Hey Lars, Thanks for taking the time to share in the detailed way that you did. I just had a meeting last night with a market research company to discuss our needs. Looking at your surveys will be helpful, as I frame the scope of things.
I'll follow you on twitter. *Andre Robb* Founder Added Source Jamaican-based resource hub where young social innovators and entrepreneurs co-exist, get support, learn, raise capital and build enterprises.* * www.addedsource.com http://connect.addedsource.com/ @addedsource <http://www.twitter.com/addedsource> 994-0445 . 883-8554* * ---- Andre`, God's Own! I like this thought - Roman 1:9. "For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers." 2 Timothy 2:4. "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to On 1 May 2012 07:51, Lars Hasselblad Torres <[email protected]> wrote: > Re: Market research > > This was a key component to getting the ball rolling for Local 64, a new > coworking/creativity incubator in Montpelier, Vermont. I ran two surveys > which I used to frame up context in my business plan. Here's a little > background: > > A central claim that I and other drivers at Local 64 are making is that > Vermont is at an inflection point, our nascent creative economy is tipping > and this is the right time to be making some smart investments in creative > industries in a state traditionally dominated by agricultural concerns. > > So with that in mind, I wanted to find out a) a little more about who is > creating, what they're creating, where they create, where they sell, etc; > and b) what is the appetite for connection, the need for space, etc. These > were the topics of the two surveys that were fielded, one in February and > the second in March. The first survey targeted the entire state, the second > targeted central Vermont creatives - in my market catchment. > > Now, reach and completion wasn't as robust as I'd have liked: averaged 40 > respondents for each where I'd have preferred closer to 100. Anyway, I used > Google survey to collect and run very basic interpretation of the data. > > *Survey* 1 is here: http://bit.ly/IS50NS / *Results* here: > http://bit.ly/KohZ7T > > *Survey* 2 is here: http://bit.ly/Ij3WAy /* Results* here: > http://bit.ly/FOfhrF > > It would be interesting, for "drivers" in this movement, to provide a > customizable survey that coworking startups could use - this would provide > some useful topline data as well as value to the startup. > > Hope this is helpful. Very best, > > lars > --- > @lhtorres > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
