Think of "free use" as a marketing tool. It varies space to space.
For instance, we don't have a "free dropin" policy like some, but some of our signup rates include free days. Also, consider Jelly ( http://workatjelly.com/) as a market growing technique. I know there are already multiple Atlanta Jelly groups. Bottom line, though, is if you want to be a sustainable business, include memberships that a) work for your members and b) work for you. -Alex -- ----- -- ----- Alex Hillman im always developing something digital: [EMAIL PROTECTED] visual: www.dangerouslyawesome.com local: www.indyhall.org On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Mike Schinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hi all: > > I'm hearing that a lot of you are allowing people to use the coworking > spaces for free. In trying to plan a facility I've run the numbers and I > don't see how that is possible. First I don't see how you can get people > to > pay for what you are giving for free and second I don't see how you can > make > the density work. > > I understand that coworking is all about providing an open environment and > letting people use it w/o signing up is in the spirit of things but in > order > for us to pull this off it needs to be profitable, i.e. not operating at a > loss. > > Could anyone speak to this please? Thanks in advance. > > -Mike Schinkel > President; NewClarity LLC > Organizer: Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel > http://mikeschinkel.com > http://atlanta-web.org > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
