C4 Workspace

Well, we beat out natural disasters and political scandals and made the 10 o’clock news last Wednesday night (July 14). It’s sweeps month and KSAT 12 reporter David Sears came over to get a cool, local human interest story. And what could be more human of interest than coworking?

(Here’s a link to the story on the KSAT 12 site.)

Thanks to Debbie, Regina, Erik , Drew and Key for the cameos!

(We will really appreciate if you read through this entire, longish note.)

Thanks to everyone who has coworked at C⁴ Workspace. You’ve seen the value and reaped the benefits of a collaborative, social working environment. Over the past 8 months we have been very successful getting the word out and getting involved in the community by hosting a pretty wide range of events. With the help of many of you we were able to open and launch last June.

Here’s the deal

Rent, phone, Internet and utilities = $3800 a month. C⁴ Workspace has a monthly shortfall of $2000 which the three partners have funded up to now. But this is not about us. Debbie, Perla Escobar and I invested in this idea knowing our investment wouldn’t pay back overnight. We are only the catalyst for this movement in San Antonio.

We’re thrilled that our Full Time Resident desks are right on track. Erik Bosse, Media Justice League, Local 782, DoingMedia, and soon Michael Druck from On Cue Studio are all working at C4 Workspace day to day.

The Community Space usage (paid) is a little ahead of plan; the pro bono usage is about where we expected.

However the Part Time Coworker desk plans which are running about 70% behind plan and Conference Room usage which is 80% behind.

C⁴ Workspace needs you to come and work. For a day or sign up for a monthly Coworker or Resident plan or hold a meeting in the conference room.

How can you help?

In a month if we had…

• 30 Daily Desk visits (about 7 a week) = $600 ($20 each)
• 2 add’l Resident Desk Plans = $560 ($280 each)
• 4 add’l Coworker Desk Plans = $600
• 4 Conference Room bookings = $280
• 6 Community Space Bookings (3 hours each) = $450

…(or any combination of the above) we would meet our monthly expenses.

What will you miss?

(if we can’t make the monthly budget?)

• A downtown address
• A Professional Office
• The possibility of any of the events we’ve hosted over the past 8 months
  • Film Screenings
  • Workshops
  • Beer making
  • Art shows
  • Mixers
• The cheapest, coolest event space in San Antonio
• Connection to an amazingly diverse group of  people

Did you know…

• Parking is free
• Printing is free
• WiFi is free
• Coffee is free
• People will talk with you…and smile

C⁴ Workspace is 10 minutes from…

• The Airport (via 281)
• The Northwest side (IH-10 and 410) (About 5 minutes more during morning and evening rush.)
• The Convention Center
• The Riverwalk
• All of Southtown

We know. We’ve timed it. We’re 15 strolling minutes to The Majestic Theatre, Blue Star Complex and most of the major hotels and downtown corporate offices.

What’s Your Answer?

• Has your business grown lately?
• What is your marketing budget?
• What is the productivity cost of working at home or a coffee shop?
• Where did you meet the last person who had a significant effect on your business?
• How many clients have complimented you on your choice in coffee shops?

Our coworkers express these answers each time they use C4 Workspace.

C⁴ Workspace need your help.

We know the coworking concept is valuable. We think you know that too. If you have coworked at the space you know the value. If you haven’t coworked at the space now is the time to find out.

C⁴ Workspace needs you in the next 30 days and throughout the year. Be more than a visitor (much less a stranger) and become a coworker who is actively invested in one of the most innovative ideas in San Antonio.

Thanks again for your support. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Regards,

Todd O’Neill
Catalyst/Partner

Debbie Curtis
Manager/Partner

Perla Escobar
Partner

Great snaps of the mixer by Nan Palmero from SalesBy5.

Nan will be reporting on SXSW so watch for his tweets, posts, checkins, etc.!

Thanks Nan!

Regina Villalobos, our genius PR goddess, got us booked on San Antonio Living this Wednesday at around 9:15 am. Watch for Todd talking the Pink Slip Mixer Talk and walking the coworking walk.

In case you missed it we’re having our second Pink Slip Mixer here at the space on Thursday, February 4 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. It’s a networking event for mid-level and professional job seekers and recruiters and HR staffers.

Our first event was a great success with good feedback from both the candidates and the hiring type people. We’re looking forward to more of the same.

Are registered yet? Do know someone out there looking for a position? Well Register Right Now!

See ya there!

By day, a mild mannered coworking space.

By night, a groovy, hip happening place!

We wanted from the start to have events in our space. It connects us to the community, exposes people to our members and evangelizes coworking in general. We’ve been blessed with lots of great events since we opened. And we’ve made lots of new friends and new connections.

Here’s a summary of events for 2009. Keep up with our events at our Calendar page or on our Facebook Fan Page.

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

The next two weeks are probably the most unusual in business. Heck, even for retailers this time of year isn’t like normal day to day operations.

C⁴ Workspace will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. If you need to get away from the retail insanity on Saturday the 26th (after picking up wrapping paper on deep discount) we’ll be open from 9 am to 1 pm as usual.

Next week we’ll be open Monday the 28th through Thursday the 31st from 8:30 am to 6 pm. And since New Year’s Day is on First Friday this year we’ll have our monthly First Friday Open House from 5 pm to 8 pm.

If you don’t have to work we hope you’ll enjoy the season and spending the time with your family and friends. We will!

It has been 3 months since our last New Member post and it’s about time!

We’re now over 75 members! And so diverse! Come on down and check it out if you haven’t before. You never know what will happen.

Here’s the latest! Welcome everyone!

Coworkers

• Chris Adolph, Chubb Financial
• Deanne Cuellar, Texas Media Justice League
• Frank Enriquez, Attorney at Law
• Celeste Diaz Ferrarro, PaxMundi Consulting
• Mike Henry, RobotNext
• Meagan Jawshan, Boston Brewing Company (Samuel Adams)
• Venus Prado, LPC – healing and arts facilitator
• Joe Solis, Luxor Insurance; Latino Networking Breakfast
• Phil West, Luminaire
• Joel Ziegler, Ziegler Photography

Community

• Christine Chapa, Solar San Antonio – non-profit communications professional
• Cathy Colmenares – marketing and social media consultant; non-profit and Hispanic market expertise
• Rex Cruse – entrepreneur
• Diane Duesterhoeft, St. Mary’s University – library science
• George Riley, TED.com – software architecture
• Donna Tuttle, San Antonio Business Journal – journalist, project manager

Being a bike friendly business and being downtown we thought we’d pass this along.  This came from our friend Lydia Kelly, Bicycle/Pedestrian Transportation Planner for the SA-BC Metropolitan Planning Organization.

The City of San Antonio has posted a survey on bicycling to work and/or bicycling downtown.  If you ride downtown please consider filling out the survey.

Safe riding ya’ll!