Karen, it sounds like you have it very well thought out. Kudos! I looked at your site and since you are going after the creative crowd I understand having a more polished campaign. I also noticed you went to the U of A. I am also a Wildcat! Bear Down.
I already liked you on FB and will put you on my Google Alerts and can't wait to see your Kickstarter! One more questions - I looked at Kickstarter and there isn't really a category for Coworking. Where are you going to post it? Best of Luck! Eric On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-4, Karen Ruane wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > If one wanted, they could probably put together a Kickstarter campaign in > an afternoon. However, the campaign, and its response, would reflect that. > For us, it's been really important to present a professional and well > thought-out campaign which includes professionally designed graphics, > images and research to back us up. We are also producing a video with a > professional videographer. In addition, we've been working on forging > relationships with the community and local businesses in anticipation of > being able to hit them up once our campaign begins. As part of the final > touches on this campaign, I've also been sending out previews to business > professionals I'm acquainted with to get feedback on the writing and tone > of the campaign. So much of my time has been spent making small adjustments > to language and design. > > Hope that helps! I still totally think it's worth a shot. At the very > least, it'll help raise community awareness for our space and maybe bring > us a few more members. > > Best, > > Karen > > On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 8:08:46 PM UTC-7, Eric Lituchy wrote: >> >> Karen, thanks for sharing! Can you tell me why getting the campaign is >> so time-consuming? It is wordsmithing, getting together photos, or >> something else? Are you producing a video? It seems straight forward, but >> I know from experience that things are usually harder than they seem. >> >> Eric >> >> On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 10:57:00 PM UTC-4, Karen Ruane wrote: >>> >>> Hi Eric, >>> >>> I am opening a space in August and will be launching a Kickstarter >>> campaign on June 1. I've studied quite a few Kickstarter campaigns for >>> Coworking space, most of which were successful. It's true, the rewards are >>> different because we don't have much of a product to offer. However, >>> there's lots of room for creativity in rewards. We will offer things like >>> short term memberships, art from members who've already signed up, >>> advertising in our space or in our media, Swag with our logo on it... We >>> made sure to create incentives for both local potential clients and >>> everyone else who likes the idea of promoting the coworking industry. >>> >>> There aren't many pitfalls to trying to crowd-fund. Of course, you >>> shouldn't abandon other avenues for raising capital, just in case you >>> aren't successfully funded. And then there's the work of it - I've been >>> working on this campaign for over a month and it is still not ready to >>> launch. Doing it right is quite a commitment and takes hours and hours of >>> work. But other than that, I'd say go for it! >>> >>> Time will tell if I'd repeat that advice! >>> >>> Best of Luck, >>> >>> Karen >>> http://www.thewildsbend.com >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:59:43 AM UTC-7, Eric Lituchy wrote: >>>> >>>> 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.
