http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/ Alex Hillman Writes Here Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 creativespace Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:15:42 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1347#comment-1311 <p>I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.<br><br>1. "This space looks cool" Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.<br>2. "I love the creative vibe" People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.<br>3. "I could work here" People see themselves "fitting" the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a "hello, good morning" or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly "good-nite!"<br><br>Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus<br>Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus<br><br>Don't get me wrong - make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space - have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!<br><br>Peace!</p> I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.

1. “This space looks cool” Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.
2. “I love the creative vibe” People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.
3. “I could work here” People see themselves “fitting” the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a “hello, good morning” or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly “good-nite!”

Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus
Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus

Don't get me wrong – make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space – have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!

Peace!

]]> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 creativespace Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:15:42 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1347#comment-1485 <p>I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.<br><br>1. "This space looks cool" Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.<br>2. "I love the creative vibe" People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.<br>3. "I could work here" People see themselves "fitting" the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a "hello, good morning" or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly "good-nite!"<br><br>Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus<br>Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus<br><br>Don't get me wrong - make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space - have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!<br><br>Peace!</p> I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.

1. “This space looks cool” Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.
2. “I love the creative vibe” People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.
3. “I could work here” People see themselves “fitting” the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a “hello, good morning” or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly “good-nite!”

Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus
Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus

Don't get me wrong – make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space – have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!

Peace!

]]> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 creativespace Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:15:42 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1347#comment-1310 <p>I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.<br><br>1. "This space looks cool" Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.<br>2. "I love the creative vibe" People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.<br>3. "I could work here" People see themselves "fitting" the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a "hello, good morning" or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly "good-nite!"<br><br>Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus<br>Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus<br><br>Don't get me wrong - make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space - have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!<br><br>Peace!</p> I meant to comment on this a while back. How much to spend? We are now one day away from our grand opening of the Creative space, Barrie Ontario's first co-work space. There are a couple main things people mention/recognize (members and guests) when they come into our space. Surprisingly none of them are big buck items if they cost anything at all.

1. “This space looks cool” Ikea/Office Depot furniture and chairs and some feng shui savvy. Placement of furnishings cheap or expensive make a room.
2. “I love the creative vibe” People are at other desks sharing interacting co-working. Leave the brainstorming stuff on white boards for a while.
3. “I could work here” People see themselves “fitting” the space. Which I think speaks to the friendly welcomes most people get. It's funny how no one can enter without a “hello, good morning” or leave without all or most of the members saying a friendly “good-nite!”

Focus on place and high-tech and you will be stressed. Facility focus
Focus on face and high-touch and you'll thrive. People Focus

Don't get me wrong – make sure you have the highest speed internet you can afford, nice desks and comfortable long-sit chairs, but to go all glass and glitz and super slick is not needed. Keep the space clean, love on the members, encourage hard work and encourage successful business ethics, have fun and it should work. We phased into our co-work space – have spent about $3000 and we have zero debt. We're a small space (1300 s/f) 8 FT/PT members so far. We have room for around 16 full. Now looking for more space due to all the requests beyond capacity. Hope that helps. In short I agree with Alex. Be frugal and focus on the members need at the time. Blessings to you all!

Peace!

]]> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 alexknowshtml Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:37:43 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1347#comment-1484 <p>As I said this weekend, it's a mode of fiscal planning. Just because you have money doesn't mean you need to spend it. <br><br>It all comes back to our iterative approach. We spent/invested where the need was strongest, based on what we had available. When more resources became available, we spent/invested more. Not just because more resources became available, but because the need we spent on presented and verified itself.<br><br>In a generation of business people where investment/venture capital has become glorified as a "right of passage" rather than a strategic business move, I so often see mistakes made that could be avoided if they took the iterative "spend money like you don't have any" approach.</p> As I said this weekend, it's a mode of fiscal planning. Just because you have money doesn't mean you need to spend it.

It all comes back to our iterative approach. We spent/invested where the need was strongest, based on what we had available. When more resources became available, we spent/invested more. Not just because more resources became available, but because the need we spent on presented and verified itself.

In a generation of business people where investment/venture capital has become glorified as a “right of passage” rather than a strategic business move, I so often see mistakes made that could be avoided if they took the iterative “spend money like you don't have any” approach.

]]> http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2009/08/rip-workspace-the-hard-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 alexknowshtml Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:37:43 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/?p=1347#comment-1309 <p>As I said this weekend, it's a mode of fiscal planning. Just because you have money doesn't mean you need to spend it. <br><br>It all comes back to our iterative approach. We spent/invested where the need was strongest, based on what we had available. When more resources became available, we spent/invested more. Not just because more resources became available, but because the need we spent on presented and verified itself.<br><br>In a generation of business people where investment/venture capital has become glorified as a "right of passage" rather than a strategic business move, I so often see mistakes made that could be avoided if they took the iterative "spend money like you don't have any" approach.</p> As I said this weekend, it's a mode of fiscal planning. Just because you have money doesn't mean you need to spend it.

It all comes back to our iterative approach. We spent/invested where the need was strongest, based on what we had available. When more resources became available, we spent/invested more. Not just because more resources became available, but because the need we spent on presented and verified itself.

In a generation of business people where investment/venture capital has become glorified as a “right of passage” rather than a strategic business move, I so often see mistakes made that could be avoided if they took the iterative “spend money like you don't have any” approach.

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