The $200 Office
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For the small time entrepreneur office space can be a big problem. How do you impress a client or a loan officer when you can’t afford permanent office space [not to mention all the trappings...receptionist, phone lines, furniture etc]?
Well now thanks to Regus it’s easy. You outsource it. Not to India, to a temporary space managed by a global temp office:
Unlike traditionally leased space, our global network of fully equipped offices and meeting rooms provides businesses of all sizes and stages with exactly the space they need to succeed.
Think this is a small time venture, think again. Regus has space in 350 cities in 60 countries [sadly Edmonton is not one of them...so I'm stuck using Starbucks!].
There’s a complete interview/article in Business Week on outsourced office space:
What’s an “outsourced office,” and how does it work?
Increasing numbers of small companies are realizing that they don’t need full-time offices. Broadband Internet connections are very cost-effective, and with voice-over IP or just a regular telephone at home, why do you need to have people working out of an office? Occasionally, though, you need a place to entertain clients, meet with your staff, or just get away from the spouse and kids to work uninterrupted. That’s what we provide.What are the terms, and how does an entrepreneur arrange for an outsourced office space?
Say you or your team only needs a physical office location two or three days a week, or two or three days a month. Starting at $200 a month, you get access to the office space twice a month with a telephone number and a full-time receptionist to answer it all the time, use of a prestigious business address in one of 350 cities around the world, office equipment like copiers, printers and coffee machines, and Internet access.The only thing we don’t supply is computers; most of our clients bring in their own laptops. If they want filing cabinets, cupboards, and lockers to keep their things in when they’re not there, we can arrange that for an additional fee.
Surprisingly affordable and they seem legitimately small biz friendly. A great concept…read more from the article here: The $200 Office
Found on Biz Ops Blog.