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Re:Hacker Lab Is Closing by nyokodo on Saturday July 23, 2022 @03:09PM (#32206556)
> how difficult they are to both run and make profitable. If they are profitable, they tend to operate on razor thin margins.

What are the barriers to operating a maker space as a non-profit?

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Re:Hacker Lab Is Closing by sliceform on Saturday July 23, 2022 @04:06PM (#32207102)
Hacker Lab was a non-profit. The barriers remain the same. How to pay for the space, the upkeep, equipment, etc to keep it running. It's not cheap..
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Re:Hacker Lab Is Closing by NileTheGreat on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:47PM (#32227027)
Slight correction: Hacker Lab is/was not a non-profit. We ran a bit too altruistically for a for-profit, and in hindsight non-profit is definitely the way to go.

Source: Hacker Lab CTO here, somehow missed this thread until now.

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Re:Hacker Lab Is Closing by ValentineC on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:29AM (#32260497)
> Hacker Lab is/was not a non-profit.

By "not a non-profit", does that mean that Hacker Lab had full-time paid staff, or were they just incorporated as a for-profit entity?

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