Cubes & Crayons turning 1 and moving

[felicity at cubes]

Hey there,

Just want to let everyone know out there that Cubes&Crayons is turning
1 on January 24th. We
are super excited and of course throwing a little bash to celebrate.
All our invited to join us. Would
love to meet lots of you live and in person.

Also, we are moving to a fantastic new space on January 16th. This is
a great place in Mountain View.
We have new coworking options coming on board and great new events
too. Our community is already
strong, so those of you looking for a great coworking space in Silicon
Valley, drop-in any time to check
out the new digs.

I am thankful to everyone in this group for their thoughts and ideas
over the past year. Happy 2009!

All the best,
Felicity

Cubes&Crayons
www.cubesandcrayons.com
cubes.typepad.com/blog

[Chris Kerins]

Hi Felicity,

That's great news! I would be interested to hear how and why it came
about for you to move, what new options you are introducing and what
sort of lessons learned you've had along the way that pushed you in
that direction. Hopefully we can all share from your wisdom.

Cheers!

Chris

[felicity at cubes]

Hi Chris,

I'll give you the short version of the story. The long one is
LOOONNNNGGGG!

1. Menlo Park: Seemed great when we toured and we go a fabulous place
set up only to find more things not working than you can imagine
(MONEY PIT!) We had a landlord in Menlo Park who was terrible! 2
weeks to deal with termites, won't fix the heat, etc. He broke
contract with us and I got us out. WHEW!
2. Dilemma: Close? Move somewhere on the Peninsula/South Bay, move to
San Francisco, work on locations outside the Bay Area?
3. Member input: We built this on a sense of community. And when we
asked our existing members they begged us to stay down here.
4. Search: I spent the holidays searching for and securing a place and
the rest is history.

Our new space is truly fantastic and I think appeals to our existing
clientele as well as being a great
place for the coworkers without kids. We are expanding our office
hours for coworking and have
fun new events coming online. This truly will be the best coworking
you can get in the South Bay.

Happy to give anyone more specifics if they want a longer version.

-Felicity