[Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread CoCoMSP
Thank you, Angel! Really appreciate your support. Was only slightly worried that the sheer size of it would be suspect (no, we're not compensating). On May 25, 8:08 pm, Angel Kwiatkowski fccowork...@gmail.com wrote: Awesome! This sounds incredible. Good work! Angel On May 25, 3:14 pm,

Re: [Coworking] Newbie post: advice in general, and on booking/membersip systems in particular

2011-05-26 Thread Jerome Chang
This is a HUGE undertaking. Start with one space and see how you like it. Personally, I would recommend govt agencies primarily finance the project(s) and let 3rd parties run it. Govts tend to not be nimble enough to manage such an entrepreneurial endeavor. People here use Cobot,

[Coworking] Re: How To Convince Your Boss To Let You Cowork

2011-05-26 Thread georgiana
It was a great post! Was *very* happy to share it! Just wish I'd had this 4 yrs ago when I was in this process myself -- It proved to be too much for my boss at the time, so I left the company. As a side (and with zero intention of hijacking this thread) I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself to

Re: [Coworking] CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread Iris Kavanagh
Don- Congratulations! How awesome to see the fruits of your labour finally come to fruition. I can't wait to see pictures of the space filled with happy, helpful coworkers. All our best to you in this new endeavor! Team NextSpace ~ iris @iriskavanagh nextspace.us On May 25, 2011, at 2:14

[Coworking] unexpected attention, unintended results. cool!

2011-05-26 Thread Garth in Two Rivers
Hi all. short personal story to tell, because I've just got to share... The local cable station came in on short notice to do a piece on coworking today. After the normal questions in the interview -- what is coworking, where did it come from, how is it different, is Prince George ready for

[Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread Joseph K.
SWELL ! That's a huge, conducive space !! Congrats Don :) Cheers, Joseph 32@sago Singapore On May 26, 5:14 am, CoCoMSP he...@cocomsp.com wrote: Hey friends, all this talk about expansion is contagious. If Angel is considering it, there *must* have been something in the water at SXSW! ;)

Re: [Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread TCS
Hey Don, do you mind sharing more about how the property, building came to you. What was your mix of investors, etc? Love the space! Chad Sent from my iPad On 2011-05-26, at 8:09 PM, Joseph K. mjoemig...@gmail.com wrote: SWELL ! That's a huge, conducive space !! Congrats Don :) Cheers,

[Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread d...@cocomsp.com
Chad, they actually came to us and said they had been watching us online, in the news, etc. The deal was that they (the Grain Exchange, which owns the building) had closed down the physical trading floor 5 years earlier, when they switched to electronic trading. And for a few reasons (it's a

[Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread d...@cocomsp.com
Thanks, Iris! You and Jeremy are definitely an inspiration. It'll be fun to see how far we can take this. Already, we have several registrations for group and individual memberships and just got our first booking for the big event space (the fee for which is nothing to sneeze at). On May 26, 5:41 

[Coworking] Re: CoCo launching our 2nd location

2011-05-26 Thread d...@cocomsp.com
Thank you! On May 26, 7:09 pm, Joseph K. mjoemig...@gmail.com wrote: SWELL ! That's a huge, conducive space !! Congrats Don :) Cheers, Joseph 32@sago Singapore On May 26, 5:14 am, CoCoMSP he...@cocomsp.com wrote: Hey friends, all this talk about expansion is contagious. If Angel

[Coworking] Our new video, answers the question: why coworking?

2011-05-26 Thread d...@cocomsp.com
http://cocomsp.com/2011/05/why-come-to-coco/ I'd love your thoughts on this! Making the video was easy enough (one of our members is a small communications shop that works primarily in video), that I'd seriously consider making another, especially if there is another angle to take... Some