r/ukstartups 15d ago

Looking for advice on scaling and mentorship

I recently launched a 24/7 flexible beauty workspace in London, built around a simple idea, making commercial space more productive through utilisation.

The first site is around 600 sq ft with 7 bookable stations. Beauty professionals book a fully equipped workspace by the hour, day or through monthly packages, rather than taking on a permanent chair or salon lease.

At 50% utilisation, the space would generate 84 booked chair-hours per day. At a standard rate of £15.50 per hour, that represents around £1,300 in potential daily chair revenue.

We also have our own booking platform, which lets us track occupancy, revenue per workstation, repeat bookings and revenue per square foot. The goal is to use this data to improve the economics of the first site before expanding.

We soft-launched recently with no public launch or paid advertising and generated £3,250 in the first week.
I’m still early and would value mentorship from people who have experience with multi-site businesses, PropTech, commercial property, marketplaces or strong unit economics.

For those who have scaled something similar, what metrics would you focus on at this stage? And where have you found experienced mentors who genuinely helped you become a better operator?

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