Frequently Asked Questions

What does my membership to MatchBOX include?

Each member receives 24/7 access to MatchBOX and all of the space’s amenities, including meeting rooms, phone booths, a media studio and makerspace, coffee & snacks, monthly member lunches, and invitations to events designed to grow your skills and professional circle.

Can I stop by or do I need to book a tour?

If you’re interested in learning about memberships, book a tour and one of our staff members will show you around and answer your questions.

If you just need a place to work for a day or two, Day Passes can be purchased online or in the studio at the front desk for M-F 8a-5p access.

We also host monthly Free Days. Check out our event calendar for the next one!

Do you offer mailbox services or other add-ons?

You bet. Members can add on the following:

• Make us your business address and rent a mailbox
• Rent lockers to leave the work at work
• Upgrade to a reserved desk — set up your ideal monitor configuration and leave it in our secure reserved desk area

Are memberships month-to-month?

Monthly and annual memberships are available. Monthly memberships can be cancelled any time. Annual memberships come with a built in discount – 12 months for the price of 10 ($99/month or $999/year).

What is your pet policy?

To be considerate of members who may have allergies, we ask that you leave the pets at home.

How do I book a conference room?

All memberships include 20 free hours of meeting room access every month, from a phone booth for one to a classroom for 20 and plenty of options in between. Rooms can be booked online here.

Non-members can also book meeting rooms. MatchBOX is a great location for board meetings, offsite retreats, interviews, workshops, and more. Outside of business usage, we also occasionally make the space available for fundraisers, retirement celebrations, and even weddings. Check out our corporate event page for details and to connect about rates and availability.

Can I bring guests?

Absolutely! We encourage members to bring in guests for meetings, collaborative work sessions, and to show off the space. Memberships are per person, though, and if you find that your guest is with you more often than not, we may suggest that they secure their own membership.

What exactly is a Makerspace?

The MatchBOX Makerspace is located inside MatchBOX Coworking Studio. It is a place to tinker and create with an amazing assortment of tools and equipment. It’s an ideal resource for prototyping, crafting, repairing, and more.

Check out our MBX Makerspace page to see everything the MBX Makerspace has to offer!

About MBX

MatchBOX is more than a coworking space. We offer workshops, acceleration courses, a makerspace, and active programming to support our 300+ members and the Greater Lafayette community. We're owned and operated by Lafayette Urban Enterprise Association, a 501(c)(3), and our many partners make up the difference between our membership rates and the true cost of what we provide — keeping MatchBOX accessible to as many people as possible.

Our mission is to build a better future for Greater Lafayette — one that is vibrant, innovative, and full of possibility. We believe in a creative approach to business that engages everyone, challenges the status quo, and brings together a community of change-makers.

The studio was conceived as a way to bring the concept of coworking, which was fairly new at the time, to Greater Lafayette. The goal was to attract and retain entrepreneurs and generally encourage other creative forms of business.

The project was led by Jason Tennenhouse, a Purdue grad and serial entrepreneur, along with his cofounders Dennis Carson and Mikel Berger. Carson brought his experience as Director of Development for the City of Lafayette; Berger, cofounder of DelMar Software Development, knew firsthand what a great shared workspace needed to be.

They designed and renovated 11,000 sq ft of the Stein Building at 17 South 6th Street in downtown Lafayette. The former Dodge dealership and garage is owned by Tippecanoe County Public Library, and had been gifted to them several years prior by local entrepreneurial benefactors Don and Lois Stein.

Today, the MatchBOX team manages everything from memberships and programming to partnerships, sponsorships, Business Acceleration, and the Makerspace. Meet the team behind MatchBOX on our Team page.

Since opening its doors in spring 2014, MatchBOX has grown and evolved considerably. But its core ethos hasn't changed: supporting people who want to do work differently. In many ways, MatchBOX is its own kind of perpetual startup — always adapting to meet the needs of Greater Lafayette's changing business community.

MatchBOX. A shared place to work and create.

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