A lot of times, the school offers everything student entrepreneurs need as far as meeting rooms, collaborative space, printing and other services. If you want to target the college entrepreneur, you need to focus on community support, mentoring and/or peer support. - James
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Chris Johnston <cmjohns...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think that there are many students running startups from their dorm rooms > and they could be a potential market. Grad students in CS or MBA programs > might also be good candidates also. > > Christopher M. Johnston > 504.208.1766 Google Voice > http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston > > > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:33 PM, KC <kevin.christ...@acu.edu> wrote: > >> >> Actually, we're launching our coworking space in partnership with the >> college of business and adjacent to the campus. Our (limited) market >> research has shown that there is a strong interest and a willingness >> to pay among the right students. >> >> For the rest of you, why would you even consider the general student >> market...you're really only looking for a handful of spots to be >> filled by students, so why should you even consider what "most" >> students might think? Most students aren't your target market. >> >> In our case, we have a business plan competition that is open to >> students and we're virally creating the buzz within that group first. >> I'm hoping for a dozen students MAX after we launch...building up to >> that number over the first semester. We're planning to charge $50/ >> month and so far I've gotten very positive feedback on that from >> students. We're offering free coffee and high-quality wi-fi, so that >> offsets some costs that they are already allocating to coffee shops. >> >> I think the key is to make it exclusive. For us it will be first-come >> first served, and we're marketing first to students who we know are >> entrepreneurial. >> >> We have a very depressed office market in our mid-size city, so our >> prices after launch will be pretty cheap, likely this: $50 students, >> $100 faculty, $200 community, $350 if you want one of the few offices. >> We're launching it with a business accelerator (incubator), so my >> dream scenario would be to house 3 incubator projects, 3 coworkers >> renting offices, 12 other community member coworkers, 7 faculty >> coworkers, and 12 student coworkers. Not even sure we could handle >> that much... >> >> If we draw a dozen students and half a dozen faculty I'll be ecstatic. >> >> Kevin >> Abilene Christian University >> kevin.christ...@acu.edu >> 325-280-8680 >> >> On May 11, 3:34 pm, Norcross <and...@coworkingstpete.com> wrote: >> > Hey there everyone, I'm part of the CoworkingStPete group currently in >> > the process of getting a space together in St. Petersburg, Florida. >> > Something we've discussed internally is how to approach college >> > students. For those that aren't aware, St. Petersburg is a smaller >> > city, surrounded by suburbs. However, we have two college campuses >> > downtown, both close to the area. Has anyone had any experience with >> > either reaching out to college students, or having them use your space? >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to coworking@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
