Re: [Coworking] Links with coworking resources

[Marko Orel]

Amazing list Ramon! You rock!

Marko
Creative Centre Poligon

On Tuesday, 19 January 2016 06:38:51 UTC+1, Ramon Suarez wrote:

> Thanks a lot everyone :) 
>
> Tony, you can include this list so people will end up in my website if 
> they are interested :) 
>
> I'm thinking how to integrate all the Open  Coworking initiatives without 
> giving them an OC category.  There are links already, but I think it 
> deserves more visibility. 
>
>

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Re: [Coworking] Links with coworking resources

[Tony Bacigalupo]

Maybe don't think of it in terms of Open Coworking, just in terms of the
Coworking movement itself.

Want to be more active in the coworking movement? Here's the Google Group,
here's the Slack channel, here's the blog, etc.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Ramon Suarez  wrote:

> Thanks a lot everyone :)
>
> Tony, you can include this list so people will end up in my website if
> they are interested :)
>
> I'm thinking how to integrate all the Open  Coworking initiatives without
> giving them an OC category.  There are links already, but I think it
> deserves more visibility.
>
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[Coworking] Re: Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.

[Dana Cofer]

Matt,

Thank you so much for sharing this information. I have been working on my 
business and financial model to open a coworking space in Portland, Oregon 
so this is very timely. It also reinforces what I am seeing in my initial 
pass, which is "how can something so right be so unprofitable?" Portland 
office space costs don't help where we have to pay $20-25/sf/yr for 
anything desirable. So for 6,500 sf I am looking at $10,000 just for rent. 
Memberships alone won't pay the bills. 

My research has reinforced the market need for meeting space that is 
aesthetic, creative, and flexible. Basically, an alternative to the hotels 
that put you in a basement and force you to eat (and pay for) their food. 

I wonder if I should design my model to weigh more heavily on private 
offices, meeting space rental, and business support services over communal 
desk space. Obviously that is the nerve center for a community, but maybe 
shifts to 50% of the space/revenue. 

I guess I am interested in the communities advice for someone wanting to 
start a cowork business as their sole business and not have a side job to 
put food on the table. 

Thanks for any advice and for being so transparent with your experience!

Dana


On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote:
>
> Hey everyone. 
>
> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at 
> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still 
> losing money. 
>
> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of 
> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order 
> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please 
> take a read:
>
>
> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why
>
> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! Thanks!
>
> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery
>
>

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[Coworking] Re: Coworking spaces in Korea(Seoul)

[Michelle Chin]

There's also 10K - focused in Korea but with an Asian network (Singapore, 
Jakarta).

http://www.10k.asia
http://www.facebook.com/10kasia

On Friday, December 16, 2011 at 2:20:25 PM UTC+9, Hyekyung Hwang wrote:
>
> There are 4 coworking spaces in Seoul.
>
> Co-up (http://co-up.com/)
> East4 (http://www.east4.org/)
> Seoul Space (http://seoulspace.co.kr/)
> including us, How2Company (http://how2company.com/coworking-space/)
>
> I hope that this is good information for you.
>
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Re: [Coworking] Our first 18 months: we doubled our revenue, and we're still losing money.

[Matt D.]

I have a hard time imagining the data being valuable enough to sell - and I 
doubt that's an avenue we'd ever pursue - but it's certainly an interesting 
thought. 

Certainly, we'd participate in some sort of data exchange, if it were 
available. Who wants to build it??
=) MD


On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 8:26:22 PM UTC-6, Jerome wrote:
>
> FYI, the hotels do it via some data company(ies) who then sell the data so 
> everyone knows the competition.
> Anyone know how they initially got started way back when?
>
>
> *JEROME CHANG*
>
> *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire*
> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505
>
> *EAST: Downtown*
> 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235
>
>
> *NORTH: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q2!)600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los Robles)*
>
> 
> On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Jacob Sayles  > wrote:
>
> We use our own system, Nadine, and Xero, and Excel.   I like the idea of 
> the dashboard, but the monthly meeting really is key.  It takes a little 
> time and attention to look through the numbers.
>
> Some time ago I was pitching the Open Coworking Database where we all feed 
> numbers in to a central, neutral repository for data analysis.  I even 
> started working with Steve King on this but we found people have a hard 
> time being so totally open with their data, even if their identity is 
> shielded.  I still like the idea and think there is a way to do it.  
>
> Jacob
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Matt D.  > wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Tabari. 
>>
>> We use a few main tools to track our data:
>>
>> First, we use Cobot to manage our coworking space, and Cobot does provide 
>> us with some basic analytics. We export information about the number of 
>> members we have, and we've just begun to make use of their accounting 
>> codes  to allow us more 
>> granular tracking of how our revenue breaks down.
>>
>> Second, as I mentioned in the post, we hired an accountant this year, and 
>> we use a mix of Xero and Google Spreadsheets to keep track of our 
>> financials on a regular basis. Our accountant does his magic in Xero, and 
>> then once a month we dump the data in a Google Spreadsheet so we can talk 
>> about it. In this spreadsheet we track revenue, expenses, and much of the 
>> data you saw in my blog post. (I plan to share some of our Google 
>> Spreadsheets soon... stay tuned.)
>>
>> I would love to create some sort of dashboard software that magically 
>> pulls all of this info together, but, alas, I don't think it exists. For 
>> now, it's a combination of some custom reporting from Xero and Cobot, some 
>> manual entry in a Google Spreadsheet, and a monthly meeting to make sense 
>> of it all. 
>>
>> Holler if you have additional questions. Happy to answer!
>> -Matt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:59:06 PM UTC-6, Tabari Brannon wrote:
>>>
>>> Excellent read. One of the goals I have for 2016 is to track everything. 
>>> I would be interested to see what systems you have in place to track all 
>>> this data. Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote:

 Hey everyone. 

 We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at 
 how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still 
 losing money. 

 We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of 
 what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order 
 for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please 
 take a read:


 http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why

 Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! 
 Thanks!

 -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery





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