Daytime Home Coworking
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A marketplace that allows homeowners to rent out their homes during daytime hours for coworking purposes. This is part of a broader trend of marketplace innovations that are proving successful despite initial skepticism.
Key Points:
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Core Concept:
- Homeowners can rent their homes during daytime hours
- Targeted for coworking/workspace use
- Similar to Airbnb model but for daytime professional use
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Part of Larger Marketplace Innovation Trend:
- Nabor: Storage marketplace ($53M Series B)
- iMove: Electric vehicle subscription service
- Picasa: Fractional second home ownership (8 people)
- Resort Pass: Day passes to resort pools and hotels
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Growth Metrics:
- 4000% growth in one year (40x)
- Raised Series A funding
- Backed by major investors like Norwest Ventures
- Traffic growth from 50,000 to 400,000 monthly visitors in 6 months
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Market Validation:
- Initially met with skepticism but proving successful
- Following pattern of other sharing economy successes
- Demonstrated strong market demand through rapid growth
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.