When I was doing my original business market research for CCC I discovered that place is very important. This is the case for most physical businesses with public space. (ex. retail) Experienced business people express this with the refrain, “Location, Location, Location”
As I got into the day to day of running a coworking space the [...]
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One of the biggest reasons this blog has been dormant recently is my work on Carrboro Creative Coworking. You can help workers and entrepreneurs all over the Triangle by filling out this form. Help make more coworking spaces happen. Thanks!
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More specifically its a journey to build a sustainable coworking space. By sustainable I mean it should financially support itself and its operator (me) plus employees. I’m doing the best I can to document this unique journey. Mostly on the biz blog at carrborocoworking.com.
So far I’ve recorded five videos. Hope to do more. You can [...]
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Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 from 6:30pm to 8pm Carrboro Creative Coworking will be hosting Refresh the Triangle. This is a great meetup that I’ve been to several times. (Not nearly as often as I’d like though.) Each time I’ve learned something valuable and met great people. We’ll have free pizza and drinks too.
Our topic is [...]
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Carrboro Creative Coworking opens this Monday October 6, 2008. Our initial business hours are 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday.
I’ll be posting a lot over at CarrboroCoworking.com. Please check out the blog there for the latest. One day I’ll have time to write here again.
Yesterday I signed a lease for office space in downtown Carrboro! After almost two years of work its FINALLY starting to happen. But this is only the beginning. So much more to do before we open. So much to do to run the space.
Last night I shared with friends and supporters the news.
Via Twitter
Via [...]
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My business Carrboro Creative Coworking is about to pick up speed. Back in June the Board of Alderman at the Town of Carrboro approved a loan. Now we’re at the lease negotiation stage. Very soon I’ll be announcing a location. Its been a long journey. Almost two years ago I started this business in earnest. [...]
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For a few months now we’ve had a standing offer for people to drop by our house on Thursdays and cowork. A few people came by and hung out. Had some great conversations. But we’d love to have even more people over.
So next week we’re going to give it a try on Monday, April 21. [...]
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Would you please take my new survey? It’s short. Go to this url to complete. http://ccc.sp1.sgizmo.com
Carrboro Coworking is moving steadily forward. I’m about to make some big decisions and could really use your help.
If you haven’t taken the first Carrboro Coworking survey I’d really appreciate it if you did. Might be good if you [...]
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Shared work spaces a wave of the future, Ilana DeBare, Chronicle Staff Writer, Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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