10 helpful tips in searching for your future coworking office

The wave of coworking offices continued their energetic progress in 2018 and also managed to rinse over new undiscovered places. Cafes and restaurants around the world saw their chance to utilize their, during the day, half-empty premises by opening up for coworking.

Coworking's ability to get people to find and start working in new ways, both across professional boundaries, sectors, company sizes and locations, will expand this year as well, beginning to include both hotel lobbies, shopping malls and similar suitable locations, experts expect. 

Shared workspaces and work environments unite people with different backgrounds, ideas and methods, and support entrepreneurs in their work to develop more creative and feasible ideas and solutions.

For these newly established entrepreneurs, the greatest challenge is usually to succeed in managing their time in the best possible way and to keep motivation and a high level of productivity up throughout the working week. This can help a good coworking environment, as it may be easier to keep a good focus in an environment that is outside the home office. 

MatchOffice News has therefore compiled a list of 10 useful tips on how to get started with finding your new desktop space in the coworking environment that suits you:  

 

1. Where do you want to work?

The situation can be crucial for your future business. Should the office be near your home, your customers, partners or similar? Be sure to identify what's most important to you when choosing the location of your new coworking headquarters. Remember that the larger coworking companies have offices in several different places and that as a member you usually have access to all places. 

2. What are your needs?

Identify what your future coworking place should be. Do you need a desk daily or maybe a representative workplace where you can hold business meetings? Or do you really just need to get away from the home office and have the opportunity to sit in a business lounge a little now and then, possibly on a flexible day pass or maybe in several different places.

3. Give it a try

Agree on a free work day, or a so-called day card, at the coworking rental site (s) you have selected as potential workplaces. Feel good if you immediately enjoy the social atmosphere and team spirit of the premises, but also with the environment's interior, sound and lighting conditions and other technical facilities.

4. Check out tools and other devices

Check how all IT and other devices meet your needs - internet speed, printer, espresso machine, etc. - but also meeting and conference rooms, call and silence zones, which you will inevitably use in your future work.

5. Does the interior suit you?

The interior design is usually impressive in a coworking environment. Are you happy and inspired in colorful environments with different room and furniture arrangements or do you work best in traditional and ordinary office environments? Today's selection of coworking spaces has never been wider and more varied.

6. The network environment

The social dimension is one of the main reasons why you are looking for a coworking environment. But social sphere, inspiration and relaxation are several different things. If there is a strict professional network that you are looking for, you should prioritize a coworking environment that is geared specifically to your industry and business interests.

7. Don't forget the event calendar

In addition to the valuable daily network you get through other coworkers in the workplace, you can benefit both socially and professionally from various types of events that most coworking companies continuously organize and host. Therefore, do not forget to look into the event calendar of the place.

8. Space to grow

If you have the ambition to develop and expand your business, you should already think about the opportunities available for larger workspaces in the workplace. In a few months you may need more workstations and maybe even a separate office space. Therefore, be prepared to take action right from the start.

9. What pays best

If you have the ambition to develop and expand your business, you should already think about the opportunities available for larger workspaces in the workplace. In a few months you may need more workstations and maybe even a separate office space. Therefore, be prepared to take action right from the start.

10. How do you bond?

Short lease terms are one of the major benefits of choosing coworking. Unlike traditional office objects, there is usually the opportunity to commit for only one or two months. The large coworking companies often work with three-month contracts, which are automatically renewed until terminated.