What are you asking me? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerome Chang Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 4:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Coworking] G'day from Melbourne, Australia
Hi. See below. Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com<http://www.blankspaces.com> 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 323.330.9505 (office) On Jul 20, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Sean Qian <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 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. For a space this small, a combo of your looking up, and your trusting that people will use what they pay for...this should suffice. Even a quick Google Calendar could work. Or perhaps enlist a SharedDesk/LiquidSpace/etc. and they can check in via that. 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? layout the space. generally, people assume you can sell 2x more memberships than there are seats. I've seen higher in my space...I've seen lower. 3. Should I concentrate my advertising/marketing towards other migration agents or similar professionals or be more broad? In my opinion, 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. In my opinion, printer. There are many combo units for <$200. Usually, copying isn't ideal but it can be done. Printing is the core function. 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<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]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. <Floorplan.png> -- 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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.
