> One other question regarding the startup - any thoughts on investors vs > sponsors vs no outside capital?
http://dangerouslyawesome.com/2011/09/how-to-fund-your-coworking-space/ <<< probably my most popular article is on this topic. With that said…. I’m pretty sure I can count the number of people who have gone directly from full time employment to earning a living from their coworking space on one hand. That’s not to say that people aren’t making a living from coworking, but that starting a coworking space almost never their first self-employing business straight out of having a j-o-b. There are, however, MANY people who I know have been successful in growing a coworking space alongside another otherwise profitable business (consulting/service, product, etc). In most of those cases, the coworking space actually served as a factor in growing their business…which is awesome, because they get to experience first hand the benefits of coworking to THEIR business, just like the other people who join their coworking space. The good news is that soooooo many more jobs today can be translated into a freelance or consultant role. What kind of work do you currently do, Jason? -Alex ------------------ The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself. Join the list: http://coworkingweekly.com Listen to the podcast: http://listen.coworkingweekly.com On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Jason Phelps <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback guys! > I'm also not at the point where I can quit my day job to do this fulltime, > but I'm interested in that possibility in the future. For those that went > from double-duty to fulltime in coworking, what was your turning point to > know that it was time to quit your day job because things were able to make > the income you needed to support your family/lifestyle/whatever. Any > insights into making that transition? > One other question regarding the startup - any thoughts on investors vs > sponsors vs no outside capital? > -- > 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. -- 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.
