Hi Marius, just a small correction to the my first answer: I did not mean blankspaces, but gangplank http://gangplankhq.com/ , sorry! Apologies to everyone concerned! Greetings, Felix
Am Samstag, 31. Januar 2015 12:26:43 UTC+1 schrieb Felix Schürholz: > > Hi Marius, very good question! Quick answer: > > Yes conference rooms is a good start. I would call it a mix calculation. > You offer some free and some paid coworking. The one "kind of" subsidieses > the other. But it is not one way. Once free coworking picks up in your > space, the social capital generated there, will then subsidies the paid > part and so on. > > To start free coworking afresh, you have various options, depending on the > scale you want to operate at. Starting small, you can do it in your own > home like Lori Kane did > http://www.shareable.net/blog/free-coworking-growing-rapidly-fueled-by-open-collaboration > > or "Hoffice" in Sweden show right now > http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041322/hoffice-turns-your-apartment-into-a-free-and-incredibly-productive-coworking-space.The > > income you generate, is social capital at first that turns into financial > capital as you generate more projects and turnover for yourself as an > operator and your free coworkers. > > Going bigger, you can operate like blankspaces who receive local subsidies. > > You can work with smaller and bigger companies that sponsor parts or the > whole of your space depending on what fits best. > > There are so many different ways to do it, the simple formula I believe > is: "Find the clients and customers of the services and products of your > free coworkers and get them involved in financing your space!" They can > finance on a project base, a time base and so on... > > Maybe you like to get involved in the Free Coworking Challenge > http://www.coworking-news.de/2015/01/the-free-coworking-challenge-it-is-very-easy-to-do/ > so that we can set up a professional platform that helps every free > coworking operator to organize free coworking and generate income from > offering free coworking. > > Greetings, Felix > > > > > > Am Freitag, 30. Januar 2015 11:40:10 UTC+1 schrieb Marius Amado-Alves: >> >> How would a free coworking space get income (to pay rent, manager, etc.) ? >> >> I see some sites rent the conference rooms, is that it? >> >> Thanks a lot. >> > -- 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.
