Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-14 Thread Jacob Sayles
I love geeking out about this stuff and noodling on business plans. Count me in. We tend to lean on the simple side of things and only have one revenue stream: memberships. I think there are a lot of projects that fit the three points you bring up Craig that, if done right, bring in more members

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-14 Thread Jacob Sayles
Keeping expectations in check is key! It's hard to know how many spaces that have closed are because they expected huge returns or blew their budget building infrastructure that didn't pan out. These are not examples of how coworking isn't profitable but it's hard to sort that kind of thing out f

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-14 Thread Alex Hillman
Brilliant observation Jacob, 100% agreed. -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia Got Community? http://masterclass.indyhall.org On Nov 14, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Jacob Sayles wrote: > Keeping expectations in check is key! It's hard to know how many spaces that > have closed are because th

RE: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-14 Thread Pete Sloan
Alex...how do I get off the coworking discussion train? From: coworking@googlegroups.com [mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hillman Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:49 AM To: coworking@googlegroups.com Cc: coworking Subject: Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-14 Thread Alex Hillman
: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:49 AM > To: coworking@googlegroups.com (mailto:coworking@googlegroups.com) > Cc: coworking > Subject: Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group > > Brilliant observation Jacob, 100% agreed. > -- > > /ah > > indyha

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-15 Thread Jacob Sayles
This fits with ideas I've had regarding the future of Open Coworking, the non-profit we started this year to handle the financial end of the Coworking Wiki Project we've been working on. The benefit I see is that an organization like this can not only have a large scale, scope, and reach, but also

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-15 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Jacob and Mojo, I have always loved this idea of getting sponsorships on a more national level for services that are truly beneficial to our communities. I was approached about six months ago by an ad agency in California that had a client that was trying to enter new markets and sponsor cowork

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-15 Thread Jerome Chang
I don't mean to drudge up any old debates, but one of the major initiatives I had pushed for in last year's Coworking Owners' weekend was to have some national association/alliance/etc. so that we could harness these national-level services accelerate or even fund projects like Op

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-15 Thread Jacob Sayles
Actually TWO organizations came out of that meeting. Both LExC and Open Coworking were manifestations of the conversations we had that weekend. Jacob --- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Jerome Chang

Re: [Coworking] Re: Business Model Study Group

2012-11-15 Thread Craig Baute - Creative Density Coworking
Thanks for the clarification. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.