Hi,
We aren't downtown per se but in a neighborhood a few minutes away.
Business people didn't understand why we were here but our target
market sure did, it's the best place to live in town. You have to
think about where your potential / futur members live and already hang
out and work. In our
Trevor,
I have colleagues running shared offices in Mississauga, so I believe
you have a community that already understands the general concept.
Although you're trying to accomplish the antithesis of this concept
(more of a community, not people holed up in offices) Chris and
Patrick have made
Hi Chris Tony -
Great to meet you Chris see you Tony at SXSW. We got our quote on
our lease yesterday and are moving forward full steam ahead.
I love the motto too. I'm really excited to have this group resource
and plan to become much more active in the co-working community.
Thanks guys.
Chris,
this article was featured in the March 9th issue of Business Week:
http://ghutch.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/telecommuting-once-a-perk-now-a-necessity/
It offers tips on how to sell the concept of telecommuting (could
translate to co-working) to your team members. Uncertain of your
Jonny
Fantastic! Excellent to get right to the heart of exactly what
coworking is all about.
Thanks for sharing I know we'll see a lot of clones out there now
Wendy
SITE REsolutions real estate
Chicago
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Hello folks. I just joined the group last week and have been enjoying
reading up on what everyone is doing. I love the vibrant, supportive
feel that coworking advocates and startups are bringing to this
discussion. And the idea itself is clearly one who's time has come.
I'm researching coworking
As we're evaluating whether/how to start a coworking office in the
Anchorage area, it strikes me that there's a spectrum of possible
approaches.
On the one hand, there's the sort of retail coworking space where
people simply rent desks by the day, week, month, etc. The space is
helpful to those
Hi Jim,
Our model was break-even, but we bring in more money than our costs right now.
Our plan is to reinvest in the community (new space, etc), but I think
the goal should be sustainability and you will split the difference on
those 2 models.
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Hi John!
*[1] Does that description sound about right to you?*
In my opinion, yes and no. There's most certainly a wide spectrum, but a
space where camaraderie is merely a byproduct is not much of a coworking
space. Regardless of how profitable you intend to be, the emphasis on
building a
Hey everybody! It's been quite some time since I last posted in here,
but I figured I'd post an update...
We are on the brink of launching Charlotte's first ever coworking
space - Collective Giant. It's been a long time in the making, but we
are almost there! The legal stuff is in the works,
Hey Chris!
Welcome to the group - we're glad to have your voice in the mix here.
It was great to meet you in Austin! Take care and best of luck with
your continued success at Gangplank! I have the urge to end my email
with
Aaaargh! ;)
Best,
Susan
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Office Nomads - Individuality without
Hey folks,
As I've mentioned I am one of the people behind the Beehive Baltimore
coworking space in, you guessed it, Baltimore MD.
Earlier this week I wrote a piece entitled Becoming Indigenous about
our relationship with place, and what it means to commit to a place
and thereby enable it. It
[1] Does that description sound about right to you?Not really, I think its
less black and white - with a ton more gray areas in between.
[2] Is one model more sustainable than the other, or is it too early
to tell? Put another way, is the for-profit model more sustainable
because the profit
We do treat Talk Like a Pirate Day as a holiday here. I'm glad to be on
board and hope you all feel free to stop in if you're in the area!
Chris Conrey
chrisconrey.com
Human-Geek Relations at Integrum
@conrey on Twitter
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Susan Evans susan.c.ev...@gmail.comwrote:
Wow! Great answers from Chris and Tony and Geoff. I really appreciate the
insights.
Just from reviewing the coworking web sites out there and talking to a
couple folks directly involved, it does seem as though it's a blended
mission/service that's most prevalent.
I've been considering whether I
do you know how much $ the average starbucks makes?
the question really should be why aren't we all starting up cafes?!
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pat cheung
p...@methink.comwww.methink.com
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Chris Conrey con...@chrisconrey.comwrote:
They also don't generally have the actually floor
That's a great question. I've had the same thoughts/questions as well and I
think that the concept of shared office space has been around for a while,
places like http://www.intelligentoffice.com/ who are a franchise. In my
opinion the biggest difference is that coworking is about building the
To riff on Chris's point, I feel like my decision making abilities are
always in the communities best interest and that fact is never at risk of
being dissolved into my interest in a bigger paycheck.
I make plenty of money from the things that coworking has enabled me to do
without making money
Alex -- When you say you've made plenty of money from your other activities,
would that be your weknowhtml.com work?
Because that's more or less the angle I'm considering -- yes, setup the
coworking space and strengthen the digital indepdents community around it,
but also work separately on
Not to answer for Alex but we pay the bills with our Ruby on Rails
consulting firm Integrum, and make the Gangplank related decisions to focus
on the community.
Chris Conrey
chrisconrey.com
Human-Geek Relations at Integrum
@conrey on Twitter
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM, John Proffitt
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