SCORE is one of the greatest unknown resurces in the US. The Small Business Administration often has a lot of resources available as well.
When I was starting up I found a very useful tool on the Coworking Wiki in spreadsheet format, which calculated square foot needs and costs and so forth, I had to change a number of the assumptions because I am in Europe, but it was nevertheless then a great help. There were also several business plans on the Wiki to use for examples last time I looked. @Jerome: thanks for saying that, I was over here laughing at your post because* I remember that*. :-) Jeannine On Thursday, September 6, 2012 2:47:36 AM UTC+2, bfogle wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback everyone, Embarking on something like this is an > exciting but confusing thing all at the same time. I have written a few > pages of a business plan and what I have down really is good and actually > every time I read the 3 pages I have complete it gives me motivation to > keep going and to keep pursuing this but at the same time I feel stumped at > what to do next. Alex I think you are absolutely right in your article > about building the community before worrying about any money or business > plans. Jerome and Judy thanks for the advice I will be looking into SCORE I > have googled a few different local small business development centers here > in Indianapolis but haven't had much luck. > > On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:55:58 PM UTC-4, bfogle wrote: >> >> As I sit down trying to gather all of my thoughts together and put it on >> paper I find that this is probably one of the hardest things I have ever >> done. I know exactly what I want to do with the coworking space, I know >> what my goals are and how I want it to look and run but I am intimidated by >> all of the numbers. How in the world am I going to know my projected costs >> and break down and break even points over the next 3 years and so on and so >> on. On top of all of this, once I am able to gather all of this information >> what do I do with it? How do I get financing? How do I support my family >> until my space starts turning a profit? >> >> I think these are questions that stop a lot of entrepreneurs in their >> tracks, Embarking on an adventure like this is a scarey thing to do but I >> know that the pros will far outway the cons once I hit the ground running. >> >> So what kind of advice can the seasoned professionals give to us newbies >> just getting our feet wet in this kind of thing for the first time? >> >> Thanks for all the feedback in advance! >> >> Brian >> Indianapolis Coworking Connection >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/UVqHW599zaUJ. 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.
