Carrboro Creative Coworking

We'll celebrate the opening of Carrboro Creative Coworking on Friday November 21 at 7pm. The party will be held here at 205 Lloyd Street, Suite 101, Carrboro, NC 27510. We'll have wine and appetizers.

Kevin Smith organized a Erlang hack night last month here at CCC. It went so well we've decided to hold it on a regular basis. It'll happen on the second Thursday of every month at 7pm. Come learn about the programing language Erlang and meet other programmers. The next one is Thursday November 13th.

Rob Danzman from Aberdium Consulting has graciously offered to facilitate TWELVE sessions about marketing for your business. The series is called the Aberdium Toolkit for Startups. These meetups will be held the first and third Wednesday of each month. Matter of fact the first one is tonight at 6:30pm. Check our calendar for more info.

Rob is not your usual business consultant. He's down to earth, knows how to listen, and really enjoys helping others. I hope to learn a lot from him. Join us!

Here are the session details:

Module 1) Marketing (November, December, January)

Goal: For participant to create basic marketing plan based on identification of personal values, target market, and frame of reference

Session 1: Fearless Branding - Steps for Profits and Values
Session 2: You Matter (to Sales)
Session 3: Why First Then Who - Identifying Your Target Market
Session 4: DNA of Greatness - Positioning Statements Broken Down and Built Back Up
Session 5: The Plan - Putting it All Together
Session 6: Getting Known and Selling the Drama

Module 2) Growth (March, April, May)

Goal: For participant to develop understanding of basic growth skills and strategies applicable within his/her industry

Session 7: Building to End
Session 8: Roles Before Goals
Session 9: Game Plan: A Cliché that Works
Session 10: More than You - Hiring, Firing, and Everything In between
Session 11: Judgment Days - Evaluating Effectiveness and Efficiency
Session 12: The Sad Magic of Letting Go - Manager to Owner

One of the first events scheduled for the space, before we where open even, was the Radiant CMS Code Sprint. When Sean Cribbs approached me about it I was psyched! I knew about this Ruby on Rails Content Management System and thought it great luck to have them here. One of the main reasons I created CCC was to have a place for creative communities to work in. Open Source software projects are a great example.

Folks arrived here at 8am and left late in the evening. People came from New York City, the District of Columbia, Raleigh, Cary, and other parts of the Triangle just to hack code. Sean had even raised money to pay for breakfast and lunch. (Which was nice BTW!) He ordered great sandwiches from Neal's Deli here in Carrboro. Here is the recap from the Radiant blog with details about what was accomplished.

Big thanks to Sean! He organized this event like a pro and has been a great asset to CCC. Wonderful getting to know him as he works here.

On Monday Novermber 10 at 6:30pm CCC is hosting a benefit that will support The ArtsCenter. Its organized by two wonderful organizations 12 Grain Studio and Aberdium. Here's the info:

The New Settlers
Get together on a brisk Fall evening with friends and neighbors as they help to raise money for the Carrboro ArtsCenter.

The ArtsCenter began more than 25 years ago, and was known as "The ArtSchool," a single painting class. Today, The ArtsCenter serves more than 50,000 people each year. It is unique in that it serves both professionals and amateurs through its wide variety of programs, events and classes, but it has also extended its arm to other members of the community by developing outreach programs such as the Latino, African American and People with Disabilities Initiatives. Generous funding from the Orange County Arts Commission and the Human Services Agency of Orange County, has allowed The ArtsCenter to sponsor pro-bono or reduced-rate arts programs for underserved populations that are vital to our community.

However, this community centric not-for-profit has outgrown their capacity and we want to make their vision for a new ArtsCenter a reality by hosting this Autumn themed evening filled with socializing, presentations and Q&A. We hope that small business owners, investors and entrepreneurs will band together for this special cause.

We ask that you bring your checkbooks, or cash for the festive fundraiser activity. Special thanks to Brian Russell who offered up his great co-working space for this event.

You can RSVP on the Facebook event page called Carrboro ArtsCenter Benefit with 12 Grain Studio & Aberdium. Become a fan of CCC on Facebook to learn more about events like this. Our calendar will have event info too.

We'll celebrate the opening of Carrboro Creative Coworking on Friday November 21 at 7pm. The party will be held here at 205 Lloyd Street, Suite 101, Carrboro, NC 27510. We'll have wine and appetizers.

The event is open to the public. Please bring yourself, partners, and friends. Get ready to meet new people.

This event is something I've been dreaming about for a few years now. I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to publicly thanks people for helping me launch this business.