I think the below typically applies to smaller coworking spaces.
Well, let me rephrase:
the below is required for smaller spaces
larger spaces does not need to follow the below rule; BUT, should they,
yes, I agree that the below would be ideal.
That said, from my experience of being in the trenches for now, 7 years, I can
comfortably say that recruiting full-timers is MUCH easier than part-timers.
Part-timers have to me, seem only part-ly motivated to join, whether due to
(1) they don’t want to spend $;
(2) they’re so attached with their status quo of their home office;
(3) their interest is so 50/50 fickle, any little thing can wane their
interest.
Also, if you were to spend, say, 1 hour per new part-timer member, between the
tour, follow-up(s), onboarding…to yield $100, and your goal is 10 members, then
you’ll spend 10 hours for those “sales”.
If you were to spend, say, the same 1 hour per new full-timer to yield $300,
then you’d only need to spend a little over 3 hours for those “sales”.
The spread worsens if you seek $10k, or $20k. The very same many DIY/automated
billing and other admin procedures you’ve focused to minimize, is being offset
by exponentially more labor time to sell, or “cost of sales”.
Is that the reason why exec suites probably only ‘rent’ full-time office
spaces? Yes. Same efforts that yield way more $ revenue.
Is there a better mix between the below strategy and exec suites? Yes. And that
will depend upon how you operate, your demographics, your size space, etc.
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On Jan 30, 2015, at 6:11 AM, rachel young <rac...@camaraderie.ca> wrote:
> I'll add another item to Jonathan\s list:
>
> 4 - Less diversity. 100 members with a flex or part time membership is 3x as
> many different occupations, passions, life experiences, and hobbies than 35
> members with a full time membership, so the mix of people that members
> interact with will be much less with full time people packed in, but you can
> cap the number of full time members and ensure there are more part time or
> flex to make that diversity even more apparent and effective.
>
> We have three membership levels: lite, part time, and full time. I always aim
> for a mix of approximately 30%, 50%, 20%, respectively, with no cap on
> daypass users or non-space usage memberships (virtual/non-space usage network
> membership only).
> r.
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> On 30 January 2015 at 05:42, <jonathan.markw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many full-time members with permanent desks is absolutely a problem.
>
> We limit to a maximum of 40% of desks for full-timers. If you go too far
> above that there are at least three common problems:
> 1) Part-time / flexible members don't feel like they have a significant sense
> of ownership of the space. They are more inclined to feel like second class
> citizens using spare desks. They then don't participate in the community as
> much and that magnifies all sorts of other problems.
> 2) Revenue becomes less predictable. I'd rather have 100 people paying $100
> per month than 35 people paying $300.
> 3) The space becomes less flexible. It's much more difficult moving a
> permanent member's desk for a weekend or evening community activity.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Jon
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> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Marius Amado-Alves <amado.al...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> "Too many full time members, not enough flex (or some variation on flex)."
>
> Er... many fulltimers is a *problem*?!?!?
>
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