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=== Start-Up Costs === | |||
This section is for estimates of start-up costs. Story so far: | |||
* Move-in cost for space (assume 3x month's rent) : $6000 assuming $2000/mo rent | |||
* Three months' rent reserve : $6000 assuming $2000/mo rent | |||
* Cost of incorporation as non-profit/LLC/whatever (if we do that) : ?? | |||
* Initial insurance cost : ?? | |||
* Initial cost for drinks to sell : ?? (May be zero due to Club Mate donations?) | |||
* Initial cost for space improvements, making keys, etc. : ?? | |||
* Noisebridge Costco card (if desired vs. some members buying on their own) : $50 | |||
* Initial equipment costs (not including donations) : ?? | |||
Estimate so far for start-up cost: $12050 + ??. | |||
[[DavidMolnar]] ideally would like to see 2x whatever this estimated number is as | |||
starting capital, but that may be overkill. | |||
=== Monthly Expenses and Dues === | |||
SWAG at monthly expenses: | SWAG at monthly expenses: | ||
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* $100 misc (toilet paper, juice, resistors) | * $100 misc (toilet paper, juice, resistors) | ||
Expected Revenue from selling drinks: ~300-800$ | Expected Costs for buying drinks: ? (Check CostCo prices) | ||
Expected Revenue from selling drinks: ? (Next number tells us what this is ; ) | |||
Expected Profit from selling drinks: ~300-800$ | |||
'''Q.''' (by [[DavidMolnar]] editing w/o logged in): Is this realistic? metalab clears this much, but assuming we can come out of the gate and obtain the same revenue seems optimistic.<br/> | '''Q.''' (by [[DavidMolnar]] editing w/o logged in): Is this realistic? metalab clears this much, but assuming we can come out of the gate and obtain the same revenue seems optimistic.<br/> |
Revision as of 07:47, 20 January 2008
Start-Up Costs
This section is for estimates of start-up costs. Story so far:
- Move-in cost for space (assume 3x month's rent) : $6000 assuming $2000/mo rent
- Three months' rent reserve : $6000 assuming $2000/mo rent
- Cost of incorporation as non-profit/LLC/whatever (if we do that) : ??
- Initial insurance cost : ??
- Initial cost for drinks to sell : ?? (May be zero due to Club Mate donations?)
- Initial cost for space improvements, making keys, etc. : ??
- Noisebridge Costco card (if desired vs. some members buying on their own) : $50
- Initial equipment costs (not including donations) : ??
Estimate so far for start-up cost: $12050 + ??.
DavidMolnar ideally would like to see 2x whatever this estimated number is as starting capital, but that may be overkill.
Monthly Expenses and Dues
SWAG at monthly expenses:
- $2k rent (nets ~1k sq ft)
- $300 utilities (I'm TOTALLY making this up just to have a number, not even sure what all I mean it to include)
- PG&E, Water? (shared w/ NoStarch?), trash/recycling, insurance split over a year, ISP (I recommend sonic.net)
- $100 misc (toilet paper, juice, resistors)
Expected Costs for buying drinks: ? (Check CostCo prices) Expected Revenue from selling drinks: ? (Next number tells us what this is ; ) Expected Profit from selling drinks: ~300-800$
Q. (by DavidMolnar editing w/o logged in): Is this realistic? metalab clears this much, but assuming we can come out of the gate and obtain the same revenue seems optimistic.
A. Yeah, 300$ is very realistic - that's like 8 drinks per day sold at a $1.2 profit. Our initial calculations were without drinks too because we didn't believe it. But we had huge sales really quickly. People tend to drink a lot while hanging around at a Hacker Space. --Enki 12:33, 18 January 2008 (PST)
total $2100
number of members | monthly dues |
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10 | $210 |
20 | $105 |
40 | $52 |
60 | $35 |
80 | $30 |
100 | $21 |