David Kinnaird, essensys North American Managing Director, longtime serviced office veteran and IT expert, was recently interviewed by All Work about Workspace Wi-Fi. With security breaches and malware ransom attacks in the recent months, knowing the pitfalls and how to avoid them is a critical component of delivering quality service to your customers.
GCUC 2017 in NYC raised the bar for industry conferences. From Convene, the impressive venue, to the refreshing content and panels from industry experts. It’ll be interesting to see how the organizers at GCUC will outdo themselves next year. But we won’t get ahead of ourselves...
essensys headed out West last week for the QTLY San Diego and Los Angeles events. These are local events tailored to foster community and share best practices among local shared workspace owners and operators.
Much like we see globally in the shared workspace and coworking industries, the Southern California market continues to grow. Touring the USA with QTLY has allowed us to see the diversity throughout the market, understand the myriad of business models, and meet the people behind the workspaces.
The greatest asset you have is your real estate, whether private offices, workstations, or both. Calculating the value of your space to get the highest return on your overall investment is key.
Let’s take a look at some factors that affect the price tag you put on your space.
Part 1 of the FREE eBook: The Key Metrics for Workspace Success
Opening a shared workspace can be a smart venture in today’s market. More and more SMB and enterprise companies are embracing flexible and Coworking spaces while the number of startups, freelancers, and remote workers continue to consume space-as-a-service products. With the growing real estate footprint of shared office space come new market competitors such as commercial real estate giants, property management companies and hobbyist coworkers.
essensys is gearing up for what will be an exciting season of events. We’ll join the ranks of Coworking owners, operators and industry gurus at GCUC in our own back yard: New York City. In a mere 12 months, the Coworking industry has grown and evolved more than we could have anticipated this time last year. With its expanding footprint, it’s brought new challenges to owners and space managers in the form of competition from ambitious market players, traditional office space operators and commercial real estate agents.
The GWA is ramping up for their annual conference, to be held this September in Miami, with a workspace operator survey. Make your voice heard on workspace products, services, and profitability. In our relatively young market where limited data is available, your input will help the larger, continuously emerging workspace community to understand the challenges and solutions encountered by operators.
Part VI of the free eBook: The Key Metrics for Workspace Success
Very often shared workspaces operate on a limited budget which means the center manager ends up wearing multiple hats and has few tools or resources at his or her disposal. When it comes to the finances, if you’re not an experienced CFO, financial controller or bookkeeper, the task can become daunting. In this article, we referenced the top tips for workspace financial management: automation, integration, real-time information, data integrity and tracking services and payments.