HI All, My name's Sean and I'm planning on starting a co-working space for my colleagues and I in a few months. We're all newly registered migration agents and are hoping to get our own businesses up and running. We've been meeting at least once a month, usually at a restaurant, to talk over cases and to catch up but I figure we'd be a lot more productive working together a few days a week.
Through a family connection I've managed to secure a premises on Collins Street, which is one of Melbourne CBD's (Central Business District ie Down town) premier street locations at a very reasonable rental rate. I've also negotiated a free period which I'm sure will come in handy. The office is approx 90m2, has a large open area, 2 decent sizes office rooms, a kitchenette and a small office which can be used as a private room or phone call room. I've uploaded a quick floorplan I drew for those interested. I've been doing a lot of research about the movement and am so eager to meet all sorts of different people through the process of having a space, but I've got a few beginner questions which I'm hoping can be discussed and answered here. 1. So far, I think I'm going to have 3 membership packages - an all access pass, 3 days a week, and the casual 1 day a week. How can I keep a track of who comes in and when? Is the only solution to purchase/create some kind of management software like Nexudus or Cobot? I'd like to not have to sit at the front desk all the time. 2. Let's say the office has 85m2 of usable workstation space after the kitchenette is taken out, how should I calculate how many members I can there at any one time, and how many members I can have there overall? 3. Should I concentrate my advertising/marketing towards other migration agents or similar professionals or be more broad? 4. What are some must have things? Photocopier/Printer? Couches? Water tank? I will supply a small fridge, microwave. coffee machine, kettle, tea and coffee beans. Any feedback on the above would be greatly appreciated. I hope to have our co-working space up and running soon! Cheers, Sean -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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