Urban Workspaces » Site News http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp The beginning of a new way to work in Melbourne Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New forum posts http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/02/ne-forum-posts/ http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/02/ne-forum-posts/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:28:34 +0000 Marc http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/?p=135 There hasn’t been too much to report lately.  I’m still discussing a potential location with an agent, and obviously still working on spreading the word about the idea.  I’ve also made quite a few changes to the financial model based on feedback from friends.

I have also been adding posts to the forum as I have more ideas.  There are new posts on topics such as marketing and running the space as a for-profit organisation.  Feel free to sign up and add your thoughts.

]]> http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/02/ne-forum-posts/feed/ 0 Spreading the word http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/01/spreading-the-word/ http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/01/spreading-the-word/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:55:15 +0000 Marc http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/?p=119 I’ve added links to our site to the Coworking Wiki and posted about us in the Coworking Google Group. I’m also starting to get the word out via my networks. Hopefully we can find a few more people in the next week or so to help me spread the word, and if that goes well we can talk about whether the space I have found is interesting to others or whether we can do better. So keep spreading the word!

]]> http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/01/spreading-the-word/feed/ 0 Welcome! http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/01/welcome/ http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/2009/01/welcome/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:55:32 +0000 Marc http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/?p=85 With a little bit of luck this may be the first post of something pretty exciting. For several months I have been dreaming of setting up a shared workspace, or what I now know is more commonly known as a “coworking” location. I’ve been talking to a lot of people and think I have enough early interest to move to the next stage, including the following:

  • setting up this site as a place for people to gather and share ideas;
  • start looking at properties to better understand what is available and at what cost; and
  • start work on a financial model so I can get input from other people and build on my initial ideas.

I have set up a forum which I will build on over coming days.  Registrations will then be open to anyone that wants to take part in the discussion.

Finally, I will start promoting this site on the Coworking Wiki and Coworking Google group, and also ask friends to help spread the word.  It may die off and lead to nothing.  Or enough people might share my vision and we could be running our own workspace within a few months.

Let the fun begin.

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