Why Co-working Spaces Help Businesses Succeed. Garages and bedrooms may be the archetypal home of scrappy new ventures, but these days entrepreneurs have another option when it comes deciding where to locate a fledgling business: coworking spaces.
These communal offices draw independent workers and start-ups to a shared office environment, usually at relatively low-cost, providing conference rooms and photocopiers as well as other less tangible benefits for entrepreneurs. What are these? CNBC recently rounded up a few ways co-working spaces help new businesses succeed, including low overhead and networking, but to get a fuller picture of the advantages these spaces offer entrepreneurs we went straight to the horse's mouth, emailing a handful of space owners and start-up founders who built their businesses at coworking spaces for their perspective on the coworking experience for entrepreneurs. The number one reason that a new business should join a coworking space is for the community support.
Opening your own business is scary. Art & Design Cultural Complex. Coworking: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them (For Now) While Silicon Valley garages may have been the birthplace headquarters for today’s blue chip tech companies, to find the next generation of startup success stories you may want to check out a coworking space.
These open-area offices, which allow freelance professionals and entrepreneurs to rent desks cheaply on a month-to-month, or even day-to-day, basis are generally not-for-profit, corporate-sponsored or venture capital-sponsored entities. They function in an incubator-like capacity, catering specifically to early-stage startups by offering networking programs, business-fundamentals clinics and mentoring opportunities. A survey by the coworking industry publication Deskmag found one in every three coworking locations across the country is planning to expand in 2012.
Supporters of coworking say the entrepreneurial communities could help prevent another tech sector meltdown like the one of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. There's a Coworking Space for Everyone. As entrepreneurship and self-employment continue to increase, community workspaces are gaining popularity globally.
Coworking is the concept of multiple small companies and entrepreneurs operating out of a shared office space while working independently. According to a recent Global Coworking Survey by Deskmag, coworking has doubled every year since 2006, the latest count being 2,150 spaces worldwide. The traditional 9-to-5 office model is evolving into a 24/7 space—a hub for networking, connecting, and collaborating. As current job trends evolve, coworking spaces are able to adapt and flow with companies whose needs are ever changing. Earlier this year, Thomas Frey was a featured speaker at the TEDxReset Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. With this transition, coworking spaces are being optimized—using their flexibility to fit the needs of businesses, both large and small.
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