[sudo-discuss] Startup House

[Jehan Tremback]

A guy I work with started and ran one in SOMA for a year. I asked whether
he would like to help on this, but he is sick of that kind of stuff.

They basically took over an empty building (legally), and renovated it into
sort of a cross between a hostel and a community home for entrepreneurs
(and wantrepreneurs) from out of town.

They charged around $1000 a month for a dorm like situation where you would
share a room. That's definitely a pretty high price, and may make people
want to start yelling about rent-seeking capitalists, but the reality is
that they barely turned a profit on that after a year, after legal and
construction expenses.

They basically spent the whole time fighting the SF zoning bureaucracy, and
were really just delaying their inevitable expulsion from the building by
the city.

You could probably reduce expenses considerably by-
1) using volunteer construction labor under some cooperative scheme (you'll
still need to pay a bunch for skilled trades, like electricians and
plumbers).
2) either choosing a building zoned appropriately, or not informing the
city of your plans to have people live there.


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:23 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've worked for a lot of startups, but what is a 'Startup House'?
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Liberty Madison <libertymadison at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey!
>> Sudoers
>>
>> Anyone on our list skilled in writing business plans?
>> Anyone passionate about Start up projects?
>>
>> A Former Mayor and I are working on seeking funding for a new Startup
>> House .
>> He suggested I find a team ASAP.
>> A person who can write a killer plan while conveying the vision as well
>> as a person to develop a splash page for investors.
>> And since I know Sudo has so many talented folks I thought I would throw
>> it out here first!
>>
>> If you are interested to be a part of this FAST paced project or have
>> ideas please message me.
>> Would love to hack this out with a Sudoer
>> You will be compensated in flat fee or equity once funding is secured
>> So If you are passionate about startups and want to be a part of a cool,
>> fun, innovate project that helps people grow their
>> startup/project/invention please
>> reach out
>> libertymadison at gmail.com
>>
>> 415.937.3785 Text/Talk
>> About.me/LibertyMadison <http://about.me/LibertyMadison>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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