[Finance] Financial model for a large hackerspace

[Paul Brown]

I think this is what you want?:
http://makezine.com/2013/06/04/making-makerspaces-creating-a-business-model/

There's a lot of information about that in this dropbox (which was for a
conference that Artisan's Asylum put together on starting a hackerspace):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xn01t8hc8245e5o/SDFKaVqgtY

I post Dallas Makerspace's Profit & Loss reports on our wiki, it might give
you a perspective of how money tends to be spent:
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Profit_%26_Loss_Reports


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:21 PM, David Levin <dalevin at gmail.com> wrote:

> We are launching a non-profit hackerspace for disruptive hardware in Tel
> Aviv. We plan to start off with at least 600 sqm and scale it up to 1,500
> sqm. Does anyone know where/how to find a good financial model to help us
> launch this? If there isn't a solid open source financial model now, we'd
> like to make our model totally open source once it's built.
>
> If there is no comprehensive template, do you know where to find usage
> data for the equipment, e.g., 3D printers, 3D scanning, CNC, vinyl cutter,
> etc...? We plan to have a full range of equipment. Happy to share more
> details on what we're planning.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>
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