Struggling Entrepreneur

 

 126- Entrepreneurs succeed with fast start in crowded market- CoSpace [37:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this episode of The Struggling Entrepreneur, we interview Andrew Bushnell and Kirtus Dixon, the founders of the startup firm called CoSpace.

These hese two entrepreneurs recently started a small business in which the market is growing–and which may already be crowded with the recent popularity of community venues called co-working environments.

How  did they manage to succeed in this challenging arena?

As you will hear in this audio episode, Andrew and Kirtus differentiated themselves and their Cospace ‘product’ as a unique experience for a business-related entrepreneur. As they mention in the podcast episode:

“Cospace exists to build a community through collaboration around people, space and resources.”

Cospace now offers a free week of coworking to a prospective member-entrepreneur, so that this individual can then experience the environment and internalize the value of collaboration and community, as well as the shared resources.

Several of the key resources they offer are:

- an Apple(R) iPod(R) Touch for productive use, demonstration, usage and business evaluation onsite;

- an Apple iPad for hands-on usage, demo ad business evaluation onsite;

- weekly or bi-weekly morning free seminars to educate the membership about entrepreneurial resources and tools;

- ‘jellies’ (informal coworking meetings, as explained in the audio episode);

- flexibility to address the needs of members in a dynamic manner–from facilities to meetups to strategic partnerships and educational offerings.

For more information, you can contact Andrew or Kirtus at Cospace:

- web site:  http://www.cospaceatx.com

- twitter:  @cospace at http://www.twitter.com/cospace

- Meetup sessions for both jellies and other educational offerings at: http://www.meetup.com/cospace

(Note for listeners of The Struggling Entrepreneur:

there is a discount for coworking membership by using the discount code of:  struggling-entrepreneur-coworking.

Please contact Kirtus or Andrew for more details).

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