Hi Alex I think that to do a good research and to estimate the profit-expenses- investment I need a estimated capacity and see If the business is sustainable. I understand the coworking concept and I love It but the reality is that this is a business and I have to know the numbers. So I need to calculate maximum capacity and use a % of that to know my break even and then with this information take good decisions.
Ignacio On Apr 13, 8:14 pm, Alex Hillman <[email protected]> wrote: > How many are needed to make your business sustainable? How big is your > overhead, and how stable is your (potential) membership? What kind of > workstations do they expect? Are there alternative workspaces within the > coworking space? > > I wouldn't base anything on our numbers, but we're currently operating with > ~33 full time members with 48 desks available, meaning that > the remaining ~15 desks are shared by around 100 non-full-time members. Most > of them are in the office to use a desk once or twice a month if that, while > others are in 2-3 days a week. We have room for more desks, and only hit > desk capacity (or close) once in a while, so our growth allows a fair amount > of remaining headroom. > > But the bottom line is there are a LOT of very human variables, and if > you're optimizing for bodies per desk, you're likely optimizing the wrong > thing. :) > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Colo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > I'm doing a research about coworking and I have a question for > > coworking managers. > > How many members do you have in a desk? For explame, If you have 10 > > desks, how many members do you admit?10?20?30?40? > > I think that depends on the type of contract (month, week, day, etc) > > but I'd like to know an average to understand the business. > > > Thanks! > > Colo > > > -- > > 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.
