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Bainbridge Island at work... together! May 30, 2013
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Greetings!
The weather has been wet the past few days, but we're spotting more traffic on the deck lately. Marietta and her daughter Lilly resuscitated the planter pots, adding bulbs and flower seeds that will make an appearance soon. And we welcome your ideas and efforts.
Don't forget about the Tuesday Self-Publishing Workshops for Revenue and Business Building (click to register),or Martha Monkman's QuickBooks coaching on Friday mornings (Martha offers CFO Consulting, state taxes and accounting, and can be reached at help@thenumberfactory.us) One more thing, please help us spread the word that we have three private meeting rooms and a beautiful class room/board room space for meetings and events. You don't have to be a member, and you can rent the spaces in the evenings and on weekends as well as during the week. There's a new 65" hi-def monitor instead of a projector now, offering crystal clear and bright images or screenings.
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Join us! Become an Xpat for as little as $25/month
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Hands-on Social Media Marketing classes start in June... and keep going!
Register now for 4 Tuesdays in June, 1:30-2:45
$95 ($80 for OfficeXpats members)
This social media series IS NOT another Tuesday@noon theme-of-the-month, and therefore takes a bit of explanation. It's the first time OfficeXpats has organized training that will stay the course and support you in an area that requires consistent focus and investment month after month. It is slightly longer, at 75 minutes. And it is the first time that instructors are being paid (we will have at least two per class!). So you can count on a solid team with lots of hands-on support during class, and guidance that you can choose to renew as you build your skills over time.
FREE one-on-one support: For the first month only (June), the team has agreed to be available for 30 minutes ahead of each class to help attendees with some basics. So for instance, if you don't have a basic Facebook business page yet, you can get help before class to create a bare-bones starter page and set the visibility to "private" until you are ready to unveil your masterpiece.
Click here to see the specific topics and goals for each class in June!
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Eleven Winery raises funds with zero-interest "squares" through Community Sourced Capital
Matt Albee from Bainbridge Island's Eleven Winery is raising money for his business to acquire automated bottling equipment, but he's not doing it how you think. In fact, Matt is asking hundreds of people to fund a $20,000 loan with the help of Community Sourced Capital (CSC), a company based in Seattle that helps people lend to local businesses.
CSC's online funding platform allows community members to finance businesses they know by buying something called a "Square," a $50 piece of the larger loan intended for the winery. Eleven Winery is selling at least 400 "Squares" to reach their target loan of $20,000. CSC aggregates funds from Squares into a single zero-interest loan for Eleven and manages repayments back to "Squareholders." The loans pay zero-interest to lenders so CSC also charges zero-interest to the borrowers. "It's a fair and 'square' way to keep money moving in our local economy without getting bogged down in the complications of structuring a public investment," said Rachel Maxwell, one of the co-founders of CSC.
Find out more about the campaign and buy a Square at www.squareholders.com/Eleven. Some of you may have caught Rachel at last month's Chamber breakfast. If not, maybe we can get her to come talk to us at the office someday about community funding alternatives.
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Events @OfficeXpats
Link to the calendar
- Tuesday, June 4, 12-1pm: Self Publishing workshops (Register)
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Tuesday, June 4, 1:30-2:45 Hands-on Social Media Marketing workshops ( Register)
- Tuesday, June 11, 3-5 pm, SPELL writer's workshop (more)
- Friday, June 8, 9:30-11:30: Martha Monkman's bookkeeping office hours (sign up at help@thenumberfactory.us)
Weekly Recurring Events:
- Mondays 9:30-10am: Coworker check-in to set weekly goals
- Tuesdays 9am-12pm: Drop-in PC tech support for members
- Tuesdays 11am-12: Social media mentoring with Annette
- Tuesdays 12-1pm: Tuesday@noon business skills workshop (see topic above)
- Thursdays 9-10am: Creating Health (weight loss support)
- Thursdays 4:30pm: Member Happy Hour
- Fridays 7:30-9am: Bainbridge Business Connection (BBC)
Events are located at OfficeXpats and drop-ins are welcome unless otherwise noted.
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Who We Are
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OfficeXpats on Bainbridge Island is a community workplace also known as coworking. Our vision is to become THE place on Bainbridge Island where independent workers, small businesses, and big ideas find community and support.
OfficeXpats is located upstairs in the Pavilion on Madison, just a 10-minute walk from the ferry terminal, through beautiful downtown Winslow. We hope to help you in your quest for 'new ways to work.'
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P.S. Please help us get the word out that coworking and meeting space is available in the Pavilion. to other independent workers and small businesses!
Sincerely,
Leslie and Jason,
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