I think it could work, coworking providing business support services other than by members. I'd love to hear of examples where it did.
One interesting model is the reverse - http://www.pregamehq.com And General Assembly started in NYC as coworking+classes, and then I think became only classes? I've liked visiting both. Members sharing skills definitely works well, and experts coming in for free can work okay. I've seen many coworking spaces close soon when the owner want to offer business training for a fee, or even free, to members. I think it's a different service than coworking. Again, I'd love to hear where this works; I'm sure it could. On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 7:16 PM Aloma Loren <[email protected] wrote: > Hello! > > I think offering business support services is a great idea. After all, if > most of your members are business owners many of them are likely looking > for various forms of support to learn and grow their business. I also think > that sometimes there is value in just having things available even if most > members don't use them (like our weekly yoga class everyone oohs and aaahs > about but only few attend). Even the members that don't use these services > can feel there is added value and it can give your space credibility > instead of just being space. > We offer an Online Business Accelerator > <https://buildyourdream.business/accelerator/>program that is a > combination of training materials accessible online and a weekly group > coaching session (also online). This is a program my husband launched to > help support not only our members but other coworking spaces as well that > want to add a coaching/business accelerator program without having to build > their own. We offer our members a big discount and they can add it when > they sign up. > We also have a Business Resource Center we are using to provide members > with materials and support from the many organizations that offer small > business support such as the SCORE mentoring program (they hold office > hours with free advising available for example) and the SBDC that provides > us with their class schedules, etc. > > On Monday, January 21, 2019 at 8:40:11 AM UTC-8, [email protected] > wrote: >> >> Hello Everyone! >> I am working on my coworking concept, and want to offer coaching >> services. This will add overhead to the basic membership. I think it >> could add value to the community, but not sure if my niche client, >> "entrepreneur", will be able to afford this type of service. I want to >> build a coworking space that is focused on growing the individuals in the >> community, not just another corporate office space for rent. My question >> is, has anyone offered coaching services before, and who would be the >> targeted client? Freelancer? Startups? Entrepreneurs? Although I love >> this idea, I fear I will have no market for it. Thoughts? Thanks. Trey >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
