Kare's Biz Talk posts

I'd welcome methods for running/being in mastermind groups

And would like to be in one in the S.F./Marin area

Get extra mileage out of your Shine-created video

Get an extra benefit out of your Shine event-created video. Submit it to Intuit’s Story Gallery to be seen by more people. Why knows? You might be a lucky winner of one of their grants of up to $25,000. http://community.intuit.com/contests/

hear interview: Business Partnering: Earn Money Without Wasting Time

Small Business Trends' anita Campbell interviewed me on Business Partnering: Earn Money Without Wasting Time http://odeo.com/episodes/24121206-Business-Partnering-Earn-Money-Without-Wasting-Time

Working Closer in a Collapsing Economy

“Even people who are antisocial feel a need to be around other people for at least part of the day while they’re working,” says researcher Laura Forlano.

That’s why soloists bootstrapped into being a co-working space in Austin called Conjunctured. Working elbow to elbow around a table or in separate offices often means you are more likely to help each other than those who work alone, they found. Each space has its own personality and rules. Co-work space is now a burgeoning trend in a bad economy.

In New York there’s the NewWorkCity a building with several digital businesses and space for soloists. Then there’s several shared-space locations called Sunshine Suites. They have the upscale style and the security of a W Hotel, reports Allen Stern.

Over here on the Left Coast, Sasha Vasilyukvia, a writer, and her husband Roman Gelfer, a former equities trader, modified three floors for co-workers in San Francisco at Sandbox Suites. They also host seminars and other events at the site and let those who lease space do the same. I met Sasha via biznik.

Then there’s casual Citizen Space - also in S.F. And the Hat Factory, a funky space in San Francisco’s Dogpatch has a live-work loft. Three geeks live there and rent space to others during the day. Back in the 1970s in S.F. artists and city planners worked together to revise building codes to support the creation of safe live-work building codes and space in plentiful south-of-Market Street warehouses. Later Silicon Valley hatched their version.

Elsewhere are Office Nomads and Whitespace in Seattle, Nutopia Workspace in Lower Manhattan, Hive Cooperative in Denver and Indy Hall in Philadelphia.

There’s also the Jelly approach to co-working in people’s homes in more than 50 cities worldwide.

Co-working is now a global movement. Some will go green. Perhaps there’s a space near you. A wiki and a directory show that most are in the United States.

Consider creating a co-work space as a business to defray your costs of building ownership or rental - or join one with your kind of atmosphere, amenities, locale, price and peers.

Also, if you want to share work space with others or if you are looking for space for yourself or your team, visit SuiteMatch to find your match for office space.

New Peer2Peer Ways to Rent and Save Money

Rent a spare room or a couch to frugal travelers. A backyard can become a mini-camp ground in Sweden.

To preserve cash in your business or personal life in this bad economy many of us will rent. That’s why peer2peer renting is getting popular.

From office equipment to lawn edgers or bands you can now Hire Things in New Zealand or, in Britain and U.S., from Zilok. What do you need temporarily? What have you got to rent? There are more upsides to renting for us.

Like the successful private parking and coworking places, literally getting closer can cut your carbon footprint, and lead to unexpected friendships or business partners.

Build Strong Teams the Obama Way

Obama keeps assuming that you and I will recruit teams of rivals (and participate in other teams) to get greater things done better – together. Why not try begin in your work, social or civic life now, perhaps with other avid biznikers?

Here’s six keys to cultivating thriving teams like the thousands launched during the fast-growing, “no drama” Obama campaign:

1. Be specific about the top, actionable goal of the group.

2. Identify what needs to be done to reach the goal, then recruit individuals who have the specific talents or other resources to get those tasks done.

3. Approach each person by describing the goal, the specific way each one can help achieve it and why it would benefit that person; then describe the Sweet Spot of mutual benefit for all teammates to participate.

4. Review above 3 items with everyone when first meeting together; ask for improvements in the goal and if others should be recruited to accomplish it; then agree on who should facilitate the group.

5. Seek agreement on the Rules of Engagement by which your group will operate and on the timetable.

6. When the goal is met, de-brief on what worked and what didn’t, then discuss other possible goals for which some or all team mates may want to work together again. Why not start now where you face a problem or an opportunity?
   

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