[hackerspaces] hackerspace demographics

[Steven Sutton]

My point wasn't that this was the demographic we specifically target, it
was that based on the narrowest definition of the market potential, it
still far exceeds the capacity of the spaces involved in area.

I personally believe that diversity makes spaces far more interesting. From
maker scouts to artists, biohackers, researchers, students, subject matter
experts, etc... the major point of our "league of doom" between the spaces
in Atlanta is to better understand how we can diversify our spaces and
differentiate.

Steven
On Jan 11, 2013 10:44 PM, "Katie Bechtold" <bokunenjin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Steven Sutton <ssutton4455 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> For us, there are 200,000 people in the metro Atlanta area that fit what
>> MAKE found in their survey to be the typical hackerspace demographic. Our
>> mission isn't to divide up the available people into competing spaces, it's
>> to bring some of those 200k into this community.
>>
>
> From the survey:
>
> "Over eight in ten (81%) are male with a median age of 44. Participants
> also report a high median household income of $106,000 and nearly
> three-quarters (73%) own their home or apartment. Most are married or
> living as married with nearly four in ten reporting children under the age
> of 17 living in the household."
>
> Wouldn't it be great to have a mission to bring some of the millions of
> people *outside* that demographic into this community?
>
> --
> Katie      http://about.me/katiebechtold
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