Hey Eric, I saw that you "liked" us. Thanks!
Yes, sadly there's no category for coworking or anything like it. Most of the spaces I've seen on Kickstarter have listed under the category; design. I think that's where we might put ourselves as well. GO CATS! Karen On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:42:49 PM UTC-7, Eric Lituchy wrote: > > Karen, it sounds like you have it very well thought out. Kudos! I looked > at your site and since you are going after the creative crowd I understand > having a more polished campaign. I also noticed you went to the U of A. I > am also a Wildcat! Bear Down. > > I already liked you on FB and will put you on my Google Alerts and can't > wait to see your Kickstarter! One more questions - I looked at Kickstarter > and there isn't really a category for Coworking. Where are you going to > post it? > > Best of Luck! Eric > > > > > On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 6:07:50 PM UTC-4, Karen Ruane wrote: >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> If one wanted, they could probably put together a Kickstarter campaign in >> an afternoon. However, the campaign, and its response, would reflect that. >> For us, it's been really important to present a professional and well >> thought-out campaign which includes professionally designed graphics, >> images and research to back us up. We are also producing a video with a >> professional videographer. In addition, we've been working on forging >> relationships with the community and local businesses in anticipation of >> being able to hit them up once our campaign begins. As part of the final >> touches on this campaign, I've also been sending out previews to business >> professionals I'm acquainted with to get feedback on the writing and tone >> of the campaign. So much of my time has been spent making small adjustments >> to language and design. >> >> Hope that helps! I still totally think it's worth a shot. At the very >> least, it'll help raise community awareness for our space and maybe bring >> us a few more members. >> >> Best, >> >> Karen >> >> On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 8:08:46 PM UTC-7, Eric Lituchy wrote: >>> >>> Karen, thanks for sharing! Can you tell me why getting the campaign is >>> so time-consuming? It is wordsmithing, getting together photos, or >>> something else? Are you producing a video? It seems straight forward, but >>> I know from experience that things are usually harder than they seem. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 10:57:00 PM UTC-4, Karen Ruane wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Eric, >>>> >>>> I am opening a space in August and will be launching a Kickstarter >>>> campaign on June 1. I've studied quite a few Kickstarter campaigns for >>>> Coworking space, most of which were successful. It's true, the rewards are >>>> different because we don't have much of a product to offer. However, >>>> there's lots of room for creativity in rewards. We will offer things like >>>> short term memberships, art from members who've already signed up, >>>> advertising in our space or in our media, Swag with our logo on it... We >>>> made sure to create incentives for both local potential clients and >>>> everyone else who likes the idea of promoting the coworking industry. >>>> >>>> There aren't many pitfalls to trying to crowd-fund. Of course, you >>>> shouldn't abandon other avenues for raising capital, just in case you >>>> aren't successfully funded. And then there's the work of it - I've been >>>> working on this campaign for over a month and it is still not ready to >>>> launch. Doing it right is quite a commitment and takes hours and hours of >>>> work. But other than that, I'd say go for it! >>>> >>>> Time will tell if I'd repeat that advice! >>>> >>>> Best of Luck, >>>> >>>> Karen >>>> http://www.thewildsbend.com >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:59:43 AM UTC-7, Eric Lituchy wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am new to the Cowork world and find this group to be an amazing >>>>> resource. Thanks in advance! >>>>> >>>>> In July, I am opening a coworking space on Long Island. I am >>>>> currently working on building the community and already have 6 people >>>>> onboard. I thought of raising some capital from friends and family, but >>>>> started to think that crowdfunding (Indiegogo, Plumfund, etc.) might be a >>>>> better option. Capital will be used for rent, furniture, technology, etc. >>>>> >>>>> My questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Does crowdfunding make sense as a way to fund a startup >>>>> coworking space? My primary goal of the crowdfunding would be to >>>>> get new members to invest in our community. >>>>> 2. I expect to offer membership deals(ex. Contribute $1000 and get >>>>> 3-months of cowork space), "Hardship" contributions to give >>>>> out-of-work >>>>> individuals free coworking space and media/press mentions for larger >>>>> contributions. Any thoughts on this? Other ideas? >>>>> 3. Any potential pitfalls of going the crowdsourced route? >>>>> >>>>> Any additional advice is sincerely appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Thank, Eric >>>>> Long Island Cowork (Finaly name TBD) >>>>> >>>> -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
