Cospace is proud to host the first WordCamp Austin on December 4th.
Austin and Central Texas region is home to some amazing WordPress talent and this event will showcase some of the best of that talent. For 1 day, attendees get to be in an intimate setting sharing knowledge, learning new tricks and ideas on squeezing ever more out of WordPress.
More information is at the WordCamp Austin website.
(Tickets for this event are sold out.)
Wednesday, November 10 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic:
In a recent linkedin post describing this topic, wrote, “Learn about the Scene Map, developed by Bijoy in his work with the Austin Equation. The Scene Map depicts key elements and resources in our community. Discover resources available to you that you may not realize are available. Understand how our community of entrepreneurs will be essential for your success. Get out of your cave.”
Before attending the event, Bijoy suggests that you watch this short video http://www.atxequation.com/.
About the Speaker:
Bijoy Goswami is deeply interested in how we create extraordinary, meaningful and joyful lives. He sees our unique human capability of building mental models as a vital part of this endeavor. He loves building and sharing simple, yet powerful models, including MRE, youPlusU and Bootstrap.
His life has been an inadvertent study of contrasting spiritual, cultural and intellectual models. He was born in Bangalore, India on April 15, 1973, to a Catholic mother and a Hindu father. He moved to Taiwan at the age of ten and Hong Kong at fourteen. He came to the US in 1991, attending Stanford, where he studied Computer Science, Economics, History and completed an Honors program in Science, Technology and Society. He spent a term at Oxford. In 1995 he moved to Austin, TX, to join a software startup and cofounded Aviri software in April 2000. In 2003, he began in earnest, his work as a model-builder, bootstrapper and evangelist.
Bijoy expresses and communicates his models through books, music, film, community, and websites. The process also deepens his understanding of the models and how to effectively convey them. Collaboration is at the heart of this process and he has been very lucky in finding extraordinary partners. Their expertise combines with the model, and through multiple iterations, a unique creation results. Some of these include Bootstrap Austin, The Human Fabric and Mystic Cab.
Learn more at www.bijoygoswami.com
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Bijoy Goswami
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
Thursday, October 28 from 6pm to 8pm.
There are events, event calendars and and community scenes galore across Austin. Which one(s) are right for you?
Please join Hubvine at Cospace for the first ever Meet Here Evenings mixer.
Meet Here Evenings is a bi-monthly mixer designed to connect entrepreneurs and small businesses / organizations with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. It’s also a good excuse to get together with some new people.
This month, Hubvine will be leading an informal discussion on the Event scene in Austin. What events do you host, attend, recommend, skip?
Who should attend?
This event is open to the public but we’d especially love to have you if:
- You’re an event organizer
- You’re a frequent event attendee
- You’re interested in learning more about the Austin event scene
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Evenings” in our open event space. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the mixer will be limited to 40 people.
Cost: Tickets are $5 at the door.
Hubvine is focused on helping event organizers and attendees by promoting and supporting great events across our city.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Evenings’ is a bi-monthly mixer designed to connect entrepreneurs and small businesses / organizationss with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
I had lunch with this week. Amongst many other things including his idea blog, we talked about how it’s important to share your intentions with others. Often times, the likelihood of intentions to manifest in reality increases if you share them early and often.
So, I decided to share a story that I tell every day. Every time a new person comes by to check out Cospace, this is what I share with them:
The Cospace mission is: To be a foundation for small business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
I believe that there are 3 critical components to this foundation:
1) Affordable Infrastructure: Everyone needs a stable foundation to build their business from. Infrastructure is traditionally expensive and inflexible. It should be affordable and flexible, so that’s what Cospace provide.
2) Relationships: Everyone needs a foundation of core relationships to grow their business. It typically starts with your own personal and professional network. Cospace believes in helping people expand that network. Getting connected to other like minded professionals can make or break your business.
3) Resources: Everyone needs to continue to develop professionally to keep pace in the fast changing world of business. Cospace is committed to supporting networking, learning and training opportunities to the best of our ability.
The Cospace vision is: That the future of work is Lean, Mobile and Diverse. We hope to someday provide a nationally accessible network of foundations(Cospaces) for business owners, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
The Cospace plan is to:
Step 1: Continue to grow our membership at our Anderson Lane location. For September, we had 21 paid memberships + 4 co-founders and were about $980 from breaking even.
Step2: Expand to 2 full-size locations in Austin in the next 12 months. We are currently targeting Round Rock as the next location.
Step 3: Expand to 1 cafe size location in Austin in the next 12-18 months.
Step 4: Expand our offering to Franchisees across the US in the next 18-24 months.
Somewhere along the way: We expect to partner (and we’ve already started that process) with amazing Resource and Relationship providers. We don’t want to be a incubator or accelerator. But we’d like to have an app for that.
And Then: When people visit Cospace we also take a tour, learn about each others’ business and background, talk membership, talk about Cospace members, etc. Not everyone is interested or is looking for all 3 of things I mentioned above, but if you haven’t toured yet, and you’re looking for a foundation please schedule a visit!
Talk to you again soon.
Love,
Kirtus
Wednesday, October 13 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic (from Jan):
There are 7 potential customer types you could have. But you should have only the best. If you aren’t satisfied with your customers, learn how to set up a Platinum Customer Standard. This is more than just “target” or “niche” marketing. The right profiling system will give you a way to improve your sales process and avoid the radio-active waste prospect/customer who is out there. It will also give you a metric to judge how well your message is working: if it attracts the right prospects great; if not fix it asap. That makes this a money and mind saver.
About the Speaker:
Jan Triplett, CEO of the Business Success Center (BSC), is the co-author of Thinking Big, Staying Small. For over twenty years she and her partner Dan Diener have provided strategy and advice to owners on how to have a successful business. The BSC was named by the Austin Business Journal as one of Austin’s top 20 management consulting firms and the Small Business Administration presented it with a five star national award. She is also the author of A Networker’s Guide to Success and numerous articles that have been published nationally and even internationally. She ran a full service ad agency, bought and grew the Entrepreneurs’ Association and created an incubator and accelerator in 2000. She is proud to be a Certified Technical Advisor by the NCRC, a small business activist testifying before the government on behalf of other small businesses, and a City of Austin certified green business. She writes a blog at http://ownersview.com and is also on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Jan Triplett
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
Wednesday, September 29 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic (from Fred):
Aspiring Entrepreneurs and recently-launched small business owners struggle with the challenges of running their own businesses. What are the top ten issues that they face? And how can they address them in the early stages, so that they avoid becoming problems that may negatively impact their business? This discussion will cover these top ten challenges, with some free online resources to help guide the entrepreneur through them.
About the Speaker:
Fred Castaneda is a marketing and new media consultant for small businesses. Specializing in podcasting to help a firm’s marketing success, he has been teaching seminars and providing assistance for the past decade in the Austin area, as well as across the US. He has presented at many national conferences and events, including the Social Media Telesummit. His firm is Matrix Solutions Corporation.
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Fred Castaneda
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
Startup Weekend is coming to Austin at Cospace the weekend of September 10th-12th, 2010.
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality.
Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, NY Times and more, Startup Weekend continues to make the buzz with success in more than 100 cities world-wide. Thanks to of Startup Weekend for bringing the event to Austin for the first time.
“Startup Weekend is a perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs and the local tech scene to network, but also meet potential co-founders and hopefully leave the weekend with a new startup. It is a must attend event if you want to network, find co-founders or just spend the weekend with some passionate and smart people. –Joey Pomerenke”
If you want to be a part of Startup Weekend Austin you should act fast and buy a ticket because participation is limited to the first 75 and tickets are selling fast! Tickets include meals and beverages for the entire weekend.
To register now, click here: http://austin.startupweekend.org/tickets/
When: September 10th-12th, 2010
Where: Cospace https://cospaceatx.com/
For more information visit http://austin.startupweekend.org/
Thanks,
Kirtus
Wednesday, August 18 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic (from Julie):
I have a new dream client. I’m completely redoing their branding, website, and print materials; and overseeing the marketing strategy, which includes old and new media elements. I’m also having to come up with some creative metrics to gauge our success. I’ll be sharing my strategy for making all this happen.
About the Speaker:
Julie Gomoll has been an entrepreneur for most of her career. Her claims to fame are selling her design business (Go Media) to Excite in 1996 and riding the subsequent Internet boom, failing to launch the coworking cafe LaunchPad Coworking, traveling solo around the world with only a carry-on, and diving with Great White Sharks. She’s currently doing strategic design, development, and marketing for a very select few clients. She enjoys hanging out with her dogs, who have no interest whatsoever in sharks.
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Julie Gomoll
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
Wednesday, August 18 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic:
Web developers have pounded into our heads about the importance of updating your website with new, relevant content because of the value to search engines. Most developers, however, do not understand the process or strategy by which that content gets developed because they are not writers. Jason Myers, editor of Texas CEO magazine and several other brand publications will talk about how you can transform your website into an e-publication that will attract the right types of customers to your doorstep.
About the Speaker:
Jason Myers is currently the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Texas CEO Magazine, featuring the Lone Star State’s greatest business leaders. He has started several brand magazines and an independent magazine called Business District over five years ago. Before starting Business District Magazine in 2005, Jason served as marketing director for multiple companies in high-tech industry, where he established several brand publications that led to increased sales and market awareness.
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Jason Myers
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
Wednesday, August 4 from 9am to 12pm.
About the topic:
Company Culture – sound like a topic for a big company or at least one with deep pockets? Not true, you are creating a company culture even before you hire your first employee. It starts with your customers, develops with your first hires and can evolve and strengthen as you grow. We will be discuss the ways to identify the culture you want and need in order to have your business succeed as well as the traps to avoid that can lead to customer and employee issues and ultimately reduced profitability. Think Zappos and Google versus BP and a host of others.
About the Speaker:
Caroline Valentine, President, ValentineHR
It isn’t always possible or necessary for a business to employ their own Human Resources staff, yet the critical functions are indispensable. We provide on demand and retainer based HR consulting services to ensure your organization runs smoothly.
9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Caroline Valentine
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.
Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.
Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.
Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.
‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.
Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at .
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