We (Workantile in Ann Arbor) tried this, but had to abandon it. There were several issues that made it difficult both for us and for the coffee shop:
1. There was a lot of noise from the shop - coffee grinders, espresso machines, customer chatter, kids, etc. 2. Coffee shop customers kept trooping through the coworking areas to use the restroom, tying it up and causing our members to wait in line. 3. It was difficult figuring out how internet connectivity fees should be split between us and the shop. All of these things can be worked out, but if you do this keep in mind that keeping the shop separate from the coworking area, having separate entrances for shop customers and coworkers, and separate restrooms, will make everyone happier. On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Erynn Lyster <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Everyone > > We are a coworking space located in Canada and are thinking about the idea > of partnering with a local coffee house and having them set up a coffee > shop in our space. > > We were just wondering if anyone had any experience with that - how did > you agree to rental terms with the shop (ie: did they pay you rent or did > you split profits?) and also how did you get around the issue of free vs > paid-for coffee? We currently provide great free coffee and we believe that > we should continue to provide free coffee, but obviously this is a bit of a > conflict of interest. We don't have any fancy coffees like espressos or > cappuccinos, though, which the coffee partner could provide along with > snacks etc. > > Any insight would be appreciated! > > ~Erynn > > -- > -- > Erynn Lyster > The Commons Calgary > a cowork apothecary > > www.thecommonscalgary.com > (403) 399-1716 (cell) or (403) 452-7938 (office) > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- twb member, Workantile <http://workantile.com/> @twbrandt -- 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/d/optout.
