{"id":1508,"date":"2017-09-28T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2017-11-12T10:24:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T15:24:21","slug":"how-do-i-start-a-coworking-space-when-i-have-no-business-starting-a-coworking-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/how-do-i-start-a-coworking-space-when-i-have-no-business-starting-a-coworking-space\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I start a coworking space when I have no business starting a coworking space?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got an email from someone working on starting a new space recently. They asked a few questions about how to raise financing and generally gear up for renting a big space.<\/p>\n

The clever community builder, however, side steps this issue until they’re ready to take it on. Behold, my process for getting a space when you have no business getting a space (from a guy who did it):<\/strong><\/p>\n

STARTING SMALL<\/b><\/p>\n

It sounds like you’re in a place I’ve been in before: where you have the desire to get something going, but lack the resources to build out a space of your own.<\/p>\n

This gives you a tremendous opportunity, because building out and running a space is an expensive and distracting undertaking!<\/p>\n

At this point, you may do well to focus on building your community through small, regular gatherings and making use of whatever spaces are already available to you.<\/p>\n

FINDING A SPACE PARTNER<\/b><\/p>\n

You can then work on finding a partner who either already has a space or is looking to move into one. It could be a consulting firm or a startup or a small business of some kind… you’ll know when you’ve got the right fit.<\/p>\n

Working with a partner like that helps you get in the door, literally, without having to have all the resources you’d need to sign your own lease.<\/p>\n

This was how I was able to get started in NYC, a notoriously expensive place, as a 23-year-old with just a few thousand bucks of savings. I subletted from a startup that had more room than they needed.<\/p>\n

Being clever helps you evade the usual barriers!<\/p>\n

GETTING YOUR OWN SPACE<\/b><\/p>\n

Then… as you continue to build momentum… you will line up potential sponsors, members who can pre-pay for their memberships, government support, and more.<\/p>\n

When the time is right, you’ll be ready to make the jump to a space of your own.<\/p>\n <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got an email from someone working on starting a new space recently. They asked a few questions about how to raise financing and generally gear up for renting a big space. The clever community builder, however, side steps this issue until they’re ready to take it on. Behold, my process for getting a space when you have no business … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwc.co\/3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}