Connecticut / MTA Rail Line Coworking Interest?

Hi,

I wonder if there is any interest in opening up a coworking space in
southwestern Connecticut.

The location I have in mind is a closed cafe that just went up for
lease directly across the street from an MTA railroad station in
Stratford, CT.  It would be an accessible spot for everyone between
Stamford and New Haven.  There are restaurants on all sides and the
street frontage has been pedestrianized to some extent.

I'd like find enough people to get the cost below a few hundred
dollars per month per person.

If you've any interest in this or another location, please don't
hesitate to get in touch.

Regards,

Kieran

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

I'm glad to see this got all sorts of attention while I was gone.  We just
posted a bit about this on our blog so it's official.  To go with the
visa/passport analogy we are simply opening our borders.  Remember how easy
it used to be to go to Canada?

http://www.officenomads.com/blog/

Jacob

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Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation
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Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

It's Fire Hose Fridays!

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

Oh my dear lord, that is hilarious.  Typo perfection.  :)

On Sep 3, 4:21 pm, "Jacob Sayles" <ja... <at> officenomads.com> wrote:
> It's Fire Hose Fridays!

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

souk mentioned and linked all the spaces that replied to this initial
thread as offering "courtesy days" with caveats about hours of op and
availability.   Those were (and it's current):
Office Nomads
Suite 133
Giraffe Labs
Nomadz
Blankspaces
Cubes & Crayons
Uptime
Citizen Space
Impromptu Studio
Indy Hall
Station C
Altspace

I would have liked to agree that we all offer 3 free, primarily for
ease of the user's sake, but a wiki page link would be second best -
and of course getting this underway is most important.  As long as
from a user standpoint it's easy to find out a certain space's terms,
that will be key.

Is anyone game for putting together this type of page?  I fear it may
not happen if we don't have some accountability.  I would do it if I
knew how, but I'm happy to help with content or text, just let me
know. Or, if someone wants to pass me directions on how, I can follow
them and do that too.  I'm good at following directions :)

Julie Duryea
owner, souk
322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200
portland, oregon  97209
p  |  503.517.6900
f  |  503.517.6901
skype julieduryea
http://www.soukllc.com
tweet julsd

On Sep 3, 4:49 pm, Susan Evans <susan.c.ev... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh my dear lord, that is hilarious.  Typo perfection.  :)
>
> On Sep 3, 4:21 pm, "Jacob Sayles" <ja... <at> officenomads.com> wrote:
>
> > It's Fire Hose Fridays!

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

Re: Dallas Coworking, finally...

So the last question in my post was worded as if generated by a
malfunctioning android.  What I *meant* to ask was...  do you accept
individuals who perhaps currently work for a company from home and are
looking for a space for only one person?

On Aug 18, 8:41 pm, "ggreenw... <at> hotmail.com"
<gabrielgreenw... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Good stuff on getting your coworking space up and running.  Very
> cool.  From what I read, it seems that you only accept folks in
> startups.  Is that correct?  Or do also accept individuals looking for
> one person?
>
> Cheers!
>
> On Aug 2, 6:09 pm, Alexander Muse <alexm... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Our offices (i.e. Big in Japan) are located in a rather large building
> > (1.4 million square feet) near the central business district ofDallas.  The building is 100% leased
and we had to take the space we
> > are using for coworking or lose it.  We decided it would be better to
> > take it than lose it forever and coworking would be a great way to use
> > it.  We are in the process of buying another building (50,000 square
> > feet) near this one and plan to offer some of that space as coworking
> > space as well.  The free aspect allows us to pick and choose who we
> > accept.  Our goal is to create a vibrant and dynamic ecosystem of
> > diverse people and startups - we aren't selling desks.  So how can we
> > afford it?  Because it would be empty if we didn't give it away...
>
> > On Aug 1, 8:42 am, "Robin Wilson" <altspac... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Alex
> > > Great to hear about yourDallasspace.  I was just wondering how can you
> > > afford not to charge for the space?  I really like that about your
> > > space....but how can you do it?
> > > thanks
> > > Robin
>
> > > On 7/31/08, alexmuse <alexm... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > We have been talking about launching a coworking space inDallassince
> > > > last year.  I am pleased to announce we have finally opened.  The
> > > > space has three companies so far Big in Japan (i.e. us), WhiteBox and
> > > > Traxo.  Find out more about the space here:
>
> > > >https://coworking.pbwiki.com/Big-in-Japan-Coworking
>
> > > > Apply to join here:
>
> > > >http://spur.wufoo.com/forms/startup-profile-form/-Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: West Coast Coworking Passport

Ok kiddos!  Please update your spot.  Here's as much of the url I
could get rolling today, http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingVisa.
Aim was to keep space specifics brief.  Couldn't get to hotlinking
everyone's site, but hope each participant can hop on and edit in
their terms.  Feedback welcome (e.g.  is it strange to have membership
verification on the same page members will visit?).

Hoping (perhaps against hope) this current visa list can agree to the
3 complimentary days so it's less complicated to the user.  I think
there is complication already built-in with our different hours and
requirements, and it would be nice for the visa to not be a
labyrinthian deterrent.

Psyched about this.

Cheers,
Julie Duryea

owner, souk
322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200
portland, oregon  97209
p  |  503.517.6900
f  |  503.517.6901
skype julieduryea
http://www.soukllc.com
tweet soukportland

On Sep 4, 9:44 am, "Raines Cohen" <rain... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Julie and I are working on this now on the coworking wiki and she should
> have an announcement later today with the URL.
> The initial concept: a list of participating spaces, with links to their
> websites. Each space can specify terms:
>
>    1. who is eligible (just other participating spaces by default, but could
>    be broader)
>    2. what is being offered (day drop-in use)
>    3. how to arrange to visit a space and use the service (advance notice
>    requirements)
>    4. how other space owners can best verify membership (email, twitter,
>    phone, carrier pigeon, URL for a member list)
>
> Future directions we brainstormed (distilling the wisdom of the thread):
>
>    - an easily-updated map of participating spaces
>    - a Coworking Visa logo to put on participating spaces' pages
>    - perhaps other tools for rapid verification or listing space members
>
> It's exciting to make this go.
>
> Raines Cohen, Coworking Coach <http://www.CoworkingCoach.com/>
>
> P.S. Hey, MyDayOffice <http://coworking.pbwiki.com/My+Day+Office> folded up
> its tent a couple of months ago and nobody said a peep about it on the list?
> Jacob of Office Nomads removed 'em from the
> CoworkingSeattle<http://coworking.pbwiki.com/CoworkingSeattle>page on
> the coworking wiki but we really should start threads here when
> spaces fail (and start a DeadSpaces page on the wiki) so we can do some more
> failure analysis and avoid the same mistakes.
>
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Julie <soukju... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > souk mentioned and linked all the spaces that replied to this initial
> > thread as offering "courtesy days" with caveats about hours of op and
> > availability.   Those were (and it's current):
> > Office Nomads
> > Suite 133
> > Giraffe Labs
> > Nomadz
> > Blankspaces
> > Cubes & Crayons
> > Uptime
> > Citizen Space
> > Impromptu Studio
> > Indy Hall
> > Station C
> > Altspace
>
> > I would have liked to agree that we all offer 3 free, primarily for
> > ease of the user's sake, but a wiki page link would be second best -
> > and of course getting this underway is most important.  As long as
> > from a user standpoint it's easy to find out a certain space's terms,
> > that will be key.
>
> > Is anyone game for putting together this type of page?  I fear it may
> > not happen if we don't have some accountability.  I would do it if I
> > knew how, but I'm happy to help with content or text, just let me
> > know. Or, if someone wants to pass me directions on how, I can follow
> > them and do that too.  I'm good at following directions :)
>
> > Julie Duryea
> > owner, souk
> > 322 nw 6th avenue, suite 200
> > portland, oregon  97209
> > p  |  503.517.6900
> > f  |  503.517.6901
> > skype julieduryea
> >http://www.soukllc.com
> > tweet julsd
>
> > On Sep 3, 4:49 pm, Susan Evans <susan.c.ev... <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Oh my dear lord, that is hilarious.  Typo perfection.  :)
>
> > > On Sep 3, 4:21 pm, "Jacob Sayles" <ja... <at> officenomads.com> wrote:
>
> > > > It's Fire Hose Fridays!