I have a hard time imagining the data being valuable enough to sell - and I doubt that's an avenue we'd ever pursue - but it's certainly an interesting thought.
Certainly, we'd participate in some sort of data exchange, if it were available. Who wants to build it?? =) MD On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 8:26:22 PM UTC-6, Jerome wrote: > > FYI, the hotels do it via some data company(ies) who then sell the data so > everyone knows the competition. > Anyone know how they initially got started way back when? > > > *JEROME CHANG* > > *CENTRAL: Mid-Wilshire* > 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) | ph: (323) 330-9505 > > *EAST: Downtown* > 529 S. Broadway, Suite 4000 (@Pershing Square) | ph: (213) 550-2235 > > > *NORTH: Pasadena (Opening 2016 Q2!)600 E. Colorado Blvd. (@Los Robles)* > > <http://vimeo.com/blankspaces> > On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Jacob Sayles <ja...@officenomads.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > We use our own system, Nadine, and Xero, and Excel. I like the idea of > the dashboard, but the monthly meeting really is key. It takes a little > time and attention to look through the numbers. > > Some time ago I was pitching the Open Coworking Database where we all feed > numbers in to a central, neutral repository for data analysis. I even > started working with Steve King on this but we found people have a hard > time being so totally open with their data, even if their identity is > shielded. I still like the idea and think there is a way to do it. > > Jacob > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:48 AM, Matt D. <ma...@theskillery.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks, Tabari. >> >> We use a few main tools to track our data: >> >> First, we use Cobot to manage our coworking space, and Cobot does provide >> us with some basic analytics. We export information about the number of >> members we have, and we've just begun to make use of their accounting >> codes <https://www.cobot.me/guides/accounting-codes> to allow us more >> granular tracking of how our revenue breaks down. >> >> Second, as I mentioned in the post, we hired an accountant this year, and >> we use a mix of Xero and Google Spreadsheets to keep track of our >> financials on a regular basis. Our accountant does his magic in Xero, and >> then once a month we dump the data in a Google Spreadsheet so we can talk >> about it. In this spreadsheet we track revenue, expenses, and much of the >> data you saw in my blog post. (I plan to share some of our Google >> Spreadsheets soon... stay tuned.) >> >> I would love to create some sort of dashboard software that magically >> pulls all of this info together, but, alas, I don't think it exists. For >> now, it's a combination of some custom reporting from Xero and Cobot, some >> manual entry in a Google Spreadsheet, and a monthly meeting to make sense >> of it all. >> >> Holler if you have additional questions. Happy to answer! >> -Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 8:59:06 PM UTC-6, Tabari Brannon wrote: >>> >>> Excellent read. One of the goals I have for 2016 is to track everything. >>> I would be interested to see what systems you have in place to track all >>> this data. Thanks! >>> >>> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey everyone. >>>> >>>> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >>>> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >>>> losing money. >>>> >>>> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >>>> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >>>> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >>>> take a read: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >>>> >>>> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @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 coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > 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 coworking+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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 coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
