Jeff, Great idea. I will second what Craig said from Asheville, that a simple share of prices, plans, membership ramp up, and fixed and variable costs capture most of the value of the exercise. Exploring other avenues for community building and/or developing revenue streams is also very appealing. I know the feedback I have gotten from other space owners (including Craig, btw) has been very helpful to me.
Robert Petrusz Bull City Coworking Durham, NC On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:29:43 PM UTC-5, Jeff Gunther wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been watching all of the Loosecubes news traffic today and reflecting > on my own experiences over the past few years. > > Although I own a profitable space in Virginia, my ultimate conclusion is > that coworking's business model is at best immature, at worst still > unproven. We all know of spaces that have financially failed, but we still > haven't done much as a community to change the outcome. > > Are any space owners interested in creating a private group of peers to > study each other's financials? To join the group, each participating space > would be required to openly share their income statement and balance sheet. > > If your interested, please email me offline. > > Best regards, > > Jeff Gunther > OpenSpace > 455 Second Street SE, Suite 100 > Charlottesville, VA 22902 > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.