It’s a few weeks away, but there are some great events coming up for Cincy Coworks.
First up is our official Open House/Launch Party on Friday, August 13 at 6pm. This coincides with the semi-regular Walk on Woodburn gallery walk, which coincides with exhibit openings at the Manifest Gallery down the street.
Come in, meet some members, see the space, hoist a cold beverage and maybe eat some finger foods. There may even be a box of wine. Then take in the rest of the Walk.
We are proud to host vols. 35 & 16 (uh, counting down) of Watch This. Put another way: it’s movie night at Coworks! Bring yourself, and maybe a pillow.
Wednesday, August 25 at 7pm finds us watching the 35th best film of all time according to the American Film Institute, It Happened One Night.
Friday, October 29 at 7pm finds the AFI’s 16th best film, All About Eve.
You can also see these events on our brand-spanking new Events page.
Cincinnati Coworks had its first event last Thursday, and it was one for the geeks. Chris Wanstrath, CEO/co-founder of Github and Cincinnati native, spoke for about an hour on the git version control system and Github. As a bonus, he spoke for about 30 mins. on how Github.com got started and has grown to 10 employees and millions of dollars in revenue. He also talked about the future of Github and some opinions on entrepreneurship (#1 tip: “Use your brains”).
Event-wise, we stuffed 32 geeks into our space, brought in some beverages and ZZ’s pizza. Unfortunately, we only had about half as many chairs, but people made do with balance balls, windows seats and the floor. So the event was in fact standing room only!
Cincy Coworks is now open! Thanks to those of you who offered input, or dropped by our home-before-our-home at Venue 222 in OTR.
But we have a long way to go of course, and much in the works. Our first event is a meeting of the local PHP Users Group this Thursday, July 8th. I just hope we have enough chairs.
We currently have 6 full-time members. We still have room for additional full-time members. Some of you may have been interested in joining earlier, but had a hard time doing so before "seeing" it.
Speaking of "seeing" it, we’re currently figuring out our part-time membership structure (anything you’d like to see?) and drop-in rate. Also, expect some free days of Jelly coworking in the near future.
Watch the mailing list, the website, or Twitter, for the latest news (Facebook page, not so much)!
I can only speak for myself, but I found a lot to like about this video from Workantile Exchange, a coworking space out of Ann Arbor, MI. Their space has a nice size – not too big, not too small – and layout. It has all the most-requested elements – training space, huddle rooms, conference room – in nice amounts too. Their membership base supports a lot of professional diversity (at least based on the video). When I go to the website, I see a simple membership model: a single full-membership tier at $100/mon.
First, we’d like to say, “Thanks!” to our charter members for their confidence and determination to open a coworking space in Cincinnati. Care to join us? If so please note that there is only one charter membership remaining. Time is running out!
What are the benefits of charter membership? The largest is that the monthly membership fee will be $180.00 for charter members instead of the normal membership rate of $200.00. That’s a $120 savings on the current six month’s membership contract.
You can ensure your charter membership by completing and returned the letter of intent along with a check for $360.00 (first and last month’s membership fee) to the address given at the bottom of the letter. It’s that simple.
Check out the latest info about the space on the blog.
Last week’s meeting went well but we’re still a couple commitments from opening the space. With that in mind and in the spirit of transparency we’d like to toss our projected budget out there and solicit advice and comment. Also, the PDF below contains some suggested layouts of the space. Be sure to check those out and provide feedback as to your preference, especially if you’re one of the six current commitments.
Proposed Budget
Monthly Membership: $200 ($180 for charter members) Monthly Lease: $1200
Item
Amount
Recurring
1st month
$1,200
$1,200
Deposit
$1,200
Chair ( $40 x 8 )
$320
Desk ( $200 x 8 )
$2,000
Signage
$500
Supplies
$100
$100
Internet/Phone
$150
$150
Insurance
$50
$50
Charter Memberships
($2,880)
Ignite Grant
($1,500)
Memberships
($1,440)
Cash Needed to Open: $1,140 Monthly Obligations: ($60)
Layouts
Click here to download the PDF containing proposed layouts of the space.
