Carrboro Creative Coworking

Last nights party was a huge success. About fifty people showed up. They included friends, associates, interested people, local business owners, Carrboro Economic Development Director James Harris, Alderman Lydia Lavelle, Alderman Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Alderman Dan Coleman, Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton, County Commissioner Mike Nelson, Chapel Hill Council Member Sally Greene, Coworkers, and many others. It was a whirl wind culmination of a dream.

Here is a short video of my small thank you speech and some words from Alderman Coleman. The first part, that isn't included in this vid, is a thank you to my customers (coworkers) who are really making this biz happen. PLUS I totally forgot to publicly thank my wife Ruby. Without her patience and help this whole venture NEVER would have gotten started.

Thanks to smalljones and tucomatus for the video. More to come I hear.

TONIGHT at 6:30pm here at CCC
Laugh, learn, and network with other like-minded entrepreneurs interested in identifying how their personal values is inseparably tied to the success of their company. Aberdium Consulting will be facilitating the 2nd in a 12 part series teaching the fundamentals of marketing and growth for start-ups. Come with questions - leave with hope.

Event Facilitator: Rob Danzman is owner and founder of aberdium consulting, the first marketing and growth firm using psychology, marketing, business, and sociology to increase profits without selling clients' souls. Rob combines his expert knowledge of business development, consumer psychology and marketplace analysis with his mastery in conflict resolution and communication skills. When he is not managing aberdium consulting or one of his other companies, he is training for or competing in international ultramarathons.

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.