[Finance] Startup Costs

[Jeff Cotten]

I've never used this site, but I thought it would be a good tool for someone
wanting to start a for-profit techshop type space.


http://www.kickstarter.com/



On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Christopher J. Pilkington <cjp at 0x1.net>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 09:23:45AM -0700, Grant Henninger wrote:
> > model than most hackerspaces.  We want to run more like a for-profit
> service
> > company than a co-op.  One of the reasons we want to buy a lot of the
> equipment
> > up front is so we have a full set of services we can offer and keep early
> > adopters coming back.  However, I think you all have a good point about
> ways to
>
> So you are adopting something like the TechShop model.
>
> This model is not a hackerspace at all IMHO, so I think you
> should probably seek other input regarding start up costs.
>
> For example, if I were looking to join a TechShop-type
> establishment, I would expect and demand access to a full
> compliment of professional-grade tools, as you listed.
> (Although, I think you mentioned MakerBot, I'm not sure that's
> appropriate for a for-profit workshop, but it might be ok to
> start with.)
>
> For a collaborative, donation and membership supported
> hackerspace, I'm willing to put in the elbow grease, extra money
> here and there to fix things and acquire new tools. I wouldn't
> be willing to do the same in a for-profit space (unless perhaps
> I was a shareholder.)
>
> We are starting our non-profit membership supported space on a
> shoestring. All the tools that we will have day one will be
> member owned and on loan to the space, until we start saving up
> some money.
>
> -cjp
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