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AEDCPSGE 2010
Hive 4A
• Nicolle Bruderer • Zachary Cahn• Seth Feldman• PJ Formica• Sakshi Khurana• Ali Petsuck
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Our Team Members
• What is a hackerspace?
• Why a hackerspace?
• What makes Hive 4A better than the rest?
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Introduction
AEDC & The Lehigh Valley
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Deliverable 1
Market Feasibility
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Deliverable 2
Best Practices Analysis
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Deliverable 3
Marketing Plan
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Iron Tribe
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Location: White Plains, NY
Status: Active
Population: 53,077
City Unemployment May
2010: 8.4
National Unemployment May
2010: 9.7
Percent of college degrees: 19.8
MakersLocal 256
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Status: Failing
Population: 161,254
City Unemployment May 2008:
3.1
National Unemployment May
2008: 7.2
Percent of college degrees: 23.1
NYC Resistor
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Status: Active
Population: 8,274,527
City Unemployment in 2007: 9.6%
National Unemployment in 2007: 10.2%
Percent of college degrees: 25.6 %
Unemployment Demographics
GENERAL% Unemployed at Time
of Founding
% National Unemployment at Time
of Founding
Average: 7.8 8.8
Cities > 500,000 8.67 8.60
Cities < 500,000 7.46 8.84
Allentown 9.7 9.5
Lehigh Valley* 9.7 9.5
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Per Capita IncomeIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
Average: Cities > 500,000 Cities < 500,000 Allentown Lehigh Valley* $-
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
Age Distribution
GENERAL Under 18 18-24 25-44 44-64 Over 65
Average: 21.04 15.66 30.56 19.84 11.88
Cities > 500,000 20.61 14.80 32.13 20.72 11.58
Cities < 500,000 21.24 15.81 30.06 19.71 11.93
Allentown 24.8 11.2 29.8 19.1 15.1
Lehigh Valley* 13.0 19.0 29.0 22.0 17.0
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Educational Attainment
GENERAL% College Degree
or Higher% High School
Degree Only % No Degree
Average: 29.28 57.56 18.46
Cities > 500,000 26.56 56.66 21.36
Cities < 500,000 29.79 58.08 17.55
Allentown 15.4 57.3 27.3
Lehigh Valley 25.2 52.6 22.2
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Expense AnalysisIntroductio
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New Used
Machine Tools $10,340 $7,600
Classroom $28,374 $23,147
Computer Lab $12,528 $5,468
Electronics $12,423 $7,948
Workshop $33,343 $21,714
Totals $96,903 $65,877
NYC Resistor
“We don’t have customers. We have members.
40 of them….Our members share their toys.”
-NYC Resistor Hackerspace
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Interlock
“The basic vibe throughout was of people wanting a multidisciplinary community in which they could learn from each other and collaborate on projects.”
-Interlock Hackerspace
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
CINCI 2600
“Getting people involved in the process is essential. Even before your space has a physical location or even a name, you need to get a group started and meeting on a regular basis…”
-CINCI 2600 Hackerspace
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
23b Shop
"Keep your overhead to zero whenever possible… Huge overheads and overinflated expectations about membership and income drive a lot of such groups right off the map."
-23b Shop
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Confusion Research Center
“Be cynical and dedicated. Don’t say be afraid to say ‘No’ and
don’t expect it to happen over night. It can and will take years to get it going at anywhere its
full capacity.”
-Confusion Research Center
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Membership
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Machinery
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
AwarenessIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
Goals
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Failure
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
MarketingIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
Hackerspace LayoutIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
Computing/
Lounge
Machining
Classroom
Incubator SpaceIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
MembershipIntroductio
nAnalysis Recommendations
PartnershipsEndowment >$10 Million• Cedar Crest College• DeSales University• Lafayette College• Lehigh University• Moravian College• Muhlenberg College• Northampton
Community College• Penn State - Lehigh
Valley
Endowment <$10 Million• Allentown Business
School• Luzerne County
Community College• Pennsylvania School of
Business• ITT Technical Institute
of Technology• CDM Institute• Lincoln Tech• Lehigh Carbon
Community College
Introduction
Analysis Recommendations
Thank You
Questions?