Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
YES!!! It will be very helpful as you sort through a range of ways to make and spend money!! Angel On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 12:54:24 PM UTC-6, Kevin Haggerty wrote: > > I'm hugely appreciative of all who have weighed in. I know you are all > very busy, so it means a lot to me. > > Angel:

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Kevin Haggerty
I'm hugely appreciative of all who have weighed in. I know you are all very busy, so it means a lot to me. Angel: I went ahead and picked up your cashflow spreadsheet. I can read through it while I'm listening to Alex's audiobook! :) -- Visit this forum on the web at

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Jerome Chang
I'd like to add that square footage calculations can vary and mislead. For example, some markets list, say, 5000 "rentable sf" but that might include a proportional share of common areas in the overall building. Others list 5000sf plus a load factor, say, 30%. Focus on usable or net square

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
Correct, you claim 28ft2 as your work area but can then wander another 1,200ft2 of common areas throughout the day. Those number are super estimated as I've never measured the footage of our hallways, kitchen or patio. On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 9:34:01 AM UTC-6, Alex Hillman wrote: > >

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Angel Kwiatkowski
Our smallest office is 8x11 ft and rents for $425/month, our largest office is $208 ft2 and sells for $700/month but it's in the basement with only 1 little window. Aside from size, anything can be worked as a private office as long as it has a door, adding exterior windows seems to be the

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Alex Hillman
Yes yes yes - look at Angel's numbers. I also really love the "total number of people/days you can sell per week" model. It's absolutely the most realistic. Also, in practice, we've learned that it's valuable to track the number of unused desks on a daily basis (even if it's a rough count) so you

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Kevin Haggerty
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Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Kevin Haggerty
Alex, Thank you! This is hugely helpful too! Totally hear you on adding value beyond the space. I've recently begun to talk to another local entrepreneur who had previously been interested in starting a local small business incubator. A mutual friend of ours (who acts as a mentor for us both)

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Jen Luby
While we're on the subject, is there a guideline for private office size (i.e. offices that are permanently rented out to members on a monthly or even yearly basis)? I was originally thinking 10'x10', which fits into the 100sf rule. But maybe it's different when you've got four walls to define

Re: [Coworking] Re: Determining capacity

2017-04-27 Thread Alex Hillman
Jen's numbers are pretty close - 100sf per person (that's counts for all common areas, too) is a decent rule of thumb. The 4-to-1 ratio only works on flex desks though, so that final count isn't quite right. I generally recommend staying between 40-60% full time desks, and keeping the rest