Hi Jodi, At Igluu I would say after we decided on the space we took about 3 months preparing/planning (which also included preparing for an extensive renovation of the space itself - we'll try to avoid that next time as it was a real money pit), then another 3 months execution before opening. We have been open since march this year so five months and we currently have about 30 memberships - our space has 26 hot desks. We have kept extensive statistics and it pretty much averages out to just over one membership per week. That puts us slightly under our planned target but makes us feel comfortable we'll hit it soon. I will say that getting the people took a lot more effort than we thought it would take - our biggest competitor is the home office and especially in these times people will weigh that 'for free' option against the benefits a coworking space brings. Three things that have really worked for us are: putting out flyers in local shops and bars, holding regular breakfast events at Igluu, joining and using LinkedIn groups and more recently we started using Twitter as well.
Hope you find this useful, Jeroen Riedstra Igluu - WorkSpace for Professionals www.igluu.nl twitter.com/igluu On Aug 12, 1:01 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am aware that there have been a number of spaces, including Indy > Hall, Cubes & Crayons and Citizen Space has expanded in the last 9 > months. With that in mind, what has been your timeline from start to > expansion, in terms of length? > > Thanks, > > Jodi Dean > OurSpace Fort Waynewww.ourspacefortwayne.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
