Alex, I would love to connect and discuss collaboration or licensing. I haven't met many Portland founders and would appreciate any advice or cautions! Your email didn't translate so perhaps you could reply again or email me directly at dana.co...@gmail.com and I can address your good questions.
Thanks, Dana On Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 1:23:06 AM UTC-8, Alex Linsker wrote: > > Hi Dana, I'm in Portland too. Collective Agency is my only source of > revenue. I'm open to expanding the brand to multiple locations. If you > might want to collaborate or license, email me at > al...@collectiveagency.co <javascript:> Why are you interested in > coworking, instead of, say, a restaurant? What do you want your role to be > / what tasks do you want to do that you're great at? Alex Linsker, > Collective Agency http://collectiveagency.co > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 4:06:09 PM UTC-8, Dana Cofer wrote: >> >> Matt, >> >> Thank you so much for sharing this information. I have been working on my >> business and financial model to open a coworking space in Portland, Oregon >> so this is very timely. It also reinforces what I am seeing in my initial >> pass, which is "how can something so right be so unprofitable?" Portland >> office space costs don't help where we have to pay $20-25/sf/yr for >> anything desirable. So for 6,500 sf I am looking at $10,000 just for rent. >> Memberships alone won't pay the bills. >> >> My research has reinforced the market need for meeting space that is >> aesthetic, creative, and flexible. Basically, an alternative to the hotels >> that put you in a basement and force you to eat (and pay for) their food. >> >> I wonder if I should design my model to weigh more heavily on private >> offices, meeting space rental, and business support services over communal >> desk space. Obviously that is the nerve center for a community, but maybe >> shifts to 50% of the space/revenue. >> >> I guess I am interested in the communities advice for someone wanting to >> start a cowork business as their sole business and not have a side job to >> put food on the table. >> >> Thanks for any advice and for being so transparent with your experience! >> >> Dana >> >> >> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 4:21:04 AM UTC-8, Matt D. wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone. >>> >>> We just hit the 18-month mark, and we decided to take an honest look at >>> how we're doing. Turns out we've had some nice growth, but were still >>> losing money. >>> >>> We've laid it all out - data, financials and some honest analysis of >>> what's still gotdoing we're in our coworking business/operations in order >>> for us to find profitability - which we will! If you're interested, please >>> take a read: >>> >>> >>> http://www.theskillery.com/blog/2015/12/29/we-doubled-our-revenue-in-2015-but-were-still-losing-money-heres-why >>> >>> Hope you find it useful. Let me know if I can answer any questions! >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -Matt @mattdudleytn, from The Skillery @theskillery >>> >>> -- 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.
