Co-working spaces for small businesses

In the last 5 years, the amount of small startup businesses and locally owned companies has more than doubled. This spike of smaller companies in the area has affected a new trend among the traditional office buildings. Many smaller companies or startup businesses do not have the immediate capital to put down on a fancy office for their baby business, and they are not quite ready to take on the big financial burden of running a whole office with all of the fees and small expenses that go along with it. These circumstances have created the perfect situation for the rise of shared office spaces.

Office sharing is not really that new of an idea. It likely began many years ago when two people that ran one or two man operations were looking for a way to afford space in an office building, and they decided to split the cost of the rent and the utilities. It also could have begun when a large business had an empty area in their office and they were looking for ways to profit off of that unused space by renting it out to a smaller business. However it first began, it has now taken on a life of its own and has spawned an entirely new business, known as co-working space. These businesses provide a ready to work in office area, but instead of renting out an entire floor of an office, they rent out a few feet of work space. This space can be at a communal work table or a cubical, or even an office, but either way they allow many different people that work at different companies and in different fields to come together in one office to do their daily work.

Shared office spaces are typically complete furnished and decorated, and they come with everything that someone should need to complete their daily business including bathrooms, kitchen areas, internet, conference rooms, desks, tables and chairs. The main difference between a shared office and a traditional office is that space is rented out in short term sequences and it is rented out to people, not to companies. So that means that one company is highly unlikely to take over the entire work space in a shared office space (although in theory they could if they absolutely needed to.)

Each type of co working space is going to have its own set of benefits or amenities, so it is important to shop around at the different locations around you to make sure that you are renting out space in an area that will complement what the work is that you need to do. Office Evolution in Broomfield, for example, offers office space but also has the ability to offer the services of a virtual receptionist if it is needed. They can field incoming phone calls from clients and direct them to you when you are in the office, or send them to a business voice messaging system that is created especially for you.