Thanks Alex - I had some accounting software in my head, but certainly 
communication tools had escaped my thoughts! 

Instead of imposing specific software on future members, my plan had been 
to speak to them and try and tailor the software to their 
needs/requirements/wants - my thinking is that some people will prefer 
email, other's facebook, twitter, slack etc. but I'm going to go out on a 
limb and suppose there's not going to be a one-size-fits-all that everyone 
is happy to use!



On Monday, 9 October 2017 14:58:38 UTC+1, Alex Hillman wrote:
>
> Two big ones not on your list are both human service costs: 
>
> - *staff* (unless you want to be chained to a desk, you're gonna want 
> someone at least part time to help steer the ship on a daily basis)
> - *cleaning service* (I'm a big advocate of setting an expectation that 
> members help take care of the space, but at the very least bathrooms need 
> generally need professional care and normal foot traffic means floors will 
> need to be cleaned at least weekly if not more often. 
>
> Another big one that people often forget but adds up quickly is business 
> software. That's your website, billing/management software (including 
> payment processing fees), communication and support tools, etc. There's 
> quite a bit of decent free stuff out there, but biz software does start to 
> add up fast!
>
> -alex
>
>
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> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:45 AM, Mark <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
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>
>> Hi all,
>> Alongside meeting people and making contacts within my local community 
>> I’m putting together the outline of a business plan - more for my own 
>> information than anything else.
>>
>> As part of that process I’m compiling a list of (very) loose monthly 
>> outgoings and I was wondering if anyone might share theirs - not figures, 
>> just items.
>>
>> There are going to be all the obvious ones - rent, internet’s, rates, 
>> coffee (!) etc. - but it’s the less obvious ones I’m hoping to discover - 
>> the slightly left field stuff that nobody thinks about until after they’ve 
>> launched!
>>
>> Thanks in advance, all feedback is gratefully received by this 
>> enthusiastic wannabe!
>>
>> Mark
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