I need to clarify something. I thought by supplying as much numerical information as possible in my post was wise.
The economics of Co-Working is not a pyramid scheme. If a Co-Worker ask several Co’workers to help them with a project or a proposition by prepaying the members fee as an advertising cost for them (whether they do so are not) I do not see how this is considered a pyramid? You see when this word pyramid, MLM and other such schemes are used (with videos) it gives the negative impression that the wool is attempting to be pulled over the reader eyes because of mass ignorance of definitions. This is not case here. I have obligation to respond according. The type of scheme called pyramids; MLM etc are ‘opened ended’ and cannot possibly reach a conclusion where people are recruiting people to recruit people to recruit people. This posted project is fixed inside of a Limited Liability Company where the LLC name itself gives the legal ramification of inclusive members, annual none taxable dividends etc… This project is asking for 1,023 Co-Owners to attract 10 people because we all become non competitive parties of something that is monetized to be bigger and designed to give the Coworker owners more value in this alignment. If Co-workers ask several existing Co-worker to help them get client of 10 each, I do not see how this is s pyramid? The mere fact of asking business owners to help get people whether it is 2, 10, or 20 does not in my learned opinion suggest the reference to pyramid or continuous recruitment? The original positive pyramid concept comes from the lever principle where we get the ‘leverage’. This same leverage principle works to assemble the human body by what is called cell division which is a 1-2-4-8 etc geometrical progression where the end is known in advance to produce a human being. If I or any Co-worker asks to help getting people that may be clients I or we are asking them to leverage their human contacts. There are no comments anticipate if there is no interest. This startup like many start ups need 10,000 paid subscribers to demonstrate to more VC’s, an Ad Agency, future employees, vendors that it has a viable subscription services where all current or future Co-worker locations established by this client are part of its business model. Obviously I do not expect this opportunity to resonate with all Co-Owners. Thanks Paul On Saturday, June 9, 2012 9:09:55 AM UTC+5:30, Angel Kwiatkowski wrote: > > Wow. Nothing has ever made less sense to me : / > I barely passed economics, however this does remind me of an episode of > The Office somehow... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0GmwMl8FIY > > On Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:02:38 PM UTC-6, Paul Katchings wrote: >> >> How many coworkers have participated in barn raising? Friendly >> neighbors from near and far come to a location to help one of their >> own construct a barn. A day’s hard work and sweat is rewarded with >> free lemonade, home-canned veggies and perhaps some baskets of fruit. >> Most of all, it’s a fun and collaborative effort. >> >> How many Coworking Space owners are aware of SecondMarket where barns >> are also built? These kinds of barns are better known as the startup >> companies whose employees and vendors are rewarded with “sweat >> equity.” >> >> SecondMarket is one of the secondary markets where the equity in many >> high tech and social media private companies is traded before their >> initial public offering. What’s interesting about SecondMarket is that >> anyone can sell private company stock and anyone residing outside the >> US can buy private company stock. Within the US, only accredited >> investors are allowed to purchase. >> >> I have a company client – a Utah LLC – whose business model brings >> ownership with earnings to its members. Let’s say a new food company >> sells locally grown food to members of this LLC. Let’s say another new >> company brings a unique transportation service to these same LLC >> members. If you like, imagine other products or services from other >> new companies and add them to the list. In all these examples, the LLC >> members buy the product or service and receive something extra. >> >> All these companies are designed to give ownership to the LLC members >> who buy their products or services. The companies set aside 46% >> ownership for a customer base of 14 million LLC members. Since these >> companies are also LLCs, their customers receive their share of the >> LLC profits, i.e. ownership with earnings! Any LLC member would pay $1 >> a month to be notified of new companies with products or services that >> are bundled with equity for their customers. >> >> The provision of a safety net of equity for customers is a powerful >> idea that economies across the globe need today. In Coworking Spaces >> across the globe, we should collaborate to bring this idea to the >> marketplace. We can raise this global barn in various ways. Please >> allow me to share a few ideas. >> >> Let’s say a thousand Coworking Space owners help the Utah LLC with 10 >> members each. The company would reach the milestone of 10,000 members >> in a few days and a New York Advertising Agency will propel the >> membership to 14 million in a few months. Some owners could attract 10 >> candidates for signup, pay their $12 fee ($1 per month) and apply the >> $120 as advertising for their Coworking Space. That’s a small expense >> for “sweat equity” whose implied value is about $6K today and is >> projected at one million dollars in a few months. Please take a look >> at https://www.secondmarket.com/company/equity-score-llc and let’s >> raise this barn. >> >> Paul >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/TJp8VdKpfYMJ. 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.
