Right on, Sharon! You're going to find that many investors aren't going to understand this model. If they're real estate investors, they will muddy your business model. If they're startup investors, they'll be looking for significant returns.
At this point, you have two groups of people to convince: members and investors. That's 2x the work...which is a big part of why I advocate for a different approach: http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ Good luck! -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Sharon Schanzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm hard at work trying to find investors to make our NYC upper west side > coworking space a reality. I'm wondering what the trend has been regarding > fundraising and where I should focus my substantial but still limited > energy. So far seem I've found people who are really interested but have no > "real" money or people potentially interest and have money but so far > haven't "drunk the coworking coolaid." > > There seems to be quite a few routes to take: > > 1) Self-funding > 2) Angels > 3) Real estate investors > 4) General/tech investors > 5) Crowdfunding > 6) Friends and family > 7) Partnership with existing coworking owners > 8) Others? > > What has been most successful for you and what hasn't been? Thanks in > advance! > > THANKS! > Sharon > > *Sharon Schanzer > Founder & Creative Director : RLDGROUP : where technology, creativity & > strategy meet > Founder : Helix : Coworking and connecting on the Upper West Side* > > @helixnyc > @nycsfmaven > > www.rldgroup.com > www.helixnyc.com > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonschanzer > > [email protected] > 646.595.0033 office > 917.677.5827 mobile/sms > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
