For some reason, I started thinking about the barber shop/salon type model. Where you pay X to rent a booth to do you work in, but has shared resources. This idea quickly starts to look like a tech incubator, but different.
Would it be a independant Hacker Incubator? Supplying physical space, mail boxes, phone lines, shared secretary pool, printers, and hopefully some amount of mentorship; but, centered around the independent spirit of the developers.
No, absolutely, that would be stage 1 of the let-us-share-an-office plan. And I think that would be awesome (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=232235). This post was more "how far could we take it?", but the model you brought up would definitely work.
And, I might, add, strippers work on this model. They pay a floor fee to the club and keep the tips. (Don't ask me how I know.) If it's good enough for strippers, by golly, it's good enough for me! (This also brings to mind the concept of specialization, although I'm not sure if I want to elaborate.)
Would it be a independant Hacker Incubator? Supplying physical space, mail boxes, phone lines, shared secretary pool, printers, and hopefully some amount of mentorship; but, centered around the independent spirit of the developers.
(Sorry, I think I rambled away from the topic.)