Frequently Asked Questions

What does my membership to MatchBOX include?

Each member receives 24/7 access to our facilities including 9 meeting rooms, phone booths, fast WiFi, coffee & snacks, and printing & scanning services.

Members also enjoy monthly member meetups, waived tuition for our workshop series, and access to the MatchBOX Makerspace.

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 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 to create the monitor set-up of your productivity dreams and leave it on-site in our secure reserved desk section

Are memberships month-to-month?

Memberships are available monthly and you can cancel anytime. For a discount, you can pay for a full year membership.

What is your pet policy?

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

How do I book a conference room?

Conference rooms up to 30 hours per month are included in every membership. Book yours here.

Community members who are not members can also book conference rooms for board meetings, staff trainings, and conferences. Check out our corporate event page for details.

Can I bring guests?

Absolutely! We encourage members to bring in guests for meetings or just to see the space. Our monthly free days are a great time to bring your friends with tours offered by our staff members throughout the day!

What exactly is a Makerspace?

Our MBX Makerspace is located inside MatchBOX Coworking Studio. It is a place to tinker and create with an amazing assortment of tools and equipment to help you do just that.

Check out all of the capabilities on our Check out our MBX Makerspace page!

About MBX

MatchBOX is currently owned by Lafayette Urban Enterprise Association, a 501c3 organization. The cost of the experiences we provide our members is roughly three times the amount we charge. Our many partners make up the difference to keep MatchBOX accessible to as many people as possible. In addition to shared work space, MatchBOX offers workshops, acceleration courses, a makerspace, and active programming and partnerships to support its 300+ members and partners, and the community at large.

MBX exists to support a better future for our region that is vibrant, innovative, and optimistic. Our mission is to encourage a creative approach to business that engages everyone, challenges the status quo, and coalesces a community of change.

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.

Jason Tennenhouse, Purdue grad, serial entrepreneur, former president of Lafayettech, and a director on the board at Greater Lafayette Commerce at the time, served as project lead. He designed the space and refined the concept, along with his cofounders, Dennis Carson and Mikel Berger. Carson, in his role as Director of Development for the City of Lafayette, brought his passion for downtown development to the project, and Berger, cofounder of DelMar Software Development and then-president of Lafayettech, knew firsthand what was needed in a collaborative, shared workspace.

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 entrepreneur and his wife, Don and Lois Stein.

Today, Tennenhouse serves as Executive Director and Chief Visioneer, but others have joined the team and MatchBOX has evolved into what it is today. The current MatchBOX team runs marketing, membership, studio and makerspace management, partnerships, sponsorship, programming, acceleration activities, and more. Hop over to the Team page to learn more about the team.

MatchBOX has grown and changed considerably in the years since the doors opened on a spring day in 2014, but the ethos of the organization is still deeply invested in supporting the members of our community finding ways to do work differently. In many ways, MatchBOX is very much it’s own sort of perpetual startup, pivoting and changing to meet the needs of the ever-changing local business community in Greater Lafayette.

MatchBOX. A shared place to work and create.

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