Urban ReThink has gotten several interns from local colleges, and since we
are a nonprofit we were able to get a dozen or so incoming freshmen to do a
volunteer day. Our founding director worked at a space years ago that was
run by a university - that was a massive train wreck.
On Jan 13, 2012
Especially when just getting started, there's a lot of power in keeping it
simple. It's tempting and easy to create a membership to fit every person,
down to half days and hourly. The problem I've seen with this is that it
creates overhead both for you (in the fact that you need some way to keep
I go crossed-eyed looking at some rate chats with the hourly model! That head
ache alone is worth any member staying a few hours over their monthly
allotments, so we've kept is simple. 3 main membership rates and based off our
$25/day (membership Fee) + $15/day ongoing
.
Basic = $25/mth -1
Alex,
Thank you for the feedback. I have been reading your post for sometime
now and appreciate your opinions. Yes, I am a coworking google group
follower, and feel the same way about developing a community of
coworkers and not a drive thru' environment. I encourage you and the
others to continue
Chad,
Thank you for the detailed information, I feel the same way with some of
the pricing charts I have looked at...confusing I like the Basic
membership set up and will discuss this with the other core members. Since
you mentioned it on an adverage how many events does your space host a
At Workantile we experimented with various pricing schemes, but settled on
the following:
Full member: $160/month. This comes with 24/7/365 access, ability to
reserve conference rooms, ability to host events. It also comes with an
expectation of work to help maintain the space, such as taking out
Starting with your existing group that already knows you is great. Now you
can consider reaching out to your municipal community, the freelancers,
entrepreneurs, and startups in your area, the potential future members that
you haven't yet met.
Some space owners (us included) held something like a
I would like to remind everyone that Alex is totally right: the flex/hot desk
is the ideal, as that one desk can serve several people. HOWEVER, especially
to the newbies out there, flex desks can be very difficult to sell. After 4
years of operating a coworking space, and now two, there is
That's an interesting comment. All the desks at Workantile are shared. We
tried permanent desks for a while, but there was so little demand that we
discontinued them.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.comwrote:
I would like to remind everyone that Alex is totally
The point here goes back to my (and Rachel's) original point: pay attention
to what people say, need, and do...and adjust.
What Jerome describes as an inherent psychology, I really just think is
habit. It is 100% true that it exists, and it is 100% true that it has the
potential to stand in the
I stand corrected then: flex desks might be all that works. Nonetheless, let
your members and prospectives guide you. And that for those of you who plan to
hinge your biz model on flex desks, that is before you open doors, be prepared
to pivot.
@Alex, yes, perhaps habit is the better word.
People did want someplace where they could leave stuff so we now have
lockers that almost all members use.
On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jerome Chang jer...@blankspaces.comwrote:
I stand corrected then: flex desks might be all that works. Nonetheless,
let your members and prospectives
I'll also point out that permanent *sometimes* works better for teams and
companies than independents - less because the individual's needs, more
because of a new dynamic introduce by team members working together.
When you're working *together*, there are things that are useful to always
have
Cool discussion. We have found out here that dedicated desks are the most
popular. I currently have 6 rented. I have about 20 flex work areas
available, 3 of which are desks just like the dedicated desks, the rest are
round tables, barnes noble wood hand me down tables, etc.
I need to keep the
Loving seeing the variations in what works - more sharing, please! I'd love
to hear more about utilization:
- how many members you have signed as full time and how many are some
sort of flex
- how many workspaces you have available for full time and how many are
some sort of flex
Sizeable Spaces is small (two floors). Floor one is 11 full/part-time
desks; floor two is a conference/coffee area and two private offices.
We're currently at:
2 Private office members (for the private office, we allow 2-3 people
under a membership, they are more $)
9 Full-time Desk Members
4
We (Workantile) currently have:
34 full members who get 24/7/365 access
6 affiliate members, who get 1 day/month free and can purchase additional
day passes
3 student members, who get 24/7/365 access
We have 28 desks. As I said, none are dedicated. We also have a small
conference room which
R,
Okay the town hall meeting sounds good, actually great idea.Do you
mind if I ask how you went about setting that up? Where did you go to
reach the people ? We are in to networking so we have our customary
networking groups, but how did you stimulate action to come to the
town hall and learn
Hey CJay.
We do about 2 community events a month (pot lucks, Beer and Apps, movie nite,
etc) Members only. Then our members host events where non-members attend,
like workshops, classes and clinics. Those usually cost and we charge for
space usage. Community events are a benefit of being a
I think you first need to figure out who will be a part of your community. Will
they be freelancers, remote workers, small startups, someone else? Once you
know that, figure out where they hang out, either in real life or virtually.
Post flyers, pass out handouts, talk to people.
See if you
We set up an event on Eventbrite, and then plastered the link for it
*everywhere* we could - twitter, facebook, linkedin, forums, livejournal,
newsletters, newsgroups, barcamp, mailing lists that we were already on,
local wikis, networking groups that we were a part of as well as new ones
that we
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