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Building Coworking Communities
The document outlines Jonathan Markwell's experience in building coworking communities, emphasizing the importance of a supportive environment for diverse groups of independent workers. It describes the basic structure of the coworking space, known as 'The Skiff', which fosters interaction among community members through a set of simple rules. Markwell also shares the history and philosophy of coworking, promoting collaboration and openness among its participants.
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Building Coworking Communities
- 1. Building Coworking Communities Jonathan Markwell @jot
- 2. Who am I? •Software Engineer • 15 years building things with web technologies • Entrepreneur • 5 years building things as an independent worker
- 3. Highlights • 1996 builtmy first website • 2000 built my first web app • 2002 interned at a startup • 2004 American Express • 2005 Enterprisers! • 2006 founded my first company • 2008 founded The Skiff • 2011 Start-Up Chile!
- 4. Over 50 appsfor organisations including:
- 5. They are notwhat I am most proud of...
- 6. My wife, Anna. Andthe thing we started...
- 8. What is it? •A nice environment for a community of nomadic workers to meet and work in. • People, a place and bare minimum set of rules and resources.
- 9. People • Engineers • Writers •Designers • Producers • Journalists • Artists • Entrepreneurs • Almost anyone that is free to work where they please
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- 11. Resources • Water +tea & coffee • Shelter + heat & light • Toilets • Power • Internet • Desks & Chairs
- 12. Rules? The 5Ps • Produce • Play nice • Participate • Pay • Party
- 13. How it works •Desk and meeting spaces • Members • Events • Volunteers "Captains" • Management "The Admiralty"
- 14. Why I'm soproud • Home to 10s of businesses and community groups • Hive to 100s of community members • Hub for 1000s of visitors
- 15. Community Groups • Async.js • Brighton Python Users Group • DevNest • BarCampBrighton • Brighton Robotics • dotBrighton • Brighton ALT.NET • Brighton Ruby Users Group • Five Pound App • Brighton Creative Writing • Brighton System Administrators • Functional Brighton Sessions & Network Engineers • Institution of Engineering • Brighton Drupal Meetup • Brighton Tuttle and Technology • Brighton Future of News • BootCycle • MobileCamp Brighton Group • BuildBrighton • Rewired State • Brighton iPhone Creators • UX Brighton
- 16. History of TheSkiff • University of Sussex • Linden Lab • Sussex Innovation • Inuda Centre • Space • Brighton • SXSW • Open Coffee • WiredSussex • BarCamp • Relocation • The Werks
- 17. Coworking “When I startedcoworking and created the term I very consciously dropped the hyphen. My intention is for coworking to be closer to the word collaboration, which does not have a hyphen, rather than co-worker. I also wanted the term to feel informal, and a dash in coworking felt awkward and difficult to type.” -Brad Neuberg, creator of coworking
- 18. History of the Coworking Movement • 2005 BarCamp & The Hat Factory • 2006 Citizen Space • Now ~400 around the world
- 19. Collaboration The inputand an output
- 20. Openness Freedom, forkability &interoperability
- 21. Community People notspace
- 22. Accessibility Self selection
- 23. Sustainability Staying alive
- 24. Questions? [email protected] @joton Twitter
- 25. Coworking Viña • Step1: Who’s interested? • Step 2: Lets try it for a day. • Step 3: Lets keep trying it until there are so many of us we need our own space.
- 26. Recommended • Coworking.com • AlexHillman’s Coworking Workshop: • https://indyhall.stagehq.com/events/1048 • The Lean Startup: • http://theleanstartup.com/ • Founders at Work: • http://www.foundersatwork.com/ • Paul Graham Essays: • http://paulgraham.com/ • Hacker News • http://news.ycombinator.com