South Lake Union Demographics/ Statistics

http://www.vulcanrealestate.com/content/docs/2200_Marketing_4-Pager_Sept08.pdf

South Lake union ammenities Map

http://www.vulcanrealestate.com/amenities_map/

HUman Dynamo BIkes

http://www.humandynamo.net/howtobuy.html
Oh, it's coming........

Green Revolution in Conneticut

RIdgefield --they got spinning rooms generating baby!
A group of around 20 bikes used throughout a year has the potential to create 3,600 kilowatt hours of electricity, according to Green Revolution founder and CEO Jay Whelan. That, he says, equates to lighting 72 homes for a month.
With 36,000 health clubs in the U.S., that could translate into 2,592,000 homes electrified by spin classes. Read the CNN story here , and more about The Green Revolution, Inc. here.
http://www.egreenrevolution.com/mi_default.aspx?setting

Ellipticals in Gainsville

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/08/27/news/campus/080826_wifi.txt

Human Current

http://humancurrent.com/
this is a blog about energy creation through human motion

A little SROI for the future

these retirees are proud that they are not only getting exercise to maintain their health - they are also generating around 180 watts of power per hour, saved to a row of batteries that are later dropped off to low-income local residents to run TVs and other electric devices. It’s senior power at its best.
Outdoor gyms and now outdoor exercise equipment where people of all ages can freely participate in light exercise are becoming common in China. The Chinese government has installed 3.4 million square meters of public equipment in the last decade. Dong Gao Di is the first suburb to link the outdoor gym to batteries which are then loaned free of charge to low-income families for use on electric appliances.
A fully charged battery can power the TV for between 10 - 11 hours. The elderly and retired people which form a large part of Beijing’s population and intensely use local parks and open spaces get to use the bikes for free, and in the video they are proud to be staying in shape and generating useful electricity for others.”
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Electric Gym Network

http://www.electricgym.net/enewsletter.html
important contact

Ed Bagely

lot of you have asked how my stationary bike that generates power works! It’s really a very simple 12 volt DC system. My special trick is that I have it plugged into my battery bank. This allows me to store the energy I produce. I then use my power inverter to convert the 12 volt DC from the battery into 120 volt AC to power my toaster. (See below for information about the system I use which is made by iZip.)
Izip Power Generator

Grid Tie

a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based startup called ReRev.com to implement a "grid-tie" system. Instead of using a battery-based system, ReRev.com's approach is to retrofit elliptical machines to harvest energy from the machines and send the electricity directly back into the electrical panel.

key points for th epower point

Green Savings

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Last week, the campus recreation center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, received Leadership in Energy Efficiency and Design (LEED) gold certification status from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The $12 million, 54,000-square-foot rec center was designed to be 30 percent more energy efficient and 38 percent more water efficient than comparable, conventionally built facilities. That efficiency should save about $30,000 annually in utility bills, campus officials say

Health insurance Reimbursement

am trying to get a rembursement through my health insurnace company. I have Aetna as my health insurance. My roomates have blue cross blue shield and gave a copy of their gym membership to their heathy insurance and got 150dollars back. Has anyone done this. Is this the form? http://www.aetna.com/data/forms_library/...

ATTN: All gym owners. Are you spending too much time pulling visit reports for submission for Blue Cross, Medica, Health Partners or Rewards programs? Some gyms have reported up to several hours to pull visit reports. AFC is now offering the software on one CD that will allow you pull visit in just seconds! it’s true. We GUARANTEE it or your money back. AFC support is also available to process all your insurance needs. If you want to be hands free put our team to work for you. Chad 612.751.1300
Price: $500.00

Just recently I received an extra $250 in my paycheck, because my application for my health club reimbursement finally came through. I am still waiting on one for my wife, but I will continue to pursue that. This excellent little benefit that many employers are offering will save us $500 this year.

This is the money of the future for health clubs--for sure............

I finally get OPL!!!

So i got this book--The successful Business Plan--secrets and strategies by Rhonda Abrams--see the planningshop.com, and i finally get exactly how OPL applies to us and five pounds of stress are off my shoulder. I am gonna create a OPL google doc tomorrow and write the sections up so we can go to town!
yo

Location, Location, Location

I like the South lake union for a location.  check out this wikipedia link for more: 

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lake_Union._Seattle

OPL

Operations, Production and Logistics

How do you get your product or service made? How do you get it to customers? What are your margins and the margins of the “middle-people?” Find comparables by doing research. Put together list of cash uses, how much they will cost and when they are needed during the company’s startup phases. Cover pre-revenue period in detail, and cover revenue period’s fixed and variable expenses. List all optional expenses, all variable expenses. Need to cover organizational structure: LLC, C Corp, non-profit, once a better sense of scale and profitability (how fundable)

For this course, we are shooting to get a Cost of Goods Sold model for the first five years, based on your revenue projections. These should be in line with industry comparables, or an explanation of why you will do better, or worse, than the industry level.

financial model work in progress!!!

let's get in to print what we know, what we have questions about and where we find leads, clues and help...

brainstorm for the cohesive pitch

so let's get out our ideas for what we want to include in our pitch...

Biz Miner Stats

http://www.bizminer.com/

I am willing to order some of this specific seattle stat info--i have to make a couple decisions at to the more specific category in here and bus size--would like you guys input
yo:)

Google Seattle Gym Map

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=113721704364905959230.000461a62acf149672e03

Business Plan Template

http://www.businessplanmaster.com/sample-business-plan-for-a-fitness-club.html

Fitness Equip Lease

Stick with a traditional leasing company Many financing companies have a leasing arm for businesses in need of up-to-date equipment - and fast. You can often secure equipment fitness leasing with a minimal approval process. I recommend: Capital Funds Leasing and General Funding Corporation are traditional leasing companies that will provide funds for companies to lease a variety of equipment, including fitness equipment financing. Best of all, you can be approved in many cases in less than 24 hours.
Seek out specialized gym equipment leasing agents If fitness equipment is what you seek, then it only makes sense to seek out fitness equipment financing from those who specifically offer this type of equipment and service. I recommend: Fitness Leasing and GymCor.com specialize in - you guessed it - fitness equipment leasing. You will find all of the top-of-the-line equipment here plus be able to talk to experienced representatives who can help you choose the best machines for your needs.
Contact manufacturers directly Some large manufacturers of fitness equipment will consider leasing fitness equipment to companies. I recommend: Check out SoleFitness for exercise equipment lease options for treadmills and elliptical machines. Bowflex TreadClimber also has options for leasing gym equipment.
Tips & TacticsHelpful advice for making the most of this Guide
Visit a local gym to see what machines are popular. Try a few out to really get a feel for what you would like to include in your on-site gym.
Consider lease-to-buy deals that feature some of the same benefits of fitness equipment leasing, such as no upfront costs, but will result in you owning the equipment in the end.
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Amazon Corporate Account

Vulcanrealestate is known for it's green buildings--walk by this location and check it out--they should of this past weekend, erected urban art to make it look good during construction. The buildings will have LEED silver certification (check out vulcanrealestate.com) SO planning on opening in 2010--7,000 amazon employees alone--not to mention influx of all the other busnesses--you wanna talk about demographic growth? South Lake union is it baby. So in my wildest dreams, Jessica could hook me up with her connect to amazon and we could get a preliminary contract with them? Crazy huh? PLus takes the having the build out the location because vulcan will build to suit-green!!
see below...

Amazon's campus will include up to 11 new buildings, or up to 1.6 million square feet, on six blocks along Terry and Boren Avenues between Mercer and John Streets. The buildings are part of a massive neighborhood development project just north of the downtown area run by billionaire Allen's Vulcan Real Estate.
Parts of the Vulcan plan were unveiled in October, but rumors that Amazon was the unnamed future tenant went unconfirmed until Friday.
Amazon said it plans to seek green building certification for the new construction.
In exchange for the City Council's approval to break height regulations for three of the buildings earlier this month, Vulcan said it will contribute about $6.4 million for affordable housing and take measures to reduce traffic, among other conditions.
The development plan also includes about 100,000 square feet of street-level space for restaurants and shops.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon said it will pay up to $1.5 billion over 16 years to occupy the full 1.6 million square feet. Amazon also has options for additional space.
Schnitzer West, a Seattle area developer, is working with Vulcan on the first phase of Amazon's headquarters project.
Amazon's headquarters currently is in a 16-story former hospital on Seattle's Beacon Hill. The company also leases other office space in Seattle.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board is due here in a day or so, here are my thoughts on that so far--thinking in categorical terms

Fitness--the ownder and co owner of The Green Microgym with the electricity generating equip--Adam Boessel and Ryand Barr--and i think they will say yes

A Healer and or Yoga/Dance Expert--caroline Myss?--any thoughts on that Kaitlyn?

Psychology--need a decent named psychologist-I know some local in Fredericskburg--but probably want a seattle based

Naturopathic Medicine--someone from Bastyr--

Green Real Estate--would like to invite the owner of Green works realty who was at our first intensive--i think he will say yes as well.

Lawyer

Banker

Accountant


Fill in the blank here guys--your thoughts?

Questionaire/Survey

I started a Re-generation account on SurveyMonkey and wanted to get a 10 question survey together to send out.  What are everyone's thoughts on the focus of it?  Yo I know you had one together for the Gold's folks so that will cover the gym-goer target market.  Do we create other questions to figure out the counseling and body movements target markets?  

Post comments and potential questions below.  (I like this blogging thing....keeps our conversations organized--can we say left-brainer!)

Cheers!

Business Model/Revenue

Hey what's everyone's thoughts on how much customers will pay to come to our joint?  Yolanda you have good insight into gym membership pricing.  Kaitlyn, what are your discoveries in the body movements realm? Cat, what do you think about the counseling side of things? 

Schmoozing...

word up team.  just dropped in to my local Intergrative pharmacy to get the skinny on what they offer.  in addition to the herbals, homeopathics, etc. they have a full-time naturapath on staff with advice on teh many different types of remedies.  They also sponsor/promote local wellness event around seattle.  great layout and location (3rd location in seattle).  Check out their website: www.pharmaca.com 

I know Kaitlyn was really interested in the retail side of things, and they had a great selection.  I described our project to them and they wished that we could open up shop right next door to them.  Wasn't any traffic in the store and i think both parties could benefit from collaborating with one another!  Just a thought.

Re-Gen to Change the Way You Heal!

Our first go into the blogosphere!