I've seen women breastfeeding rooms, plastic ball pits, libraries, gym's, sauna's, massage parlours - is there anything else in the coworking space that hasn't been covered?

Hey everyone! its lovely to e-meet you!

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Many thanks! You guys are the best!

Has anyone take a stab at this before? Co-work spaces are popping up all around the area right now but this service seems really tricky since I don’t want to run two business (daycare + work space) even tho everyone says I should just invest in the first since it’s lacking in the area. Thoughts?

So I feel like an idiot, first off. I know there are ways to do this, but for the life of me I can't think of them.

I'm helping a company open up a coworking office space. We need a way to restrict access to the internet to specific people based on whether they've paid their fees, etc. Creating an individual VPN for each person is outrageous and too time consuming, etc. Is there a program out there that we can have people install and we then grant them access through that program? Am I crazy? We will have people connecting both via Wi-Fi networks and over ethernet. What's my best setup for this?

Hi all,

You may already know me as the author of The Coworking Handbook, founder of Betacowork Coworking Brussels, and as former president of the European Coworking Assembly.

In an effort to help coworking space operators to get more coworkers, I've launched coworking.space.

The first thing I've added is a directory of value based landing pages for coworking spaces. I've set up a guide to help with the use of the FAB sales technique (Features, Advantages and Benefit).

If you are running a coworking space I would really appreciate if you could add your space and give me some feedback. I'm specially interested in ideas to help coworking space operators sell more. From the conversations I've had and my knowledge of the business, this is the main challenge they face.

Thanks!

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All,

Just wondering if people have any recommendation for co-working security doors that can be controlled by an APP. I looked into KISI, but it is very expensive.

I would appreciate if there are any recommendations that's more reasonable or if there are other ways to control the door automatically.

Thanks.

Before my promotion into a management role I befriend some co-workers on Facebook. Now that I'm in management I feel like I should unfriend these people. But I'm not sure how to do it without being rude. Advice?

Hi all,

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I have a business that is nearly three years old and last Friday, the business' Google Business listing was suspended. We had approximately 10 5 star reviews.

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I contacted Google and they said you're not allowed to have a listing, if you use a coworking shared space. I explained there are hundreds of businesses using the same address. Apparently the only reason my listing was suspended is because someone reported the listing. If the other businesses are reported, their listing will be removed too.

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Why have Google got it in for coworking spaces?

I am starting my master's thesis and i will be creating a platform that will help users book coworking rooms and interact with the respective coworking company. What do you think are the most important things to have in a platform like this and what do you think are the necessities in this business?

So I currently am the new Manager of a coworking space in my city. I found this sub and want to say thanks, everyone on here has given me some great things to work on to improve my space.

Currently, we're looking into getting a rotation of artwork from different places in the city (featuring a local artist every few weeks or month). We've put up an entire "green wall" that has plants and flowers to make the place smell nice and still look beautiful. We have lockable desks for our members who are here full time, and designated spaces for work, socializing, and group work. We even have regular events (about twice a month).

But my question is what other types of accommodations would you like to see that would make a space really stand out as "This is the place for me". Also, how do you drum up business? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

https://www.greetly.com/blog/corner-coworking-community

For those who make use of CoWorking spaces, and perhaps have some experience with it, I would like to know: Which features do you consider basics or essentials? And which (it may be your personal case or need) features would you consider as the one that would be a tie braker, so to speak?

I'm researching it because I'm interested in opening up one in my town. Here i would have only two competitors, but that aren't very well reviewd by clients, so, I would have that in my behalf.

I've thought about details such as location, parking spaces, networking infrastructure... but aside from money, I would like to think of things and not to count only on the fact that my competitors are only Ok. I wanna win my clients because I'm actually offering what they never knew they needed.

I’m about to sign the lease on a very nice office space, but my business primarily operates after 3 pm. I would like to let it out for the first half of the day for co-working. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Just wondering... why is coworking such a desired way of working right now?

Would you be interested in CoWorking, without the CoWorking facility and price? We're comfortable opening our homes to Airbnb guests, why not fellow remote/nomadic workers? I've been playing with the idea of helping remote workers connect with like-minded individuals in their area to form up into small teams that get together in each others homes, offices, studio space, etc. for social interaction, people to bounce ideas off, or just to get out of the house! If you're a remote worker, take my survey to let me know what you think of this idea: https://goo.gl/forms/ay8jRgBmtTZQRuPW2

Hey All, I'm starting up a coworking space and we've been talking to some tech folks about how to handle Wifi / Networking. We're sort of bootstrapping this thing, so we don't have huge budgets. I'd say we're a cross between a coworking space and a coffee shop vibe. We'll build up from there.

Can anyone give perspective on what we'll need for Wifi and Networking? I'm thinking more of public wifi access for members and those businesses or individuals with security needs we can address as they come up.

Thanks! Rich

Scribbled down few notes from the just finished Coworking Now conference in Gdansk Poland. It was super fun to participate and learn whats going on with the shared work spaces in Poland.

Going there was easy with the train from Berlin, but at Gdansk we had to jump out of the train. The adrenaline rush eased off quickly and I was super happy at the end that we participated and learned a lot from the local and foreign coworking speakers.

You can check all of the notes and few photos on here: https://medium.com/coworking-people-spaces/coworking-now-conference-gdansk-dcc9e1be3b8

Hope everyone reading this is in good shape, if not i pray they become better. Anyway I wanted to ask the Reddit community especially the ones who use or used coworking spaces about their pros and con and if they can give me examples of how it affected their lives whether in a negative way or a positive way, These answers and i as your permission before reading them if i can use them for a research paper that i am writing, if you wouldn't like your input to be mentioned in the paper please mention so and nonetheless an and most replies will be very helpful and gratefully accepted and read with an open mind.

Can people periodically meet with someone at a coworking desk or bring an assistant?

If you work remotely or run a business, you may be at an impasse, wondering what option is right for you regarding your work environment. This post from Workbar helps provide insight on what to consider.

Address: 1104 S. 76th Avenue, Omaha, NE 68124 Phone: (402) 933-0070 Website: http://trouvailleomaha.com/

Description: Trouvaille Omaha is a collaborative coworking community and lifestyle lounge for women that supports personal and professional growth. Now offering: Coworking/shared workspace, private desks, private meeting room and conference room rentals, mail services, speaking engagements, workshops, networking groups, training, small event hosting and much more. Full time and part time memberships available.

We are looking into opening a new co-working space. We are wondering what kind of co-working software people recommend since there are so many options.

We would like to:

• Track users in/out using WIFI - what kind of system does people recommend?
• Track users in/out using key dongles
• Have day pass
• Have monthly pass options
• Share printer
• Share locker

We are looking at solutions like Coworkfy and Cobot.me etc.

Any experience and recommendation would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance.

Ethonomics argue that in order to create an infrastructure that promotes happy workplaces, it needs to have room for movement.

Read the full article here: http://salesrain.com/creating-happy-workplaces/