[sudo-discuss] Startup House

[Sonja Trauss]

 I don't understand start-up houses - why not rent a house with roomates?
What is the value added of the start up house?


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jehan Tremback <jehan.tremback at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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>>> And since I know Sudo has so many talented folks I thought I would throw
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>>>
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>>> Would love to hack this out with a Sudoer
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>>> So If you are passionate about startups and want to be a part of a cool,
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>>> startup/project/invention please
>>> reach out
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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