WabiSabi has been thought of – and called – “a Sensei venture” since the inception of our idea.
Since then, we’ve doing the following:
- Holding an initial meetup in November 2014 with a few people we knew were already clued-in and interested
- Introducing the business community in Northern Ireland to the coworking concept via a series of Coworking Days that started in February 2015
- Establishing a presence online
- Surveying interested parties
- Working out a list of start-up and ongoing costs
- Looking at potential properties
- Spending far too much time on Pinterest browsing workplace interiors!
We thought we’d give ourselves a year to build interest, research demand and costs, and then make a decision on whether or not there is enough of a demand to make a profitable business.
It’s Time to Take it to The Next Stage: Committment
We need to do all of the following. Currently, we’re at the first part of this next section:
- Write a business plan
- Organise our finances
- Find our pioneer members and get committment
- Secure a property and sign a lease
- Open the doors!
Mallusk Enterprise Agency’s Let’s Start a Business is a shorter version of the older Start a Business programme we attended almost ten years ago when planning for Sensei. I’m really looking forward to being challenged on a few key items:
- Who are our customers?
- What do they want?
- How much will they pay and how often?
If you’ve attended Let’s Start a Business (or similar), we’d love to hear how you got on.
Community Curator at WabiSabi
Dawn is a coworking enthusiast and keen to share news and developments about coworking communities and spaces in Northern Ireland with other business mavericks. She can be bribed with an artisan caramel square and an Earl Grey.
She is also a Partner at Sensei.ie, the parent business of the WabiSabi project, and Managing Editor at Aletheia.Travel.
She is also a Partner at Sensei.ie, the parent business of the WabiSabi project, and Managing Editor at Aletheia.Travel.
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