We offered a similar thing for Independents Hall. We threw in an extra day if you signed up for 6 months of basic membership.
-- Geoff DiMasi P'unk Avenue 215 755 1330 punkave.com window.punkave.com On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Dave Troy wrote: > > Dan, > > We just opened our space on Monday, and we used the Charter Member > concept to help validate our numbers prior to signing our lease. > > Our offer was that any charter members who made a commitment (verbal > only) to a particular rate for six months would receive a 10% discount > on the first month and the security deposit. > > In our case that meant: > $25/mo = $45 charter member rate > $175/mo = $315 charter member rate > $275/mo = $495 charter member rate > > This worked very well for us in terms of getting people's > commitments. All but one of the people who committed to the charter > member rate ended up being a paying member. I think this approach > helped us meet our numbers and gain critical mass during our critical > transition period from "free" Jelly-ing at the coffeeshop two days a > week to "paid" coworking at our new site. > > Your mileage may vary but I'd say charter membership is worth > considering. > > We're also going to make a plaque and maybe some t-shirts with the > names of the charter members. > > Best, > Dave > -- > Beehive Baltimore LLC > Community Coworking in Baltimore > > On Feb 5, 11:55 am, Elevation Brand <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey Everyone, >> >> So we are making progress here in Tampa for establishing a coworking >> facility. We are actively on the hunt for space and expect to have a >> home targeted in the next 30 days. In the meantime, I was wondering >> how other facilities handled charter members during the start up >> phase? Did you ignore them completely and make it a mad rush for the >> door? What level of discount did you provide? Any cap on the number? >> >> Our initial thoughts are that we would extend charter member >> opportunities to the folks that have been regulars to both our Jelly >> sessions and our free entrepreneurial workshops. Included with >> charter >> membership would be a modest discount for the first few months of >> membership (monthly subscriptions only). As we are anticipating 10-15 >> regular working desks available at launch we're thinking of capping >> charter members at 20. >> >> We've hinted around a bit to some of our true believers and they are >> all over us to get involved. Any other landmines we should be >> avoiding? >> >> As always, thanks for your council and support. >> >> Dan Davie >> @elevationbrand, @ideafield > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
