You're welcome, Jennifer and Anca. Happy to share.
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 6:50 PM, Matt D. <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi everyone. >> >> Sorry for the delay — I've been traveling. I'm going to try to respond to >> some of your posts, below: >> >> Melissa, Jamie, Gretchen, Alex and Ramon - you're welcome! We're happy to >> share. >> >> Jeannine - you're more than welcome to link to the post and share it >> however you like, absolutely! We're happy to chat about developing it >> further, if you like. Hit us up via email (theskillery.com/contact). >> >> Some of you asked a question about the "license fee" that's part of our >> revenue. Great question. This is comprised of one, two or all three of the >> following things: >> >> 1. A coffee shop just opened in our building. Before they opened, I >> invited them to operate a pop-up coffee shop our of our kitchenette. This >> gave them nine months of operational experience before they moved into >> their own space. My deal with them was that they pay us a monthly stipend >> to cover utilities (which shows up in the license fee) and they had to >> give >> our members free coffee. They moved out a few months ago, leaving us >> without their licensing fee, and, more importantly, without their coffee. >> =) >> 2. I invited a local writers collective to call The Skillery home. >> They hold their classes in our space, and their two directors are >> full-time >> members. We also list their writing classes on the /classes page of our >> website. This is a slightly unique arrangement from a typical membership, >> so we consider them "licensees" and they pay us a monthly fee to call The >> Skillery their home. >> 3. We invited a local company to occupy the 1,700 square foot section >> in the rear of our space. They use it for client work 5-10 days per >> month. >> When not in use, the space is still available to our members. We >> consider this company a "roommate". This is a good situation for us for a >> few reasons: >> 1. First and foremost, we like these people. We have known them >> for a long time, and are glad to see them in our space on a daily >> basis. >> 2. We like the work they do. They teach design thinking, >> prototyping, empathy, storytelling, and other skills that we feel are >> a >> good fit for our members and our community. >> 3. They furnished the space that they license from us, which saved >> us capital expenses in the early days. That meant that we didn't have >> to >> pay to furnish almost 1/3 of our space. >> 4. Their space is stocked with whiteboards, flexible furniture, >> and tons of post-it notes. Our members love the resources back there. >> 5. Their license fee pays half of our rent. >> >> These arrangements are unique. They are more than memberships. They are >> possible for us because our space is big enough to accommodate them, but, >> more importantly, because the people involved understand that they are part >> of a shared space. A community. They are good roommates, tenants, >> licensees, members and friends. These relationships work. Nonetheless, the >> agreements are month-to-month, and we're constantly reevaluating whether >> they're a good fit. >> >> Happy to answer other questions! >> >> -Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:34:02 AM UTC-4, Matt D. wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey everyone. >>>> >>>> I own a space in Nashville, Tennessee, here in the US, and we've just >>>> hit our one-year anniversary. We decided to write a blog post with lessons >>>> we've learned along the way, and we included a lot of data about >>>> membership >>>> numbers, revenue, expenses, etc... >>>> >>>> There's also a link at the bottom of the post to download a 12-page PDF >>>> that we created with much of the same info and data, in case that's an >>>> easier read. It also contains a spreadsheet view of our revenue and >>>> expenses that might be helpful for those planning a new space. >>>> >>>> The post is here: >>>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/7/8/lessons-from-our-first-year-of-running-a-coworking-space >>>> >>>> Hope y'all find it helpful. Would love to hear your thoughts, and we're >>>> happy to answer questions via the blog comments, and/or here, or >>>> wherever... >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Matt >>>> The Skillery >>>> theskillery.com | @theskillery >>>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -=-=-=- > Anca Mosoiu | Tech Liminal > [email protected] <javascript:> > M: (510) 220-6660 > http://techliminal.com | T: @techliminal | F: facebook.com/techliminal > -- 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. 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