Skip to content
i2E
  • Programs
    • E3
    • ACT Tulsa
    • Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup
    • OKBio
  • Client Portfolio
  • Services
    • Access to Funding
    • Venture Advisory Services
  • About
    • Our Values
    • Meet Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Corporate Partners
  • Contact
  • Media
Menu
  • Programs
    • E3
    • ACT Tulsa
    • Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup
    • OKBio
  • Client Portfolio
  • Services
    • Access to Funding
    • Venture Advisory Services
  • About
    • Our Values
    • Meet Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Corporate Partners
  • Contact
  • Media
Search

Oklahoma native launches new concept in renting space

Get in Touch

By Scott Meacham
Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co.

Although Cindy Convery, founder of Raw Space for Rent, was born in California, Oklahoma is in her DNA. She is a member of the Choctaw Nation and attended grade school in Ada. Her mother’s family still lives here.

Original ideas come to Convery almost as a matter of course. Early in her career, one of her ideas was instrumental in filming the wild coal car ride in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

When, after a successful 20-plus-year career in the movie and television industry (Warner Bros. and Disney were her clients), Convery had an idea for a very different type of company, she came back to Oklahoma to start it up.

Raw Space for Rent, is an online, peer-to-peer renting business, conceptually like Airbnb — with one huge difference. Raw Space for Rent rents virtually any kind of space, from an attic in Brooklyn to a barn in Dewey, Oklahoma, that comes complete with surrey and fringe. An empty closet, a garden plot, a warehouse, an office, or a vacant field, any space represents an opportunity.

“You don’t need an extra bed and bath to make a little extra money renting out the space you have,” said Convery, who understands renting locations for her film career and learned Airbnb by renting out a guest apartment in a house she was restoring.

“This business hits all the things I want to do,” Convery said. “It’s big. It helps a demographic that I understand. It’s hard for a lot of people to earn a living. It’s hard for women. There are a lot of people with jobs and space who still need to earn extra money. Sometimes $100 or $200 dollars a month is the difference between yes and no. I want to help more people get to yes.”

Convery constructed the website for Raw Space for Rent economically; then she studied the Airbnb map.

“Oklahoma was right in the middle,” she said. “Other space rental startups are all focused on the coasts. No one was paying attention to the Midwestern market, so I decided to capture markets not being sought out.”

Raw Space for Rent provides an easy way for people to reach an audience and monetize unused space. The business model is proven, and Convery’s focus is on her customers — she learned all about understanding an audience from producing movie trailers and documentaries.

Raw Space for Rent capitalizes an interesting trend — individuals seeking to monetize their personal excess capacity. With Raw Space for Rent, it’s space. With Airbnb, it’s beds and baths. With WeGoLook — our recent $35 million exit — it’s “lookers” with extra time.

Convery recognizes that Oklahoma is a good place to launch a business; she came from California to Oklahoma to launch hers here. Raw Space for Rent is our fourth client company founded by a Native-American entrepreneur.

In Oklahoma, we are leveraging all the advantages of founding a high-growth business to attract even more entrepreneurs from outside the state. Cindy Convery and Raw Space for Rent is yet another example.

Scott Meacham is president and CEO of i2E Inc., a nonprofit corporation that mentors many of the state’s technology-based startup companies. i2E receives state support from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology and is an integral part of Oklahoma’s Innovation Model. Contact Meacham at i2E_Comments@i2E.org. 

Read the article at newsok.com

 

 

Author

  • Sarah Graves Sarah Graves

More News

Loading...
woman in lab conducting a study
Blog, i2E
12.13.22

Bayesic Technologies Improves Effectiveness and Efficiency of Data Analysis in Healthcare

Read more
Bison grazing fields
Blog
11.30.22

Bison Underground Merges Nature, Science, and Technology to Tackle Climate Change

Read more
African American family sitting on couch reading and chatting
Blog, E3, i2E
11.22.22

Fokes Connects Families, Caregivers and Care Agencies for Smoother Communications and Care 

Read more
i2e blog post graphic
Blog, News
11.03.22

Introducing: Stories of Oklahoma Innovation

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.28.22

Oklahoma Grown! i2E Invests in BIO startups

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

Moleculera Labs BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

Oklahoma State University BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

ECHO Investment Capital BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

AscendBioVentures BIO

Read more
Default Featured Image
OKBio
06.13.22

Dean McGee Eye Institute BIO

Read more
i2E

Oklahoma City Office

840 Research Parkway, Suite 250
OKC, OK 73104
+1 (405) 235.2305

Tulsa Office

100 S. Cincinnati Ave – Suite 514
Tulsa, OK 74103
+1 (918) 582.5592

  • Client Portfolio
  • About Us
  • Media
  • Events
  • Contact
  • Resources

© 2022 i2E Privacy Policy

Follow us:

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

Programs

  • E3
  • ACT Tulsa
  • Love's Entrepreneur's Cup
  • OKBio
  • Client Portfolio

Services

  • Access to Funding
  • Venture Advisory Services
  • Contact
  • About
  • Our Values
  • Our Team
  • Board of Directors
  • Corporate Partners
  • Media
i2E