We purchased rolling locking storage with a seating option on the top from a used office furniture outlet (dual purpose storage/seating). We currently offer storage at no additional charge, as we're in the process of building our coworking community in Chattanooga. We have plans to charge a modest monthly fee in the future as our space fills and grows a waiting list. We had also thought of lockers, but didn't want them stationary in the space.
At your service, Denise Reed www.theconciergelevel.com On Dec 12, 4:07 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
