between pop-up and jelly coworking, but they're not necessarily the same thing. Jelly is more

Re: [Coworking] Re: Recommendations For Managing Flex Worker Seating

2012-06-08 Thread Alex Hillman
day. http://my.neocon.com/exhibitor/1766/product/1655 Hmmm...food for thought as to why they would go that direction? Adrienne On Jun 7, 12:22 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com) wrote: +1 to everything Craig said. -- /ah indyhall.org (http

Re: [Coworking] Re: Recommendations For Managing Flex Worker Seating

2012-06-07 Thread Alex Hillman
+1 to everything Craig said. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking wrote: I can safely say most of us don't have a reservation system for hot desking and it works well for us. In my opionon, a

Re: [Coworking] Re: New Space Question

2012-06-04 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm working on a complete redux of the evolution of our networking equipment as we've grown for my blog, I'll share it here when it's done. Here's a bit of a preview of the latest evolution. On the router side of things, we now have a pfSense-based appliance called a Firebox. pfSense is a very

[Coworking] Indy Hall V3 coming June 1st

2012-05-24 Thread Alex Hillman
I don't like doing announcement emails like this, but I'm so excited about what's going on at Indy Hall right now I wanted to give everyone a chance to be updated. Apologies if you're receiving this multiple times as I've sent a very similar email to the Indy Hall public newsletter list as

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Space in Need of a Makeover

2012-05-21 Thread Alex Hillman
Awesome! Congrats Joel!! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, May 21, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Toni Hogan wrote: And you thought it was going to be tough! CONGRATULATIONS! This is the most awesome news I've read all day. When were you going to tell us?

Re: [Coworking] Re: Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-21 Thread Alex Hillman
an aggregation that is easily consumable. Alex's curated version is working much better IMHO. Love, Angel On Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:06:56 AM UTC-6, Jeannine wrote: Also, can we not repost the blog posts from the wiki blog as content? Jeannine On May 17, 8:04 pm, Alex Hillman

Re: [Coworking] Re: Chiming in: on directories meeting community needs

2012-05-21 Thread Alex Hillman
The other thing is that coworking directories assume the people know what they're looking for. In the case of coworking, they only thing they know to look for is what they've seen before. This leaves a HUGE opportunity for coworking spaces to differentiate, but I've yet to see a directory that

Re: [Coworking] Re: Co-working directory websites?

2012-05-19 Thread Alex Hillman
I know what we need! A Coworking Directory Directory! :) -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 5:40 AM, André Loja wrote: There's also this one: http://all-desk.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [Coworking] Prospective Member Question: Days vs. Hours

2012-05-18 Thread Alex Hillman
We do not do partial days because: 1) it's extra overhead, as you've mentioned 2) people start thinking that they are paying for time instead of paying for participation We don't want our members counting their hours any more than we want to be counting them. The experience of feeling like

Re: [Coworking] Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
I'd be happy to repost. Just gotta work it into our process. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: btw, couldn't we use Alex's weekly rag as blog content? Jerome __ BLANKSPACES work FOR yourself, not BY

Re: [Coworking] Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
on keywords? I plan to write relevant articles at http://post404.com and don't mind them being syndicated in. Randy On May 17, 2012 at 2:04 PM Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: I'd be happy

Re: [Coworking] Re: Community Revolving Loan Fund - Anyone?

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
IndyHall and all of its growth has been financed this way. We're doing it again in our current expansion and were able to very quickly raise the money we needed from within our membership. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Toni Hogan wrote:

Re: [Coworking] Re: Community Revolving Loan Fund - Anyone?

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
, Toni Hogan wrote: Awesome! We're seriously considering this option. On May 17, 2:00 pm, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (http://gmail.com) wrote: IndyHall and all of its growth has been financed this way. We're doing it again in our current expansion and were able to very

Re: [Coworking] Re: Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-17 Thread Alex Hillman
Part of the motivation for the newsletter has been to help get the good content from the google group shared beyond the google group. Really good stuff happens in here, I'd love to see some of the topics that come up here often turned into brief blog posts. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in

Re: [Coworking] Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-12 Thread Alex Hillman
I agree with Sabahat. The blog still attracts a lot of natural traffic every month without any effort. People find articles, which leads them to the word coworking, and in many cases the fact that there is a global coworking community. That's reason to keep it around, even without adding new

Re: [Coworking] Say goodbye to the Global Coworking Blog?

2012-05-12 Thread Alex Hillman
, May 12, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: I agree with Sabahat. The blog still attracts a lot of natural traffic every month without any effort. People find articles, which leads them to the word coworking, and in many cases the fact that there is a global coworking community. That's

Re: [Coworking] are permanent desks necessary?

2012-05-11 Thread Alex Hillman
Pros: 1) Flex desks provide the most opportunity for revenue (more members per desk) 2) The space itself can be used for events, etc, more easily without displacing full time members 3) People don't get as territorial with flex desks, other than preferring a certain desk on days they are in.

Re: [Coworking] Re: Video to Tell the Coworking Story

2012-05-10 Thread Alex Hillman
I love love love these. So well done. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Chris Kerins wrote: Great job with the video! Gets to the heart of the coworking idea in 4 minutes. It works for more than just your space and can be a good

Re: [Coworking] Coworking membership Group Health Insurance?

2012-05-08 Thread Alex Hillman
Health Spending Accounts for our members through a local provider. Because the individual member is part of a club they can get access. A nice value added. Chad On 2012-05-08, at 12:12 PM, Alex Hillman wrote: I'm pretty sure that it's not group

Re: [Coworking] New Space Question

2012-05-07 Thread Alex Hillman
Chris has been VERY helpful off list. Thank you for the recommendation! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Monday, May 7, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Jerome Chang wrote: The content of the message has not been downloaded yet. -- You received this message because you

Re: [Coworking] Brick Interior Walls? What Gives???

2012-04-26 Thread Alex Hillman
Toni, Many coworking spaces were created by people who were interested in office-format functionality but had been turned off by office-like conditions of corporate offerings. Sterile white walls, carpeted or tiled floors, fluorescent lights, etc. Many of the loft or industrial textures

Re: [Coworking] Attendance trends?

2012-04-24 Thread Alex Hillman
Angel posted this last summer: http://coherecommunity.com/blog/cohere-insight-coworking-attendance-data The graph images appear to be broken, though. I've hear about some general trends across more than just our space: Wednesdays tend to be very busy January/February spikes in members and

Re: [Coworking] Re: Launching Classes. This is the start and will update on progress and model

2012-04-20 Thread Alex Hillman
Of course, my eyes skipped right over that :) thanks Angel. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: Alex--from above What amenities we provide: We have a large room that will turn from coworking during the

Re: [Coworking] Liability Insurance Classification

2012-04-20 Thread Alex Hillman
We've worked with a local agency to get a policy through The Hartford for our liability. They've been awesome, and helpful in figuring out the ideal classification for a coworking space since we're a little weird. They were able to help us get something that met our landlord requirements,

Re: [Coworking] Seeking advice: Transitioning space from individually to collectively run

2012-04-20 Thread Alex Hillman
Congrats on the successes so far! 1. losing some of the integrity/coherence of the physical space that come from one person's vision for how it should look and feel There's a difference between making it a free-for-all and encouraging people to contribute. There's also a continuum of

[Coworking] Coworking Weekly Milestone: 10 weeks!

2012-04-19 Thread Alex Hillman
Today we shipped the 10th edition of Coworking Weeklyhttp://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=fb0fa92e5dca45a8ec5d4dfe1id=e0b3e54e62e=[UNIQID] . Still haven't subscribed? Get on it at http://coworkingweekly.com In addition to the email newsletter which is about to crest 1000 subscribers, we've

Re: [Coworking] Launching Classes. This is the start and will update on progress and model

2012-04-19 Thread Alex Hillman
This is great Craig, very cool insight into your goals and plans. How does your space accommodate these classes? Are you using conference room space for these classes or something else? -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Craig

Re: [Coworking] Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers Union

2012-04-18 Thread Alex Hillman
That (grants/subsidies) is exactly how Gangplank operates, and instead puts their focus on building community through participation. I'll let someone from Gangplank expound on that more, though. The key there, though is that they focus on that participation for buy in - different from what it

Re: [Coworking] Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers Union

2012-04-18 Thread Alex Hillman
You are contributing to the success of the space, the community, the movement. Free does not give you that same reality of participation. I generally agree that there is value in having a price tag on it, but that doesn't make the inverse untrue. Zoom out from coworking for a moment:

Re: [Coworking] Anthony and Kevin at The Freelancers Union

2012-04-18 Thread Alex Hillman
an already agitated hornets nest. :) -- Derek Neighbors Gangplank PS. Thank you for the kind words. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Alex Hillman dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com (mailto:dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com) wrote: That (grants/subsidies) is exactly how Gangplank operates

Re: [Coworking] The Larger Role of Coworking in our Community

2012-04-16 Thread Alex Hillman
Awesome recap, sounds like an excellent first couple of months. Congrats Josh team! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org (http://indyhall.org) coworking in philadelphia On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 11:07 PM, joshclemence wrote: We launched The Iceberg in Northwest Arkansas 2 months ago. In

Re: [Coworking] Re: Lease vs. Own

2012-04-13 Thread Alex Hillman
Sidebar: this thread has been so great, truly the google group at its best. Thanks everybody who contributed so far. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Friday, April 13, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Eli Malinsky wrote: We are an example of an organization that started with a

Re: [Coworking] Lease vs. Own

2012-04-12 Thread Alex Hillman
I'm actually curious about this too, specifically to hear from coworking spaces that bought early on or those who have graduated to buying. We're entering into our 3rd major growth phase and the purchasing conversation was on the table - it's not left the table, but we've chosen renting (with

Re: [Coworking] Furniture for Spaces

2012-04-12 Thread Alex Hillman
Chairs are tricky. They're very personal, in terms of effectiveness, needs, and desires. We've done the office liquidation route for large purchases of chairs, which have gotten us some nice rolling chairs for $150/each. That said, we strongly encourage our members to invest in themselves

Re: [Coworking] Free coworking stresses the importance of community building and social capital

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Hillman
in many instances. Alex Hillman on his blog dangerouslyawesomehttp://dangerouslyawesome.com/2012/04/free-as-in-coworking/ puts it like this: “MANY paid coworking spaces aren’t differentiating themselves from business centers and aren’t keeping in line with the coworking core values

Re: [Coworking] Free coworking stresses the importance of community building and social capital

2012-04-10 Thread Alex Hillman
some full and occasional volunteer writers. If you ever need a podium, we'll be glad o provide it! That includes republishing original articles, in either direction. Randy Editor-in-Chief, post404 @texrat @post404_Mag on twitter On April 10, 2012 at 6:17 PM Alex Hillman

Re: [Coworking] Re: New to the group

2012-04-04 Thread Alex Hillman
Regarding Medical Government: I've spent time with people from both of these industries, with mixed results, talking about how they can benefit from coworking. One of my common selling points is to urge them to look for the admin days in their schedule and make them happen from Indy Hall.

Re: [Coworking] Successful Meetup for new space

2012-04-04 Thread Alex Hillman
Woohoo! Another coworkshop alum is killing it! High fives Cheryl :) Keep it up! -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 10:56 AM, CAJ wrote: Hello Gang, Last nite I had my first meetup.com (http://meetup.com) / St. Louis Business Coworking.

Re: [Coworking] Re: Free Coworking catches on in California

2012-04-03 Thread Alex Hillman
A bit of context, from my side: I don't have anything against free Coworking. Coworking is an activity that doesn't require a specific place to do it. You can't own it, or sell it. All you can do is build a business around providing a great experience to do it. Indy Hall and many of the

Re: [Coworking] Introducing Seed, Toledo's first coworking space

2012-04-03 Thread Alex Hillman
renovated and the interest has been great. The biggest lesson that Alex Hillman (his coworking class rocked) is to build the community first and the space will follow. That is exactly what we have been doing over the past few years and we already may have a waiting list. I will hopefully have

Re: [Coworking] Introducing Seed, Toledo's first coworking space

2012-04-03 Thread Alex Hillman
to announce that Toledo will finally be opening it's first coworking space in about a month. We are calling it Seed. (http://seedcoworking.com). The space is almost completely renovated and the interest has been great. The biggest lesson that Alex Hillman (his coworking class rocked

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