[Coworking] Introducing the Workers Hut

2017-05-31 Thread theworkershut
Hi everyone! We have recently opened a new co working space called the Workers Hut in Torquay Vic. Torquay has an amazing community of creatives, freelancers and small business entrepreneurs who love the lifestyle by the beach and work primarily from their homes. We started the hut to give our

[Coworking] Re: GUEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - COWORKING

2017-05-31 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
We don't use a visitor notification system because members just don't have that many visitors. Plus, members usually like to meet them out front when they do arrive. If our space was larger and not staffed all the time then I could see it being worthwhile - *maybe*. I notice most of the time the

Re: [Coworking] Buying/selling coworking spaces

2017-05-31 Thread Jerome Chang
Hi. From what I was told for our kind of business, you use a 3-5x multiplier on your annual net earnings, or EBITDA. Closer to 5 or even 6x if you have many years on your lease or somehow have some other premium (location, strong community, etc.) WW is like infinityX btw, like 1000x future P/E ra

Re: [Coworking] Re: Member Communication

2017-05-31 Thread Bernie J Mitchell
Posters in the bathroom - right in front of where people are doing their business!!! We also have small Meet Up groups in our place everyday and we remind people there. I took an online course about slack to make better use of it. I felt I was using 10% of it! Just because everyone says "I use s

Re: [Coworking] Preferred location for a coworking space

2017-05-31 Thread Alex Hillman
Both can definitely succeed. But they're quite different, and both have pros and cons! In broad strokes, from what I've learned in the last several years: Urban coworking tend to benefit from density and infrastructure. People leave their homes out of a mix of necessity (too small to live and work

[Coworking] Preferred location for a coworking space

2017-05-31 Thread Aditi
Hi All, I just joined and am thinking of setting up a coworking space someday. I need to ask you all, what do you think is a better location for a coworking space? Is it better to be in the middle of a city or somewhere nicer, surrounded by nature. I personally would like the second one but i

[Coworking] Buying/selling coworking spaces

2017-05-31 Thread David Hamilton
Does anyone have experience buying or selling an existing space? I'm sure this is something we'll all run into at some point. Hypothetically - say someone got an offer out of the blue to buy your business outright and you're considering it - what's your first course of action? Do you get a prof

[Coworking] Re: Member Communication

2017-05-31 Thread Dave Milliken
Brooke, I hate to pile on, but Angel, Alex and I have similar recommendations. This topic was discussed extensively at GCUC and the consensus was you need multiple channels to reach members where they want to be reached. So plan on using Slack, Facebook, community forums and more. Have your com