Do I barter-yes. When we first opened, a handful of members were here in return for work they did to get Cohere going. My graphic designer/ web dev, for instance, landed 5 months in return for her work and now continues at a discounted rate in return for 3 hours of her time every month. The copy writer, who donated a press release and handled the distribution got 25% off her first 2 months and so on.
I also currently trade working, not coworking at Cohere for membership. Typically, I will ask an existing member who does a 1 or 2 day/week plan if they'd like to cover Cohere for one day a week (they get to be here for free on the day they "work") since the tasks are quite straightforward: unlock door, make coffee, greet people, lock door. This is great b/c I can't afford a staff but do need to be away for vacations and travel periodically. We just had a session on freelance bartering yesterday at FreelanceCamp...here's a link to those notes, it's called "Freelance Bartering" and is about 3/4 of the way down the page. http://freelancecampfc.com/ -Angel On Jul 28, 5:40 pm, Mike Pihlman <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious...if you barter for time in your space in exchange for, > well....whatever you may need. > > Thanks, Mike > > -- > Mike Pihlman > AltamontCowork > 95 W. 11th Street, Suite 205 > Tracy, CA 95376 > Phone: 209-757-8862 > Web: AltamontCowork.com > Twitter: @AltamontCowork -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
