So cowork...@bob is moving along. We keep showing the space and we have our first paying customer, but we have obsticals, we will be the first coworking space with an official Olympic art installation, this sounds impressive but what it means is our coworking space is basically a mess for a month or more. We plan to just let people have that month free and if they need to work badly we'll accomodate them, but for a variety of reasons we had to say yes to the Olympics...
But that isn't what this post is about. I'm showing the space and one of the things people ask for is lockable storage. We have some desks and cabinets that lock, but I thought we'll just buy enough lockers for one per coworker, not even knowing how many coworkers our space can fit. 20 is our cashflow positive number and the space is easily big enough for that. People who have seen our space and the competition note our size, what we can't offer in this location is dedicated desks or private meeting rooms. To solve the last one will require expanding the space. Before we expand we need paying customers and in order to get paying customers we may need to provide them with lockers. We're offering a flat rate, cheaper than most competition, though more competition seems to emerge every week in Vancouver. Luckily for BOB we're a non- profit and though our location isn't ideal, we have some goodwill and allies in the community and we're all for there being more than one coworking space, we just think our mandate can be expanded to include providing coworking, meeting, and event space as part of our economic and business development services. Anyway long story short should we add yet another start up expense and provide every potential coworker with their own locker, requiring us to buy 20+ lockers soon. Or should we just buy one rack allowing us to potentially get bargains and then charge as other coworking spaces I've researched do, an additional monthly fee for dedicated lockable storage space? We have storage space, lots of room for bikes or coats, just nothing that locks beyond a few drawers and file cabinets, which I'm currently offering on a first come first serve basis... Cheers, -- 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.
