Hey Jerome,
This is my first rodeo with window blinds so unfortunately I can't define
"good", I ran a quick amazon and ebay search and wasn't finding appealing
options.
Now that I know I need to go directly to supplier, I'll take a look at a
few and see if I can find appealing solutions
Thanks Jerome, Alex and Jeannine for your excellent suggestions!
Do you have any links to specific window film products or pictures of the
solutions in your spaces?
I'm having trouble finding good film products online.
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 3:42:06 AM UTC-5, Jeannine van der Linden
Hey y'all,
I hate to post about such a mundane facilities challenge, but it's a
complicated market and I'm curious if anyone has come up with some
innovative solutions.
You think that natural light would always be a good thing, but we get a
pretty intense glare off a neighboring building
Angel, I'm really sorry to hear the news about Bill and thank you so much
for sharing this with the group. I'm sending as many good vibes and virtual
hugs to Fort Collins as I can right now.
I read your blog post and found your spirograph analogy to be extremely
moving and apt.
I had a
Hey Max,
I think your link is taking us to the responses page and not the survey
itself. It's password protected so I can't access it.
Looking forward to taking your survey!
Thanks,
Oren
On Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 10:23:00 AM UTC-6, Max Stoll wrote:
>
> Hey Guys,
>
> would be great
Thanks so much for sharing Angel! Transparency is much appreciated here and
it certainly doesn't look like you pulled any punches on sharing numbers.
Most importantly, you're honest and open about this being a long haul and
not being profitable yet.
These are some fantastic infographics and
Hi everyone, I know there's a thread going around about marketing
strategies for coworking, but I'm wondering what's the best copy you've
read on promoting coworking?
I'm trying to build a swipe file per this
article: http://www.copyblogger.com/the-1-secret-to-writing-great-copy/
Thanks,
Oren
Randy, without providing a forwarding address, I think it's the same as
just throwing it away, but not sure.
Also, I'm a bit weary of that since I don't want the post office to think
"Fort Work" is no longer at the address, just the individual in question.
Given the chance of ambiguity, I'd
Hi Megan,
Thanks for raising the question and thanks for the colorful responses
everyone, especially Jeanine's photo-narrated reply.
There's one point Megan raised that we face a lot of as well, which is,
what to do with mail for past/non-members.
So far our solution has been to end up
Interesting Mike, I'd never seen that or read that before.
My question is does a coworking space have to be a CMRA to handle mail or
can we handle mail the same way an employer would? (which is typically what
we do)
Seems excessively formal for a community. If mail was the only service we
Dallas Fort Work is going through some growing pains and we're being forced
to address issues of conduct, courtesy and mutual respect in an organized
fashion.
When we had 15-20 members, it was easy to work things out through
conversation or as they came up. Now at 70 members and growing,
This sounds excellent! Can't wait to check out in person (possibly with
Tony B) next month at GCUC Canada!
We've experimented with this as well at Dallas Fort Work, but not in any
form of permanent capacity. We've had two iterations of what we called
Little Downtown Market in collaboration
Very open-ended question, but what revenue sources does your coworking
operation enjoy other than traditional membership subscriptions?
Events?
Sponsorships?
Virtual Memberships?
If your coworking space makes money off anything other memberships, I'd be
very interested to hear about it.
Those are some good suggestions Tom.
I don't think we'll be hiring a pro salesperson or anything like that and
yes, sales is certainly the discipline this pertains to and yes, it's a
very well researched field.
But as you pointed out toward the end, not all/any might work in this
context
Thanks all for your responses.
We definitely believe in the inviting over pushy philosophy.
We currently operate exactly as Glenn described: Tour, Free Day, Follow Up.
There is no doubt that the free day leads to better alignment, but
ultimately we think one day is not enough to understand
Hey Christopher,
I'm working on a new directory called the Open Coworking Map.
I'm curious about your interest in the directories available. Anything in
particular I can help you with?
Cheers,
Oren
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 8:27:16 AM UTC-5, Christopher R Dodd wrote:
Hi Guys.
I was
Hi Raghuveer,
Unfortunately our sticker producer has a fairly high minimum order,
considerably higher than 1.
We'd be happy to send you some of our stickers if you provide us an
address.
If you ever produce your own stickers, please send them our way!
Thanks,
Oren
On Tuesday, March 17,
Hey Kit,
We don't have a print shop on site or way to accommodate that request.
We're looking for space who already have stickers printed to share them
with us via mail.
Regarding our own stickers, we'd love to send you (or anyone on here) some!
On Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 10:19:50 AM
Hey Joey,
I took a look at your materials and am very interested to learn more.
To everyone else - what tools do you currently use to accelerate
collaboration and conversation amongst your members? I know a lot of people
like Slack,but this solution (if done right) looks like it could be a
I can't wait for you to restock Ramon! Those are some excellent stickers.
Please send us some when you get more.
On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:23:30 AM UTC-6, Ramon Suarez wrote:
We run out of them but we may make some more soon :
Hi everyone,
Oren here from Dallas Fort Work.
Have a request for any coworking space that uses stickers to promote
themselves: please send us some!
We had a sticker party last night with the goal of covering our bar facade
with startup stickers, but unfortunately sleet and snow cut our
I find it sad that this discussion of whether or not coworking is worth it
is now based on shallow quantitative analysis of coworking's profitability.
Marius is more off-base with his accusations than his numbers. As far as I
understand it, his grievances with coworking are: 1. Coworking is
Nick Clark of Common Desk in Dallas wrote a pretty good response exposing
the poor math in this
article:
http://thecommondesk.com/blog/coworking-spaces-the-inexpensive-solution-for-a-cool-office
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 3:31:48 AM UTC-6, Will Bennis, Locus
Workspace wrote:
I have
Hi Eli,
Thanks for sharing what you're working on.
I'm part of the team over at Open Coworking and the project I lead is
called the Open Coworking Map. We're planning to roll out in the next 3-4
weeks as map.coworking.com. In the meantime, we're prototyping the site
here:
Are you willing to refund already purchased tickets for the same
accomplishment?
If so, I'm on it!
On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 2:36:21 PM UTC-6, Lindsey Rima wrote:
Hey guys!
I know there are a lot of folks here who share my disdain for the hyphen
in coworking. It's been discussed at
Does anyone have experience updating the pricing of memberships?
Specifically, I'd like to know if anyone has a guiding philosophy on how
pricing changes affect the rates of existing members. Do they keep their
old rates or do you bump them up with the pricing change? Any guiding
theories for
Hey all, as the struggle for definition of coworking continues, I brought
this up to Alex H. over drinks last night in Philly and he jokingly said
defining coworking is like defining a restaurant, how do you define
something that has so many forms?
Immediately we looked up the definition of
Hi Matias,
Please email me directly: o...@opencoworking.org
I'd love to get Argentina represented ASAP!
Cheers,
Oren
On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 7:29:24 AM UTC-5, Matias Calvo wrote:
Hi Oren,
I am the manager of a Coworking space in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and
would love to help by
Hey Xavier,
While I would encourage you to contribute to the Open Coworking Map (wink
wink) as opposed to the directory on the Wiki, I'm a member of both efforts
and so the discussions overlap quite a bit. It seems to be that you're
interested in working on something, so regardless if you team
Sorry Xavier,
Rereading what I just posted, it appears that I forgot to spell out the
conclusion: Documenting anything beyond physical and virtual locations (URL
and address) would create a very uneven playing field for spaces to present
themselves to members. Members will want to check out
I was doing some digging and found it not so easy to contact the editors of
the AP Style Guide directly without a content subscription, but I did find
this: https://twitter.com/apstylebook
Does anyone want to join on a tweet campaign to get their attention
#NoHyphenInCoworking anyone?
Also,
SW,
How many meeting rooms do you have?
It's unclear to me from the post whether you're referring to outsiders
using your meeting rooms or members? Is it free to members or do they pay
per hour?
These details would help clarify what strategy is appropriate to drive more
usage.
Cheers,
Hey Xavier,
That's precisely what I'm working on with Open Coworking through the Open
Coworking Map: http://coworkingdotcom.herokuapp.com/ (The site will be
moving to map.coworking.com very very shortly.)
The idea behind the Open Coworking Map is very simple. All global
coworking lists have
Hi Will,
I know what your name is, I was just trying to make a point. :)
I respect and value your points about no horse in the race and that the
indifference of the co-working fans would never lead them to debate this
to such an extent and that clearly this is something the coworking fans
I'm with Marius on this one.
I think the important thing here is to get us in the dictionary with the
spelling we use.
To me, the spelling issue has always been indicative of a bigger thing,
which is official recognition as part of the English language.
After 10 years, I think the movement
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
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
All I see is a 404 page?
On Sunday, June 22, 2014 3:53:26 PM UTC-5, Steve Glaveski wrote:
Thought of opening a coworking space? Here's how to do it without breaking
the bank by putting market validation first.
http://www.hotdesk.com.au/blog/coworking-space-costs/
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Hello and happy Friday to the coworking people of the world,
I've seen this topic raised many times, but I'm yet to see a thread that
focuses specifically on Printer Make/Model suggestions.
Our printer just crapped out and I've had enough of shitty printers.
I'd like to take this opportunity
Thanks Alex and Jerome for your suggestions on how to better integrate the
member. Today was vastly improved and I noticed him controlling the volume
of his voice better. Also a few members personally introduced themselves to
him today as a way of bridging the gap. That seemed to help as well.
Hi there everyone,
I know this is a topic that's come up again and again and been handled many
different ways, but I'm curious how to handle this socially moreso than
from any other dimension.
Members have to take phone calls. This is a fact of life. Most people just
find a quiet corner or
Alex, he's new (been here about a week) and to be perfectly honest is not
integrating that well.
He'll talk to people during breaks in the kitchen, but I don't think he's
made a big effort to make friends or be helpful to anyone. Most of the time
just talks about a new diet he's on with his
I find Benjamin's definition of a poorly run coworking space to be
interesting.
While I agree that a poorly run space that creates a shitty first
impression will likely lead to a drop-off in interest, I disagree with such
a narrow definition focusing on physical appearances.
I've been to
Hey there Fernando,
Awesome job with this! I love the clean interface.
As Jacob mentioned, I'm working on a project with similar ambitions with
Open Coworking.
I'd love to chat with you about ways we can collaborate or learn from one
another.
On Sunday, January 5, 2014 1:47:50 AM UTC-6,
I saw this article and immediately thought of the opportunity for coworking
spaces.
How would y'all integrate this into your spaces (if at all)?
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/paypal-debuts-its-newest-hardware-beacon-a-bluetooth-le-enabled-device-for-hands-free-check-ins-and-payments/
--
Hi Tom,
What are the external users' limitations (if any)?
Seems strange to only charge for same email domain if that's so easy to
spoof.
If that's the case, why do you even bother to pay for two members and not
just one?
Thanks!
oren
On Thursday, September 5, 2013 9:25:37 AM UTC-5, Tom
Maybe we can start a separate Google Group called Coworking From Last Night
or something to that effect that focuses on user stories.
Or maybe it shouldn't be a Google Group at all, maybe it could be a tumblr
or on some other accessible microblogging format that better suits that
audience.
What a brilliantly crafted post!
I think the twist (and ultimate focus) that sustainability is about
sustaining the coworkers was spot on!
When people hear sustainability as a core value, they typically think about
materials used, the business of coworking, or the space itself, not the
Hey all,
I ran into this problem a few months ago when creating a business card, but
still haven't come up with a title I enjoy.
Do any of y'all care to share the title you use for yourself in relation to
your coworking space?
Is there a standard term beyond Coworking Space Operator?
For my
Hey Craig,
The way I handled this at Dallas Fort Work was setting a limit of
memberships associated with a private office. In my case, the private
offices were about 150-250 square feet so I set a limit of 4 memberships
included per office.
This ensured that if/when they outgrow their office
Congratulations Jay!
This looks great. I really like how you integrated photos as the dropped
pins! It looks so colorful and inviting that I want to visit all the lovely
spaces on the map.
We'll definitely have to consider integrating photos for the Open Coworking
Map project so we can
Speaking of which, any word from your contact at Google Places team Tony?
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:02:53 AM UTC-5, Ramon Suarez BetaGroup
Coworking Brussels wrote:
I second Tony's request. There are over 2000 coworking spaces right now
and at the current rate they will be 4000 by
Hey Serenity,
Congratulations on your upcoming space! I'd like to find out more about it,
but it seems your mailing list registration is broken.
In any event, it appears you've mistaken this thread for a listings thread.
We don't actually seem to have one for that right now, but welcome to
Hey Tony,
Any word from the Places team?
On Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:37:41 PM UTC-6, Tony Bacigalupo wrote:
One of our members is on the Places team; I forwarded this to him and will
update you on his response!
On Monday, January 14, 2013, oren.s...@gmail.com javascript: wrote:
Hey y'all,
I just wanted to reach out and share a concern of mine regarding Google
Places and see if we might be able to solve this together as a community.
It would appear (see attached screenshot below for context) that no
combination of coworking, coworking space, cowork space, cowork,
Great video Shenoa! You came off as very natural and informative with an
approximate doofus factor of 0.
I really like your message about retaining talent as its something every
area not named SF, NYC, or Chicago struggles with. Coworking is an
excellent way to make people feel at home and
Thanks HIlary,
I'm in Dallas and many people that contact me are entirely unfamiliar with
coworking, but very intrigued by the benefits (friendly community, no
commitment, no setup cost).
That's why I thought it might make sense to try and hit the people looking
for traditional office space
Thans Jeannie for the thoughtful reply!
Do you have any suggestions for how to target these disgruntled office
renters?
On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:29:36 AM UTC-6, Jeannine wrote:
Yes. I do. Whether this will work depends on how you think of your space
and how you want your
Hi Julianne,
I am noticing very little feedback from Craigslist as well though I am at
very early stages of promotion in all the channels I'm experimenting with.
I have found some best practices that makes listing on Craigslist way
easier. I would strongly recommend anyone posting to a
Hey there,
I was just wondering if anyone has tried promoting their coworking space
through means usually reserved for traditional office space?
These would include Craigslist, Loopnet http://www.loopnet.com/,
Costarhttp://www.costar.com/,
and probably many more that I'm not aware of.
Just
Thanks all for the detailed replies! Will enquire directly with Texas CPA.
Seems like the operative term to check for is sales tax on *services*.
On Friday, November 2, 2012 11:20:53 AM UTC-5, Deborah Reese wrote:
Hi Oren. We here in New Mexico are forced to charge sales tax (New Mexico
Hi everyone,
I was just curious how many coworking spaces out there apply sales tax?
It seems like a state by state issue, but does anyone know the general
guidelines of how one would determine if its appropriate to pay sales tax
for coworking in a state?
Any knowledge about the law
Hi Bill,
I actually needed similar advice so thank you for posting!
Do you know of any comparable Xerox (or other brand) printer/copier setups
that are WiFi enabled? This one seems to require an ethernet connection.
Thanks!
Oren
On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:48:09 PM UTC-5, Bill
Thanks everyone for all your helpful feedback!
Does anyone have anything to add to the three components mentioned in the
DeskMag article?
Their key points were to cover Respect for Fellow Coworkers, Respect for
the Facility/Equipment, and Access to the Building.
On Monday, August 20, 2012
Hey there all you global coworkers,
I'm still a bit new here, so forgive me if this topic has been covered
before (couldn't find it via a cursory search).
I have a few questions to get a discussion going regarding everyone's
opinions on guidelines for member behavior:
1. Do you provide a
Hey there everyone,
I'm sharing this project on this Google Group for two reasons:
1. I think it would make a great addition to the walls of any coworking
space.
2. The proceeds of which are going to help fund my upcoming coworking
space in Dallas, TX called Dallas Fort Work
Look up any of the following words in the dictionary and you'll probably
find Alex's face right next to it:
- Genuine
- Helpful
- Resourceful
- Selfless
- Committed
- Intelligent
- Generous
- and last but not least, TIRELESS
Sign me up for an Alex appreciation thread
Hey Blossom,
Welcome to Dallas!
I am opening a coworking space in North Dallas area in the next few months.
Seems like a ton are popping up around here these days. I'd love to meet
with you and show you my space (warning: it's still being finished out, but
I office out of it already). I'd
Hey there coworkers,
This is my first thread on this Google Group, so I hope it doesn't offend
any OG's that it's an announcement. I've replied to a few threads and taken
Alex H's course on opening a coworking space. I've actually taken it twice
because I learned so much the first time, I
Hogan
The Office Connexion
On Jun 18, 3:19 am, oren.salo...@gmail.com oren.salo...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hey there coworkers,
This is my first thread on this Google Group, so I hope it doesn't
offend
any OG's that it's an announcement. I've replied to a few threads and
taken
Alex
Hi there Ray,
I'm actually working to open a coworking space in north DFW (Arapaho/
Tollway). Can't give too many details at the moment, but I'd love to
get your input.
Thanks,
Oren
On Oct 6, 2:29 pm, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.com wrote:
I lived in Dallas for 4 years. D/FW can
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