We have a couple attorneys here in our community. One attorney in particular is looking at forming a Non-profit Legal Clinic focusing on entrepreneurship and businesses. In the mean time we're brainstorming a Legal Workshop to at least show people the process and resources that available. Has anyone else done any Legal / Insurance workshops/seminars?
Some topics we've come up with to discuss include: L3C's, shared equity, contracts (client/employee/partnerships), copyright/trademark, and various legal docs (i.e. NDA) -Jeff Louie Capsity Offices On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Mike Schinkel <[email protected]>wrote: > Get idea. One thing would be to get pro bono law firm to draw up > standardized legal agreements to lower costs? > (not sure how that would work across jurisdictions.) > > -Mike > > On Dec 14, 2009, at 4:24 PM, BrianR wrote: > > > From a search of our list archives I see the word 'crowdfunding' was > > mentioned once about three years ago. So I'd like to take this > > opportunity to bring it back up. > > > > As coworking spaces open and grow we'll need more and more capital. > > There are lots of ways to raise it. To keep the real sense of > > community embedded in coworking we must engage more people in > > ownership opportunities. > > > > My business is planning on growing. I can do this lots of ways. I'd > > like for it to be done with my greater community. So lets figure it > > out here. For the benefit of everyone. I hope this thread will be like > > a workshop. > > > > INSPIRATIONS > > http://www.kickstarter.com/ > > > > IDEAS > > What if you need to raise $100,000 USD? If you offer lifetime > > memberships to your coworking space for $500 you'll need 200 sales. > > > > What kind of services do coworkers get for a lifetime membership? > > > > What if you raise seed capital to guarantee a loan? Can initial > > capital just be used to raise more money? > > > > LEGAL > > Can you give 200 coworker members/investors real equity in your > > company? What are the challenges in doing this? > > > > FINANCIAL > > What is the overhead of raising money? Online transaction fees? Legal > > fees? > > > > STEPS > > 1) Organize concept, legal, website, etc > > 2) Publicize membership/investment offering > > 3) Accept funds > > 4) 1st Deadline - End of fundraising > > 5) 2nd Deadline - When money must be used for stated purpose (ex. > > Launching space) > > > > > > Please edit these steps, answer questions, and add to the process. > > Lets crowdsource this crowdfunding HowTo. > > > > -BrianR > > > > Carrboro Creative Coworking > > www.carrborocoworking.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]<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]<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.
