Starting a company is exciting, but it can also be daunting. No one wants to get bogged down in the minutiae of office space selection and set up. All of those little details gobble time and energy that should be spent focusing on creating and growing the new business.
Fortunately, there’s an option that eliminates the need for much of that tedium. It’s an innovative solution for a new age of startups, one that provides many of the benefits of a traditional office while reducing most of the hassle of managing an office. Welcome to the Virtual Office Space, the perfect solution for new startups!
Less Hassle
While designing can be fun under the right circumstances, trying to find an affordable office space in the right area can be a major headache. Working out a lease agreement is stressful when funds are low and the company is new. After you’ve found your space, you still need to deal with any necessary renovations, purchase or rent furniture, set up necessary utilities. You’re responsible for cleaning and maintaining the space.
With a Virtual Office, you and your employees work from wherever works for them. There are few responsibilities added to your list since the work environment is a space you would otherwise occupy. You’re also responsible only for yourself, not the messes or problems of other employees.
Professional Address
One of the biggest benefits for startups using a virtual office is a professional address. Despite many startups beginning at home, clients often view businesses with a professional address in a commercial area as more successful and stable. They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. With the advantage of a professional business address on your business cards and letterhead, clients will feel more confident about your company.
Additionally, having a business address keeps your private address secure. Your home life and business life are better separated, even if you are working from home most of the time. You may be a small startup, but you deserve the privacy and security of keeping your personal life separate from your business life.
Much Lower Cost
Startups require money. Spending money on rent, utilities, and other necessities is unpalatable when it’s taking funds away from business growth or employee paychecks. The Virtual Office is a low cost/high benefit way to create an office environment without paying for all the physical components, insurance, and utilities needed for a brick and mortar office building.
Virtual office spaces are contract-free. You can cancel at any time. You aren’t locked into a costly lease. You have the freedom to cancel your Virtual Office membership or upgrade it as your company changes. You’re in charge!
Meeting Rooms
A Virtual Office membership also provides a membership rate for meeting room rentals. This is a perfect option when you need to hold a meeting or meet with a client. No longer are you bound to a coffee shop or your home. You can use your discounted rate to rent a meeting room that comes fully equipped with all you need to hold a professional meeting.
When your clients arrive for the meeting, they’re greeted by a professional receptionist who will direct them to the meeting. Not only do you have a professional setting furnished with comfortable seating and a conference table, state of the art video conferencing and presentation technology is also available in this room at no extra cost. Once again, the Virtual Office is there for you and your clients, providing high end, professional features while saving you money.
Saves Time and Improves Productivity
The Virtual Office reduces time lost to day-to-day office personnel management. Employees can be more self-reliant and efficient. Employees also often relish the idea of working from home, abandoning the constraints of a traditional office.
They gain greater flexibility, including in their working hours as business permits. Employees are generally happier, leading to greater productivity, fewer missed worked days, and a higher employee retention rate, all of which help create stability within the startup company.
Global Employee Market
When your office is largely online, the field for finding the best employees is wide open. Your company can be based in one location but one, some, or all of your employees could be anywhere in the country or the world. Using a Virtual Office, companies can select the best possible employee for a job without the typical constraints of location and commutability.
This also benefits the employee, who doesn’t have to make hard choices and pay for relocating to take advantage of a great job opportunity. The Virtual Office creates a win-win-win environment that benefits employers, employees, and the startup business itself.
Better for the Environment and Health
Since virtual office spaces require no commute, it saves gasoline. This is a benefit for employees since they incur no commuting costs. But on a bigger scale, this is also great for the environment. Gasoline releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Therefore, eliminating or greatly reducing the time employees need to spend on the road for their job creates not only happier employees but a happier planet as well.
The pandemic has caused employers to reevaluate the need for employees to come into traditional office spaces. Throughout the country, there’s been a striking reduction in the frequency of the flu virus. Part of this is due to increased hygiene and more careful interactions, but some is due to employees working from home. Sick employees no longer feel compelled to show up at the office sick, potentially spreading their illness and causing reduced productivity and missed workdays. Employees can stay home and recover, keeping others healthy and allowing the company to maintain a solid pace for work and growth.
The Virtual Office Solution
The technology exists to help startups save money while growing their businesses. There’s no reason to spend resources on a traditional office when all you need is available at a much lower cost, contract-free, and available whenever you need it.
The Virtual Office is the solution for startups ready to take the next step and hit the ground running with an office that is affordable, advantageous, and ready for action.