> Only issue: Not one commuter or telecommuter. Everyone here is small > business, consultant, social media....
My partner and I recently visited Qwirk and Sandbox in Columbus, Ohio. Interestingly, both said that drop-in traffic was almost non- existent. My observation was that most revenue was from full-time membership, and most full-time members were small businesses (with great diversity: screen-printing, photography, attorneys, engineers!), as opposed to freelancers and telecommuters. This was non-intuitive to me because originally I thought coworking mostly appealed to individuals working from home. But I have now come to believe that, while initial fanfare brings in a lot of traffic at first, over time, people who work from home really don't mind working from home. So relying on drop-in traffic to sustain the space seems to be a losing proposition, and the real "bread-and-butter" lies in small businesses needing office space signing up for full-time memberships. Have others found this to be the case? Thanks for any input, Gerard Sychay http://cincycoworks.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=.
