Room for 2 coworking spaces?
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Drew Poland
Jun 25, 2011, 3:35:13 AM6/25/11
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So I'm in Downtown San Jose, and NextSpace just opened a space there.
It looks very impressive and I can only congratulate them!
Unfortunately for me, I was looking at a space about 2 blocks away
from where they opened to open my own in San Jose..
I guess I need to re-evaluate if there is room for another coworking
space so close together (distance and timeframe!).
My space would have been much smaller. Another thing that
diffirentiates my would-be space is that I would like to build a
coworking space that we work together in our spare time to help non-
profits and small organizations in our area.
For example.. I am a web developer.. someone could create a design and
I could code it and create a web presence for say.. an animal shelter
that doesn't have enough funds for something like that, maybe we have
a writer who coworks there to create some content for them. Just
anything we can do or would like to do as a community project between
everyone at the space.
All opt-in of course... not expected or frowned upon if someone
doesn't want to participate.
Thoughts?
It looks very impressive and I can only congratulate them!
Unfortunately for me, I was looking at a space about 2 blocks away
from where they opened to open my own in San Jose..
I guess I need to re-evaluate if there is room for another coworking
space so close together (distance and timeframe!).
My space would have been much smaller. Another thing that
diffirentiates my would-be space is that I would like to build a
coworking space that we work together in our spare time to help non-
profits and small organizations in our area.
For example.. I am a web developer.. someone could create a design and
I could code it and create a web presence for say.. an animal shelter
that doesn't have enough funds for something like that, maybe we have
a writer who coworks there to create some content for them. Just
anything we can do or would like to do as a community project between
everyone at the space.
All opt-in of course... not expected or frowned upon if someone
doesn't want to participate.
Thoughts?
Angel Kwiatkowski
Jun 27, 2011, 6:20:29 PM6/27/11
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It's super hard to say since we're not in that area. The other shared
office space (sort of a coworking hybrid) is located just 2.5 blocks
from us and we're both on a wait list so it can clearly work in some
markets however our physical spaces are very different and attract
very different types of coworkers so we really don't compete at all.
Sorry I don't have any magical advice!
office space (sort of a coworking hybrid) is located just 2.5 blocks
from us and we're both on a wait list so it can clearly work in some
markets however our physical spaces are very different and attract
very different types of coworkers so we really don't compete at all.
Sorry I don't have any magical advice!
John Wilker
Jun 27, 2011, 7:25:34 PM6/27/11
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I can't offer much more than angel but I can say we're opening ours 2
blocks from another her and in Denver there's at least 5 coworking
spaces in the metro area.
blocks from another her and in Denver there's at least 5 coworking
spaces in the metro area.
Sent from my iPhone, plese excuse the type-o's
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Rob Ray
Jun 27, 2011, 9:05:50 PM6/27/11
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Although there aren't any spaces anywhere near where we're opening (hopefully next two months), we do share the same focus on community development. We're actually building an online community to exchange personal and professional skills for individual use and to support local civic organizations and nonprofits just like you've outlined; it's called Karmagora (http://karmagora.org). We're planning on launching it in our city and in our space for some testing; if you'd like your more than welcome to try it out as well!
- Rob
ShareSpace|Rochester
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Alex Hillman
Jun 28, 2011, 10:49:53 AM6/28/11
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Every coworking space and community I've visited has a different vibe.
Also, many people have different vibes they are attracted to.
Indy Hall has been able to be great for the people it's great for because it doesn't try to be everything to everybody. The result of that, of course, is some percentage of people who come and it simply doesn't work for them.
Rather than simply say "coworking must not be for you!", I'm always on the lookout for another place to send them that might be a better fit for their preferences.
If there's more than one tribe present, then there's room for more than one community coworking space.
-Alex
Linda Goin
Jul 4, 2011, 9:00:20 AM7/4/11
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Hey Drew -- our county tourism department brought Roger Brooks, the "destination development guru" (http://www.destinationdevelopment.com/) to town last fall to shop our county and to report our pitfalls when it came to tourism attractions. Although our town fails in many respects as a tourist destination, the shop owners seemed to be cured of competitiveness when he emphasized the impact in collective development.
In other words, an art lover might stop at a town that contained two art galleries, but he or she would make it a point to visit a town that contained twenty art galleries. All art galleries in the latter situation would benefit from the traffic, as that traffic would -- most likely -- consist of art lovers.
I think the same situation would apply to coworking collaboratives. Each space is different in look, feel and approach, yet all are focused on a new way of working. I wouldn't hesitate to say that a town that contained ten, rather than two, coworking collaboratives would attract more people to town with a coworking mentality. I think, too, that this is how revolutions begin - with the impact from collective thinking. ;)
Cheers,
Linda Goin
http://laventurestation.com/
In other words, an art lover might stop at a town that contained two art galleries, but he or she would make it a point to visit a town that contained twenty art galleries. All art galleries in the latter situation would benefit from the traffic, as that traffic would -- most likely -- consist of art lovers.
I think the same situation would apply to coworking collaboratives. Each space is different in look, feel and approach, yet all are focused on a new way of working. I wouldn't hesitate to say that a town that contained ten, rather than two, coworking collaboratives would attract more people to town with a coworking mentality. I think, too, that this is how revolutions begin - with the impact from collective thinking. ;)
Cheers,
Linda Goin
http://laventurestation.com/
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