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1 Year Reflection on Capsity’s beginning and evolution

Capsity’s 1^st Virtual Office opened August 8, 2008. Our initial goal was to provide low cost business services and office space to the small business community in Sacramento. What grew from hours of fortuitous meetings, a plethora of supportive colleagues, and some deep personal soul searching was an Entrepreneurial Fueling Station (What is it you ask? Keep reading dear readers). We’ve celebrated our 1 year anniversary we week ago so we thought it would be fun to do a brief Stages of Evolution and an Acknowledgement Section for Capsity Offices:

Here’s a quick breakdown of our evolution and the people we must acknowledge for those steps:

• Stage 1: Provide Virtual Offices and Small Biz Services thanks to a catalyst idea from Kevin Nakano of Nakano Real Estate.
• Stage 2: Virtual Offices and Entrepreneurial Center, thanks to a meeting with Ernesto Delgado.
• Stage 3: Virtual Offices and Coworking, thanks to Joe Hruban telling us about Sandbox Suites in San Francisco
• Stage 4: Entrepreneurial Fueling Station thanks to a 2 hour brainstorming session with Brian Fischer
• Stage 5: Capsity Offices gets a Brand and a Logo thanks to Jake Favour. See the Flame!
• Stage 6: Capsity Offices expands to Curtis Park thanks to Pangaea Café!

What we’ve found over the last year with our community of Coworkers and Cohabitants is that the Coworking model has no “original” form. It has existed as multiple forms before it was deemed “coworking”. It’s an ever changing model that allows for growth and evolution because that’s what its community demands of it, so it’s bound to change.

For our First Location, we focused on entrepreneurs, micro businesses, sole proprietors, non-profit organizations, and at home businesses. Through participating in things like My Sister’s House Run for a Safe Haven, Sacramento Global Entrepreneurship week, Sac Bar Camp, U-Can Food Drive, Midtowngrid.com, The Asian Chamber,  and many other associations, we found that Sacramento is an amazing place for start-up ideas, collaboration, and community building.

Capsity’s 2^nd Entrepreneurial Fueling Station will also include Coworking in Sacramento, but also putting more emphasis on Arts, Technology, and Community building. We’re excited to be in The Parks:  located between Curtis Park, William Land Park, Tahoe Park, and Oak Park. The potential for amazing community oriented events and social networking is unlimited.

Lastly we’d like to acknowledge all the people listed below for putting some sort of foot print in our development stages, and we apologize if we missed anyone:

• David Roberts of Roberts and Philips Insurance for taking a chance on a new idea
• Jessica Chapman of Room to Breathe for helping us discover our true mission
• Peter Cole of PDC Technology for being our first coworker and sharing the start-up passion
• Tremekua Ruud of America’s Youth United for finding us on Craigslist and making the call
• Mike Rehm for being a part of the community and introducing us to Derek King
• Kristel Durand for not only decorating our office but being a wonderful friend
• Professor Seung Bach for providing constructive criticism and challenging our ideas to be better
• Barbara Thompson of Mojo Marketing for bringing her workshops to Capsity
• Brian Fischer for inspiring us, guiding us, and giving us time
• Jake Favour for creating a logo that conveys our brand perfectly
• Midtown Jazz: Susan Tobin on vocals, Renaldo on tenor sax, and Gary Yee on guitar for always entertaining us
• Ernesto Delgado of Free Mind Studios for taking time to inspire us
• Mon Hart for her amazing support of our endeavors and being a great mentor
• Monica Harper of Monica Lynn Events for assisting with events and making us laugh
• Lori Enos of RBS Lynk for trusting us with the merchant system and believing in what we were building
• Chick-Fil-A @ Arden for all the food, the fun, and of course the milk shakes
• Midtowngrid.com for joining us at 2321 P Street and for helping us build more awareness in midtown
• Sacramento Asian Chamber for helping us network and utilizing our conference room space
• Kevin Nakano of Nakano Realty for supporting us from the beginning and catalyzing the 1^st idea
• Elk Grove Hub for giving us the opportunity to do presentations at Educational Workshops
• Brad Asbury of Asbury Financial for meeting with us and giving us great feedback
• Fast Signs Team of Elk Grove for providing every single piece of signage at our place
• Putu Knutte for introducing us to My Sister’s House and helping us coordinate our 1^st Event in October 2008.
• Jacob Schantz, Reggie Waters, Ian of New Fangled Flix for showing us that Capsity isn’t just an office, it’s a video production location for movies
• Sacramento Press for sharing your enthusiasm for all things Sacramento and of course all the schwag
• Makiko Yamashita of Radee Wine for being an amazing business woman and providing wonderful insight
• Scott Pannier of Online Lead Lab for being a part of the community everyday!
• Ronnie Ledesma of Social Media Club (and Wells Fargo) for inspiring us and always believing in our madness
• JT Long for writing about us and always supporting our goals (see “Sacramento Embraces Coworking Trend” by JT Long) in Sacramento Press
• Derek King Attorney at Law for bringing a unique sense of knowledgeable entertainment to the office
• Ernest Krause, Attorney at Law, for being a part of the community and the constant compliments
• Julie Gallaher of Get on the Map for believing in our ideas and developing workshops with us
• Rachael Lankford of Sacramento 365 for consistently supporting and promoting us
• Lorena Beightler of SacCycleChic for providing an upbeat energy to the office
• Ed Cox of Bikeramento for helping us get the 3^rd Sacramento Bike rack installed at Capsity Offices
• Jesse Hernandez of Clear Printing for your pushing the boundaries of entrepreneurship
• App Monsters (Mike, Cory, and Michael) for joining our community
• Surf In Town for providing amazing wireless service to our 2^nd Location at the Capsity Parks
• Rebecca Johnson of Get Networking Now for bringing in clients and keeping us networked
• Darby Flynn of Eventually for bringing fun energy to the office
• David Chapman & Robert Pine of ImageCorp Media for keeping the atmosphere cheerful
• Philip Howard of The Right Music for providing insightful information to marketing
• Delano Sherman of Blue Circle Realty for being a part of the community
• Danny Vuong of Cathay Bank supporting us in from the beginning
• Keith Adachi of Leland Insurance for being patient and helping us understand our exposures
• Paul Dickey from Sacramento State College for keeping us involved and being a great sounding board
• Connie Nakano of Fancy Four Paws for referring business and being a great community member
• Ed Chandler of Loft Gardens for the consistent support, feedback, and eventual rooftop garden
• Dean our UPS Delivery Guy for letting us have his mobile phone to contact him
• Jerry Kennedy for taking chances and taking action for himself and his colleagues
• Michael Leeper (formerly of CPP) for going above and beyond and hearing all our complaints
• Joel and Sue Canfield for helping us stoke the fires of entrepreneurship
• Jenna Langer for allowing us to take part in SacBarCamp 2009
• Dustin Bell of Dusty Bee Janitorial Services for keeping Capsity Offices clean
• Jaclyn Hopkins of Body Zen Healing for bringing a new energy to the office and providing complimentary massages
• Emilie and Vadym of Saccoworking for supporting the Coworking community and having a vision for something great (see Saccoworking Twitter)
• The Urban Hive Coworking for being supportive of the Coworking movement in Sacramento
• Bikeramento Team for being here at Capsity and helping the Sacramento community
• Daniel Baker of CBRE for working with us and helping us find our 1^st Location
• Ashley Marino of Aqua Perfect and ICUP Comedy troupe for our serendipitous meeting and providing delicious coffee
• Dan Fischer for giving us solid feedback without the frills
• Karla Fung for helping us brainstorm marketing ideas and always being supportive
• Linda Khiev for being there at the very beginning and your constant smile at the office
• Rickey Sanchez and John Orozzco of A2B Concepts for joining the community and immediately having an impact
• The rest of our 2321 P Street Community: Rainbow Health Kare, Dr. Amy Brown, Blossoms Embrace, and GH Realty
• Stephanie Nguyen of Asian Resources giving us the opportunity to participate in a wonderful Community Based Organization
• Meng Vue, Derek Nguyen, Hao Do for being our 1^st Capsity Sparks and always going above and beyond our expectations
• Judy Lin, Jenn Dela Fuente, Dan Johnson, Rickey Sanchez, John Orozco, Rob Archie, and in spirit: Teresa Gordy for participating in our 1^st Annual Chick-Fil-A Nugget Eating Contest at our 1 Year Anniversary
• Roderick Bedingfield for being an amazing mentor and giving us an opportunity to learn
• Inside Publications for writing 2 awesome articles about Capsity Offices (see “Collaborative Working Space” by Jocelyn Munroe and “Beyond the Cafe” by Julie Foster)
• Melanie Turner of Sacramento Business Journal for giving us the chance to be in the Sacramento Business Journal, twice (see Article 1 and Article 2)
• Jonathan Mendick for writing up excellent articles about Capsity Offices and Sacramento Coworking in the Sacramento Press (see “Capsity Offices” and Article 2)
• Rob Archie of Pangaea Café for inspiring us and giving us the opportunity to develop the Parks
• All our Followers on Twitter
• All of our Fans on our Facebook Fan Page

And finally:

• To La Soga for providing delicious burritos for the 1^st brainstorming session of Capsity Offices!