[sudo-discuss] Startup House

[Hol Gaskill]

at last, I can speculate who took the last box of pens from the supply cabinet while simultaneously hunting down whoever burnt cheese onto the bottom of my grandpa's old cast iron skillet, and it might be only one person to reprimand!  checkmate, co-op housing.


on Mar 28, 2014, Sonja Trauss <sonja.trauss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't understand start-up houses - why not rent a house with roomates? What is
>the value added of the start up house?
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>On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jehan Tremback <jehan.tremback at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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.
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>On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:23 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I've worked for a lot of startups, but what is a 'Startup House'?
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>On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, Liberty Madison <libertymadison at gmail.com> wrote:
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>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
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>415.937.3785 Text/Talk
>About.me/LibertyMadison 
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