I’m doing my best to read everything I can get my hands on.
I was wondering if you would share your knowledge about choosing a location for a coworking facility. Where is the best place to open one of these up? Is there some kind of demographic I should research to find the perfect space?
The best thing to do is ask your members. If you don’t have members yet, then slow down on the search for a physical space and focus on growing your membership first. Many of us often recommend taking several months to develop a community that is interested in coworking and having at least 10ppl dedicated to the idea with cheques in hand that they can’t wait to give to you before you get a space.
Then ask your members. And involve them in every step of the way. People tend to support what they help to create.
I’m doing my best to read everything I can get my hands on.
I was wondering if you would share your knowledge about choosing a location for a coworking facility. Where is the best place to open one of these up? Is there some kind of demographic I should research to find the perfect space?
It looks like it’s about funding (and in a way, it is) but it’s really about focusing on this early community with buy in. Pay special attention to the two “options” for the steps you could take.
One other thing: even when you DO have members, there is no such thing as a perfect space. It’ll always be too far or too inconvenient for somebody. I recommend getting that idea out of your head.
If you’re gonna be on the lookout for anything AFTER you have members, make it a great landlord who understands the community.
You can do a lot more with a less than perfect space and a great landlord than you can with a “perfect space” and a terrible landlord.
I’m doing my best to read everything I can get my hands on.
I was wondering if you would share your knowledge about choosing a location for a coworking facility. Where is the best place to open one of these up? Is there some kind of demographic I should research to find the perfect space?