I am new to the Cowork world and find this group to be an amazing resource. Thanks in advance!
In July, I am opening a coworking space on Long Island. I am currently working on building the community and already have 6 people onboard. I thought of raising some capital from friends and family, but started to think that crowdfunding (Indiegogo, Plumfund, etc.) might be a better option. Capital will be used for rent, furniture, technology, etc. My questions: 1. Does crowdfunding make sense as a way to fund a startup coworking space? My primary goal of the crowdfunding would be to get new members to invest in our community. 2. I expect to offer membership deals(ex. Contribute $1000 and get 3-months of cowork space), "Hardship" contributions to give out-of-work individuals free coworking space and media/press mentions for larger contributions. Any thoughts on this? Other ideas? 3. Any potential pitfalls of going the crowdsourced route? Any additional advice is sincerely appreciated. Thank, Eric Long Island Cowork (Finaly name TBD) -- 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.
