Coworking - what is it like to open a coworking center?

Coworking is a place for those who can not work alone, an excellent opportunity to save on renting an office and to meet with a partner in a stylish meeting room. In general, coworking offices are freedom, novelty and convenience.

Coworking - what is it?

Freelancers, startups do not make sense to rent offices for work, and sometimes, there is simply no money for that, it is quite possible to work at home, investing money in something more useful. However, we have to face the fact that there is nowhere to meet with customers, customers and just useful people. Here and comes to the aid of coworking - this is an organized space for the work of completely different people, having the necessary equipment and minimal conveniences - a coffee machine, a cooler with water and other pleasant trivia. It is worth such a pleasure is very inexpensive.

Coworking Center - what is it?

The word "coworking" is translated as "joint work", it is still a young undertaking, with the creation of the first coworking center, it took little more than 10 years. Coworking center is a large room, equipped for office building, the workplaces in which are rented, starting from the cheapest "dynamic" workplace - any free table where you can sit with your laptop, and ending with individual rooms and conference rooms . You can rent both by the hour, and for a month or more.

Coworking - the pros and cons

Recently, coworking centers are equipped not only with necessary - kitchens, rest rooms, but also with children's rooms, gyms, that is, they increase the number of advantages of coworking, and there are quite a few of them:

• a small rent for a fully equipped workplace ;
• versatile communication, expansion of interesting contacts;
• high efficiency of work, as the general working mood "charges" for work, while at home something is constantly distracting;
• because in the centers people of completely different specialties rent places, it is possible to consult with a specialist on any problem;
• an opportunity to improve the professional level, interesting seminars are held for the participants of the center, meetings are also included in the rent.

In comparison with the pluses, the business of coworking is very small, but they are:

• in the centers there are also meeting rooms, and special "noisy" rooms where you can speak loudly, but the noise from the keyboards can not get anywhere, and it can distract;
• it is necessary to control one's personal things - the coworking center is a public place;
• road to the center and back.

Types of coworking

Coworking is a growing business and, in addition to office centers, other kinds of coworking began to emerge:

1. Production coworking is a place where you can engage in crafts. This carpentry, jewelry, sewing - just a fabulous place for beginner designers, furniture makers, and everyone who knows how and likes to work with their hands.
2. Creative coworking is an art center for artists, where, in addition to conventional office equipment, there may be musical instruments, artistic and photographic equipment, and a special "bohemian" atmosphere;
3. Children's coworking is the center where children are engaged in creativity, play, communicate with other children, and parents can be near.

How to open a coworking center?

Coworking as a business is a promising idea, if there is no such center in the city, you can try to open it. How to organize a coworking center:

1. Decide what kind of orientation you want.
2. Create a business plan, where to write down, in addition to the action plan and calculations, all emerging ideas.
3. Choose a room, depending on the type of coworking, it can be located in the business part of the city or in a quiet park, away from traffic.
4. Repair, planning, splitting into working areas. There must necessarily be sanitary zones, recreation area, Internet access.
5. Equipment. If it is an office center - tables, chairs, office equipment; developing - children's furniture and toys; if the workshops - production equipment. You do not have to buy everything at once, at least start, but continue in the process.
6. Advertising - distribution of flyers, commercials on television, newspaper ads - depending on your budget.
7. States. The staff of the coworking centers require administrators of halls and zones, technical support specialists, service personnel can be found through outsourcing.

How to untwist coworking?

Important is the promotion of coworking, to unroll the newly opened center can be quite budget.

1. Make friends with media and bloggers who are actively reading. This should not be advertising support, but the exchange of services. Think about what you can interest them.
2. Find supporters in the administrative resource. In city administrations there are departments on work with youth, support of small business - for them it is important to participate in new business projects, to be their partner, to be mentioned in press releases and reports. In return, you can get info-support, attracting famous people to your events, and employment specialists will help with volunteers.
3. Do not forget about sotsseti and word of mouth.
4. To attract other innovative projects to their side, mutual advertising is a good way of promotion.

The best coworkers of the world

In the world today there are about 15,000 coworkers, most in the US and Europe. The most unusual and popular coworkers of the world:

• Hubud (Bali, Indonesia) . Eco-friendly bamboo office and organic coffee;
• Coboat - floating coworking . 25-meter catamaran, accommodating 20 people;
• Citizen Space (California, USA) . "Bring your cats, dogs and parrots with you!" - this is the policy of Citizen Space;
• Third door (London, UK) . An ideal place for parents and children is a full-fledged workplace first and the most interesting pastime second;
• The workstation (Moscow, Russia) positions itself as an anti-office;
• CocoVivo (Panama) - office on the ocean.