Hackspaces / Coworking

[TykeMerc]

I find that there is nowhere like air travel which such a high concentration of potential clients. It's a captive audience.

I once met a guy at baggage reclaim handing out cards at baggage reclaim in Munich airport. He had an MPEG4 business. I had no idea what the hell he was talking about, but admired his productive use of dead time at baggage reclaim. 2 Years later i was running a project that need an MPEG4 codec, I gave him a call.

He taught me an important lesson. Quick mental calculation tells me I have made over 400K directly through people I met in airline lounges and on planes.

Possible? Yes, probable? Nope. Bullshit detector is going off wildly at your tale.

This piece of fiction just confirms the original perception that clearedforlanding is straight out of the sock drawer.

[clearedforlanding]

However you are right - you need to network everywhere as everyone knows someone.

I find that there is nowhere like air travel which such a high concentration of potential clients. It's a captive audience.

I once met a guy at baggage reclaim handing out cards at baggage reclaim in Munich airport. He had an MPEG4 business. I had no idea what the hell he was talking about, but admired his productive use of dead time at baggage reclaim. 2 Years later i was running a project that need an MPEG4 codec, I gave him a call.

He taught me an important lesson. Quick mental calculation tells me I have made over 400K directly through people I met in airline lounges and on planes.

[redgiant]

A friend of mine used to use the private members area at the top of the Gherkin in London for working when he was in the City meeting clients - plenty of free good quality biscuits and tea & coffee to add to the view. I think that was about £750-800 p/a for membership but get got a lot of use out of it.

[SueEllen]

You'll have to explain point 4 for me. Perhaps you are confusing this with the General forum?

He's just being an a***

However you are right - you need to network everywhere as everyone knows someone.

Though some male IT people are very good at killing off network opportunities for others.

[Boo]

Has anyone rented a desk in one of the backspaces / co-working places?

Examples are SpaceportX, and Elevator in Manchester

While I am not exactly a startup, I generally have blue-chip clients, I wonder if these places would be good for networking / upskilling / finding new work.

As long as current clients don't mind you working in these places, and you dont share any confidential info...

What's the deal with business rates at these places ?

Boo

[clearedforlanding]

Let me get this right, you're advocating taking business class flights for the purposes of networking?

1. What planet do you originate from?
2. How is that approach ever supposed to be financially sensible?
3. As a "new" poster on the forum do you like movies about gladiators?
4. Please be aware that you shouldn't start posting in General until you've hit a postcount of 100+, that way you add "credibility" to the posting ID.

Re read the post. Take note of the "all joking aside" statement after the outlandish suggestion.

I am not suggesting taking business class flights. I am however suggesting that business travel is a great place to network. People who you might never meet in professional circumstances might be sitting next to you on a plane or train.

You'll have to explain point 4 for me. Perhaps you are confusing this with the General forum?

[TykeMerc]

I have claimed it but more plausible places might include the CCR at T5 & BA001/BA002, the latter particularly if in FS as they appear to be JP Morgan social clubs at 30,000 FT. Flights to get the BA CCR card are easily expensed but can add up . Might be a lot cheaper to turn up to the annual BA Flyertalk do on the 30th of Sept where the entire CCR empties out to a hospital of all places for an evenings of drinks, food and wittering over the merits of different airlines amenity kits and repositioning to OSL, DUB, JER or SVN .

All joking aside, business travel is a fantastic networking opportunity, with the caveat that you must be interesting - but that applies anywhere.

Let me get this right, you're advocating taking business class flights for the purposes of networking?

1. What planet do you originate from?
2. How is that approach ever supposed to be financially sensible?
3. As a "new" poster on the forum do you like movies about gladiators?
4. Please be aware that you shouldn't start posting in General until you've hit a postcount of 100+, that way you add "credibility" to the posting ID.

[clearedforlanding]

Wonder if golf club membership for marketing purposes is a claimable expense :-D

I have claimed it but more plausible places might include the CCR at T5 & BA001/BA002, the latter particularly if in FS as they appear to be JP Morgan social clubs at 30,000 FT. Flights to get the BA CCR card are easily expensed but can add up . Might be a lot cheaper to turn up to the annual BA Flyertalk do on the 30th of Sept where the entire CCR empties out to a hospital of all places for an evenings of drinks, food and wittering over the merits of different airlines amenity kits and repositioning to OSL, DUB, JER or SVN .

All joking aside, business travel is a fantastic networking opportunity, with the caveat that you must be interesting - but that applies anywhere.

[oliverson]

They can be fun, but ageist. Starbucks serve this function in the US.

You are not going to be networking with a blue chip crowd, but the start up crowd. Success rate is 5% on start ups, so unless you are specifically looking at joining the startup crowd, if you want to network & find new work a golf club membership might be a better investment.

Or throw a school reunion. The most lucrative networking move I ever made was to throw my school years 25th reunion. 5 different direct to client gigs that I could run concurrently for a few years.

Wonder if golf club membership for marketing purposes is a claimable expense :-D

[northernladuk]

Get a private membership at a members only club.

You've got Club Brass in Hotel Gotham in Manchester.

Brass Club, Hotel Gotham

http://clubbrass.hotelgotham.co.uk/d...pBrassClub.pdf

That will impress the clients and not expensive at £750 for the year. Take a picture of your accountants face when you put that one through though

[clearedforlanding]

Has anyone rented a desk in one of the backspaces / co-working places?

Examples are SpaceportX, and Elevator in Manchester

While I am not exactly a startup, I generally have blue-chip clients, I wonder if these places would be good for networking / upskilling / finding new work.

As long as current clients don't mind you working in these places, and you dont share any confidential info...

They can be fun, but ageist. Starbucks serve this function in the US.

You are not going to be networking with a blue chip crowd, but the start up crowd. Success rate is 5% on start ups, so unless you are specifically looking at joining the startup crowd, if you want to network & find new work a golf club membership might be a better investment.

Or throw a school reunion. The most lucrative networking move I ever made was to throw my school years 25th reunion. 5 different direct to client gigs that I could run concurrently for a few years.

[portseven]

Has anyone rented a desk in one of the backspaces / co-working places?

Examples are SpaceportX, and Elevator in Manchester

While I am not exactly a startup, I generally have blue-chip clients, I wonder if these places would be good for networking / upskilling / finding new work.

As long as current clients don't mind you working in these places, and you dont share any confidential info...