Hello; I'm in the pre-launch phase and think this could be a good way for us to diversify our membership ecosystem, provide a service to employees and employers, and bring people that drive through our town on their regular commute *into* our town. So, part of the pricing model is defining the value to the stakeholders.
What's the loaded cost for an office space for an employee? Does offering flexible workspace benefit the employer in terms of employee retention, exposure to new ways of thinking, and opening up space in their existing facility? In our case, we're a small town of only ~5,000 people, BUT we're on the main N-S commuter route with heavy traffic in the AM and PM. We think there's value in offering another space to people to save them time and help them do the things they want to do instead of driving. Oh! and I've been doing some math on the cost of commuting and it's insane, hundreds of dollars/mo in Operating costs and TIME. There will be an educational component to this, clearly. One of our competitors is inertia and habit. Coworking is new for many people, so they don't even know they need it yet. ;-) On Monday, December 30, 2013 at 7:10:24 PM UTC-5, Kelly Fitzgerald wrote: > > Hi All- > > I launched Society of Work <http://www.societyofwork.com> (SOW) in > Chattanooga, TN in September of 2013. We've been pleased with our growth > and have a lot in store for 2014! One of the things we are working on is > partnering with local companies on memberships. More definitively, we have > several incubators/venture capital groups who are out growing their space > (who also happen to be in close proximity to us). We are talking with > these groups about a type "corporate" membership (for lack of a better name > at this point) where anyone from the incubator or company can work at SOW. > They are able to give their employees a flexible way to work and > contribute to SOW and we are hoping to learn from their businesses as well. > We see it as a win-win. > > However, I am sort of stumped when it comes to a pricing model. There are > also some larger corporations who have expressed interest in order to give > their employees flexibility and freedom from their standard cubicle farms. > I have thought through a couple of ideas, but I don't think I have come up > with the right answer yet. Has anyone put together a pricing model for > something like this? I have looked at several models, but I don't see > anything comparable- but maybe it's just not listed on people's website? > > Any suggestions or recommendations would be helpful. > > Kelly > -- 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.
