We’ve made it 8 years, despite (or because of) launching in the depths of the recession.
Apparently we’re an anomaly. BEAHIVE was founded in May 2009 in a town of 15,000 people. Only 9% of spaces today are in areas with less than 20,000 people — of those, only 20% are profitable (according to the Global Coworking Survey).
I imagine it was way less back then.
I owe much of our ongoing success to this group, particularly pioneers like Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo, who so generously share their struggles, success and hard-earned insights with the rest of us.
A lot has changed over these 8 years, so I wrote a little then and now comparison. And a hint at what’s to come. (We’re just getting started.)
“…an idea or product that deserves the label ‘creative’ arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE [email protected] wrote:
Fellow coworkers…
We’ve made it 8 years, despite (or because of) launching in the depths of the recession.
Apparently we’re an anomaly. BEAHIVE was founded in May 2009 in a town of 15,000 people. Only 9% of spaces today are in areas with less than 20,000 people — of those, only 20% are profitable (according to the Global Coworking Survey).
I imagine it was way less back then.
I owe much of our ongoing success to this group, particularly pioneers like Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo, who so generously share their struggles, success and hard-earned insights with the rest of us.
A lot has changed over these 8 years, so I wrote a little then and now comparison. And a hint at what’s to come. (We’re just getting started.)
“…an idea or product that deserves the label ‘creative’ arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
I love hearing about smaller-city/town coworking spaces succeeding. I’ve been pessimistic about the prospects of coworking in smaller cities after seeing several that didn’t succeed, though in my idealized world it is people in small towns who might value and benefit from coworking spaces the most (with support for the solo-worker / entrepreneur generally over-concentrated in cities). Love to hear this.
Will
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 6:00:11 PM UTC+2, Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE wrote:
Fellow coworkers…
We’ve made it 8 years, despite (or because of) launching in the depths of the recession.
Apparently we’re an anomaly. BEAHIVE was founded in May 2009 in a town of 15,000 people. Only 9% of spaces today are in areas with less than 20,000 people — of those, only 20% are profitable (according to the Global Coworking Survey).
I imagine it was way less back then.
I owe much of our ongoing success to this group, particularly pioneers like Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo, who so generously share their struggles, success and hard-earned insights with the rest of us.
A lot has changed over these 8 years, so I wrote a little then and now comparison. And a hint at what’s to come. (We’re just getting started.)
“…an idea or product that deserves the label ‘creative’ arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
This is great to hear, congratulations to you! I also run a space in a town similar to your size, and we’re just about to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Very good news that you’re succeeding in a smaller market.
On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 10:00:11 AM UTC-6, Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE wrote:
Fellow coworkers…
We’ve made it 8 years, despite (or because of) launching in the depths of the recession.
Apparently we’re an anomaly. BEAHIVE was founded in May 2009 in a town of 15,000 people. Only 9% of spaces today are in areas with less than 20,000 people — of those, only 20% are profitable (according to the Global Coworking Survey).
I imagine it was way less back then.
I owe much of our ongoing success to this group, particularly pioneers like Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo, who so generously share their struggles, success and hard-earned insights with the rest of us.
A lot has changed over these 8 years, so I wrote a little then and now comparison. And a hint at what’s to come. (We’re just getting started.)
“…an idea or product that deserves the label ‘creative’ arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly
Scott, this is great! We’re kind of twins. We opened our first center in a small town in California in May 2009! We’ve got 7 of them up now (did have 8, but closed one), all in smaller communities – and yes, profitable. I think the key(s) for smaller communities is to be highly efficient, be able to offer a wide range of spaces/times/services, and be thoroughly connected in your community. It’s important to be able to offer 24/7 usage for members but to run with 1 staffperson, hence efficient automation and software. Would love to connect offline!
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 9:00:11 AM UTC-7, Scott Tillitt / BEAHIVE wrote:
Fellow coworkers…
We’ve made it 8 years, despite (or because of) launching in the depths of the recession.
Apparently we’re an anomaly. BEAHIVE was founded in May 2009 in a town of 15,000 people. Only 9% of spaces today are in areas with less than 20,000 people — of those, only 20% are profitable (according to the Global Coworking Survey).
I imagine it was way less back then.
I owe much of our ongoing success to this group, particularly pioneers like Alex Hillman and Tony Bacigalupo, who so generously share their struggles, success and hard-earned insights with the rest of us.
A lot has changed over these 8 years, so I wrote a little then and now comparison. And a hint at what’s to come. (We’re just getting started.)
“…an idea or product that deserves the label ‘creative’ arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person.” — Mihaly Csikszentmihaly