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John McKerrell
How to launch an awesome
collaborative co-working
community workshop events
hacker space
Community
๏   Most important thing in any collaborative
    project - OSS, events, etc.
Community
Legal
๏   Speak to a friendly legal professional
๏   (Squatting is illegal and fairly easy to stop)
Practice
Practice
๏   Do as much as possible to have people
    ready to pay you before you start paying
    rent
Pa
  nic
     !
Form a Company
๏   Get someone else to do it!
Get a Bank Account
๏   Do it early or you can’t pay your bills (or
    be paid!)
Find a Venue
What can you afford?
๏   Boring slide... but important
๏   What are you charging?
๏   Will anyone pay more than the standard
    fees to get the place off the ground?
๏   Do you need seed money to bridge the
    time between paying the rent and being
    paid?
๏   cost * members = your budget
Pick a Venue
๏   Important Constraints
    -   Accessibility
    -   Opening Hours
    -   Reception Service
    -   Size
    -   Condition
    -   Light
    -   Rent!
Move in
๏   Hire a van
๏   Recruit some friends
๏   Go the gym first
๏   “Find” some furniture
๏   “Find” some more furniture (Thanks Aiden)
Prepare
๏   http://vimeo.com/26516764
Launch!
๏   Free Open Day
Pa
  nic
     !
Cake!
๏   Hire a van
๏   Recruit some friends
๏




                           http://www.flickr.com/photos/dichohecho/3793637658/
Market!
๏   Social Media
๏   Newspaper Coverage
๏   Tell everyone!
Events!
๏   BarCamp Liverpool
๏   Maker Night, Maker Days
๏   GEC2012
๏   Sewing Club
๏   GeekUp
๏   Ada Lovelace Day
๏   Lean Liverpool
๏   .....
Settle in
๏   It’s going to be a long ride
๏   There’ll be plenty of stressful moments
๏   You’ll need to rush to get things ready!
๏   But some things will develop slowly


๏   It’ll all be worth it in the end!

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Birth of DoES Liverpool - Ignite Liverpool

  • 1. John McKerrell How to launch an awesome collaborative co-working community workshop events hacker space
  • 2. Community ๏ Most important thing in any collaborative project - OSS, events, etc.
  • 4. Legal ๏ Speak to a friendly legal professional ๏ (Squatting is illegal and fairly easy to stop)
  • 6. Practice ๏ Do as much as possible to have people ready to pay you before you start paying rent
  • 7. Pa nic !
  • 8. Form a Company ๏ Get someone else to do it!
  • 9. Get a Bank Account ๏ Do it early or you can’t pay your bills (or be paid!)
  • 11. What can you afford? ๏ Boring slide... but important ๏ What are you charging? ๏ Will anyone pay more than the standard fees to get the place off the ground? ๏ Do you need seed money to bridge the time between paying the rent and being paid? ๏ cost * members = your budget
  • 12. Pick a Venue ๏ Important Constraints - Accessibility - Opening Hours - Reception Service - Size - Condition - Light - Rent!
  • 13. Move in ๏ Hire a van ๏ Recruit some friends ๏ Go the gym first ๏ “Find” some furniture ๏ “Find” some more furniture (Thanks Aiden)
  • 14. Prepare ๏ http://vimeo.com/26516764
  • 15. Launch! ๏ Free Open Day
  • 16. Pa nic !
  • 17. Cake! ๏ Hire a van ๏ Recruit some friends ๏ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dichohecho/3793637658/
  • 18. Market! ๏ Social Media ๏ Newspaper Coverage ๏ Tell everyone!
  • 19. Events! ๏ BarCamp Liverpool ๏ Maker Night, Maker Days ๏ GEC2012 ๏ Sewing Club ๏ GeekUp ๏ Ada Lovelace Day ๏ Lean Liverpool ๏ .....
  • 20. Settle in ๏ It’s going to be a long ride ๏ There’ll be plenty of stressful moments ๏ You’ll need to rush to get things ready! ๏ But some things will develop slowly ๏ It’ll all be worth it in the end!

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