Membership Benefits
Membership Options and Pricing
*Prices are subject to change at any time
Individuals or groups that are accepted into The Pi Shop will become members. They will maintain membership by paying membership fees. These modest fees help to offset the costs of The Pi Shop and are considerably less than a member company would pay to secure space with equivalent benefits. The fees would vary according to the membership benefit and are intended to be affordable to everyday citizens in Central California.
Membership Packages
Co-work
$50per month
- Shared Member Work Space
- Secure Access
- Coffee
- WiFi
- Conference Room
Shop
(Offered as standalone or an add-on)
$175per month (T&M additional - based on use)
- CNCs
- Laser
- Hardware Crib
- Multiple 3D Printers
- Toolbox
- Welders
- Manual Machines
- Metal Working
- Tools
Student
(Must be an active student)
$100per month
- Shared Member Work Space
- Secure Access
- Coffee
- WiFi
- Full Shop Access
Membership Add-ons
Add one or all to your membership package.
Incubator
$150per month
- Business Curriculum
- SolidWorks
- MS Office 365
- Grant Specialist
- Engineer in Residence
- Events Included
Storage
$100per month
- Dedicated Secure Storage Space Located Inside Our Workshop
Membership Requirements
REX EMS Rapid Extraction Device
In an ideal world everyone should be able to incubate their business in a quality product development center. However, The Pi Shop would open Membership to only those applicants who can demonstrate some basic attributes that experience shows are needed to get a product commercially ready.
General
(Co-Work, Shop, Student)
To be considered for membership, The Pi Shop applicants will have to meet the following requirements:
- Pass a full criminal background check
- Application accepted by a membership committee and/or The Pi Shop Executive Director
- Pay membership fees
***All applicants will be charged a non-refundable $15 processing fee if submitted application is approved. This includes 1 background check. All additional background checks required will be charged an additional $15 each.
Incubator Add-on
If you are interested in taking your business development efforts to the next level you should apply to become an Incubating Company. Incubation is available to those applicants who can demonstrate some basic attributes that experience shows are needed to get a product commercially ready.
To be considered for Incubating Membership, The Pi Shop member will have to meet the following additional requirements:
- Demonstrate ability to devote sufficient time to their business to promote their ideas to the market in a reasonable period of time
- Be an innovative product or technology/product related enterprise
- Become a client of SBDC.
- Pass scrutiny of the Selection Committee for commercial viability
- Pay incubator/membership fees
If admitted, members can choose from a range of types of membership.
Ultimately the core measurement of success of The Pi Shop will be whether it attracted and helped members reach commercial-readiness for products. Regular interviews will be held with Members to better understand what is working and what needs refinement. The long-term metric of success will be converting members into successful, self-sustaining companies. Ideally, those companies stay local and hire skilled workers in Central California.
OUR MEMBERS
Shervin Zoghi
Davren US Nuts, LLC.
Shervin Zoghi graduated from Fresno State with degrees in Mechanical…
William De Luna
Earth Sole
Event Space
*Prices are subject to change at any time
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