“On Coworking” goes on the road! New show tonight 7pm EST - Live from Carrboro.
Tonight we will be broadcasting live from Carrboro Creative Coworking in Carrboro, NC. Owner, Brian Russell, will join us briefly and give us some insight into his center, as well as his thoughts on the growing startup culture in Carrboro and the greater Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill).
In addition, we will have a special interview with the husband and wife team, Eva Schweber and David Kominsky, from CubeSpace. If you are unaware, their coworking center was hit particularly hard by the economy. They have decided to fight back with raw transparency, publishing an open letter to their community detailing their situation. Well, the community responded by donating “Save CubeSpace” website and pledging over $5,000 within 72 hours of reading Eva’s letter. The story was quickly picked up by Oregon Live! (see “Tech entrepreneurs rally to save their hangout”) and local tech blog, Silicon Florist (see “Save CubeSpace”)
The CubeSpace folks will be on tonight to share their story and give potential coworking space owners a unique insight into both the rewards and pitfalls of running a facility. Remember, coworking is a young, emerging industry and there will be both successes and setbacks. Our job is to replicate the successes and avoid the mistakes, at the same time sharing the stories of both. I thank Eva and David for their transparency and their willingness to share this difficult moment with the entire coworking community.
We will air LIVE tonight at 7pm EST and run for between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on how lively the conversation is. Again, all you have to do is call in to (724) 444-7444 to listen. You can also click on this link if you want to participate in our live-chat session.
Additionally, for the first time, we are hoping to bring tonight’s show live to you simultaneously on Ustream. We’ve been testing out the service and believe we can have it up and running by tonight’s show. This is all a work in progress, so we preemptively ask you to excuse any technical glitches we may encounter. If you want to see our Ustream broadcast, click here.
Again, tonight is going to be a very special “On Coworking” and we hope you join us!
