In this post, I will mention some of the practical advantages that a coworking space offers. The main advantages according to Market2, are the following: Savings in implementation costs and monthly costs; increase in business productivity/efficiency; enrichment of the business model by being exposed to improvement ideas from the community. Inspira Workspaces We offer both options of use of spaces by hours/daysas the non-face-to-face formulasas the spaces dedicated exclusively and with all services included. These 3 formulas share 3 great advantages: Cost savings, 0 investment, and absolute flexibility.
Advantage #1. Savings in economic expenses.
As we mentioned in a previous post, cost savings are very important in any company, but even more important is to ensure that your income grows sustainably. Broadly speaking, there are 3 types of operating modes for organizational purposes:
- Working from our own home: The financial cost will be zero, but it lacks professionalism and will not reflect well on the client. In addition, it can affect your performance and even interfere with your personal life, which can come back to haunt you both personally and professionally. Be careful…
- Rent an office: In this case, the economic cost shoots up. We will have to adapt the space, and therefore make an initial investment that will surely be greater than what was initially calculated. In addition, we will incur a series of fixed expenses beyond the mere rent (electricity, cleaning, fiber line, insurance, maintenance, alarm...)
- Choosing a Coworking space: This option is much cheaper than the previous one, since you will not have to worry about anything related to the adaptation and maintenance of the office. From the moment you enter the doors on the first day, you will find it perfectly adapted to the correct performance of your professional activity. Likewise, all expenses are included, so you will not have unexpected extra costs. The contracts of coworking or workspaces are usually much more flexible, so you can react to eventualities much more easily.
Advantage #2. Adaptation to your growth.
Most companies start from scratch, with one, two or no employees. As time goes by, the normal thing is that the staff grows. The great advantage that a workspace offers you is that coworking is that you have formulas adapted to your growth, putting in your hand flexible solutions. This way, you can have smaller or larger spaces depending on your new needs, turning this factor into a variable rather than a fixed cost. In addition, it also allows you to decrease easily and without costs associated with the decrease. Another great advantage!
Advantage #3. Adaptation to your times.
Nowadays, there are many entrepreneurs who dedicate their time and effort not only to their own project, but also to work for others. In these cases, it is absurd to rent a space on a monthly basis and full-time, since you will not make it profitable. Therefore, coworking spaces They offer formulas with different rates that adapt to the exact use you will give to their facilities: weekly or monthly hourly packages, half-day formulas, including meeting rooms or not, etc. In this way, you will be investing your money fairly and logically at the time you actually use this workspace.
Advantage #4. Greater productivity and schedule control.
For many, the convenience of working from home is incomparable; forgetting about the time and cost of commuting is very tempting. However, it is also a space full of endless distractions. Visiting the fridge, taking a “5-minute” break in front of the TV (which always tends to get out of hand) or “I’m going to take advantage of fixing the kitchen tap”, etc. This can cause our schedule to become distorted and we don’t really meet our daily goals or we do so but in a much longer period of time.
Another advantage of working from home may be not having to worry about keeping your workspace tidy. However, in a coworking space you won't have to worry about that either, with one big difference, others will do it for you. Behind a coworking space you will find a team of professionals dedicated exclusively to finding this perfect space for carrying out your duties. human team A workspace manager will take care of cleaning your workstation, keeping it tidy, making sure that the air conditioning works perfectly, your internet connection is working perfectly, the offices are clean and tidy, all the lighting is in perfect condition, your correspondence is collected and notified immediately, your calls are answered with great care...
On the other hand, it will be much easier for you to rationalize your schedule, being able to turn off your computer after work and not turn it on again until the next day. If you manage to separate your work and personal life, you will gain clarity and efficiency.
Advantage #5. The importance of transmitting an impeccable corporate image.
The image that your business generates for your clients will be crucial. You should try to convey professionalism, reliability and seriousness to them. The truth is that working from home does not help to convey these types of concepts. The other alternative, that of having your own office, will require a lot of time and resources to be able to convey a professional image. It is common for small companies not to dedicate them, so the image that is conveyed to visitors can harm you, and even tip the balance in favor of another competitor. In a business center / coworking you will not have to worry about absolutely anything, the coworking team will take care of everything, keeping the facilities impeccable, creating a clean and tidy environment, which will convey professionalism.
Advantage #6. Knowledge enrichment.
This is another advantage of coworking: the opportunity to share your project with other professionals, from whom you can receive their contributions and feedback. This enrichment will give your business idea an essential competitive advantage, having been enriched by the contribution of highly valuable prescribers. It is always extremely healthy to expose ourselves to the criticism of others in order to see those points in which we can improve; when the contributions come from other entrepreneurs like you, the value is higher.
Traditionally in Spain, entrepreneurs have always been wary of sharing their business idea with other professionals. This is changing very quickly, and it is key to keeping our project up to date with the new times. coworking wants to break with this obsolete concept. Realize that in this type of spaces you can find professionals from very diverse business areas: marketing, design, administration, production, IT, science, etc. All these professionals can help you give a much more multifocal perspective to your business idea, it can even be an ideal place to find partners in new business projects!
The other great advantage of having a business network in your coworking space is being able to access certain contacts that will help you enrich your project, as well as sell your products/services better.
Advantage #7. Goodbye to loneliness.
Working alone from home, or in an office with just one co-worker, can make you feel extremely lonely on a daily basis. In a coworking space, you will be surrounded by your fellow coworkers, you will be able to engage in conversations with them, chat in a relaxed way during your “coffee break” or share knowledge from different subject areas. This will also help you to stay up to date with current events, the latest economic trends, etc. In short, you will be able to socialize and you will also gain knowledge that would otherwise have been difficult to obtain.
