Awesome tip and example of prototyping and iterating in the real world! -Alex
/ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Sarah Neal (OurSpace) <ourspace.sa@ gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe you could add 5 lockers and 10 cubbies. See which get used more > and then base your decision on what your customers actually use the > most. > > On Dec 11, 8:54 pm, Muskie <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]<coworking%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
