[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-06 Thread Patrick Tanguay
Thanks for that post Alex, we're at that stage ourselves now. We have an intern for a couple of months this summer who's taking some of the admin too and I don't think we'll be able to go back to doing everything so your experience is good to have as reference for our own decisions. Patrick

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-06 Thread Rhyeal
With a business plan, I used the SCORE website. http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html - Plenty of templates here to chose from. On Aug 3, 9:25 pm, portlandhead pemaq...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I'm in the process of setting up a coworking space in Portland, Maine.  I'm trying to write

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-05 Thread jasontgoodr...@gmail.com
Hi! I'm in the same dilemma—looking for cashflow templates. Here's a good example of a biz plan with cashflow forecasts. It's in Australian dollars, however. http://www.urbanworkspaces.com/wp/business-model/ You could contact the owner to see if he would make the template available to everyone

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-05 Thread JeninVT
Just uploaded my cash flow statement. It's a work in progress. One issue that I'm challenged with, that you'll see on my cash flow, is that I can't be at the space all of the time once it's up and running. I own an IT consulting company, which requires me to be at client locs 2-3 days a week.

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-05 Thread Jerome Chang
I think you should hire someone to run the space or monitor it at least on an admin level. At some point, you'll get sick, injured, or on vacation, let alone your regular on-site client visits. For liability reasons, I wouldn't hand over supervision to a customer unless you're set up as

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-05 Thread Anca Mosoiu
I'm working on that same question myself... I hired someone as an admin, who is motivated and dedicated enough to keep the place running and also help me with the consulting side of the business. I'm also working with a possible partner. The space has to be able to run without the owner there.

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-05 Thread Alex Hillman
Fair warning, this gets a little wordy, but I wanted to talk about the issue of hiring a space manager from our experience in the last 2 years. We took a holistic approach to bringing on someone to help me run IndyHall day to day. Dana, our office manager, came on a year ago as an assistant to

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-04 Thread Cadu de Castro Alves
Hi Rob, There is a place in the group where people share files: http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/files?hl=en Enjoy! []'s, Cadu de Castro Alves Desenvolvedor Web Blue Factory Solutions Celular: (21) 7841-5020 / ID: 23*34315 On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:25 PM, portlandhead

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-04 Thread WHERE MMM
My quick advice whould be to visit some sites and see what fits for your community and your style of coworking. You are welcome to come to WHERE: Meet, Mix, Mogul in Los Angeles and or contact me if you would like to chat. And, I think that all of us who have started our own sites would wish you

[Coworking] Re: Coworking business planning

2009-08-04 Thread django_jedi
Thanks Cadu. I checked out the docs last night. Very helpful. Still looking for cash flow templates, though, if anyone is willing to share. - R On Aug 4, 12:32 pm, Cadu de Castro Alves cadudecastroal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, There is a place in the group where people share