Rise of Co-Working and Emerging Business Challenges

The rising popularity of co-working spaces as a commercial avenue has also brought many new, unseen challenges for businesses in this sector. Business consulting firm ( https://www.yourretailcoach.in/ ) YRC has come out with certain relevant insights on this topic in this communiqué addressing aspiring entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting a co-working business and looking for co-working business solutions.

𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

Co-working spaces can be considered as clubs or gyms but for work. Like in gyms or clubs, people go for specific reasons and purposes, in co-working, people go for work at a common place. A co-working space is a common office environment equipped with fundamental assets and services required for routine office and professional work. Subscribers to co-working spaces can go as individuals or in groups (or as enterprises) and use the setup and services to do their work. The service providers charge fees for the letting use of their office infrastructure and services. Co-working is an ideal working space solution for freelancers, independent professionals, solopreneurs, and startups.

𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴:

· Fully-furnished office space
· Air-Conditioning
· Coffee and refreshment
· Restrooms
· Individual workstations
· Meeting/conference rooms
· Private offices
· Wi-Fi Internet
· Security, CCTV surveillance

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸

Co-working is one of the finest examples of contemporary working style. It is essentially a working space with office amenities for a limited number of individuals or small teams. Within that range, users of co-working may include freelancers, remote employees, startups, businesses ( https://www.yourretailcoach.in/retail-business-plan/ ) (for specific purposes like meetings), solopreneurs, and independently-working professionals.

The need for workspace services was an evolving one. As economies grow, trade and commerce also begin to thrive. New businesses emerge which give rise to the need for services. Both businesses and service providers (remote employees, freelancers, or even small startups and others) need a workspace. Co-working fulfils this need.

Co-working industry is also driven by many internal and external factors. For example, setting up a new office space in another city could be more expensive than hiring a co-working space to accommodate a small team of remote employees while still getting their services. This is the internal side of the decision. The external side could be a lack of real estate space in the desired city or commercially unfeasible leases and rentals.

𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼-𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Albeit the demand for co-working is growing on the global scale it is often not enough if markets are taken individually. This problem is acute in mid-tier cities that are slowly opening up to a co-working culture. Other related challenges are inconsistency in subscriptions and a low number of startups with co-working necessities.

𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: In more mature markets, competition makes it difficult to retain clients in co-working. The lucrativeness in these markets attracts new players who would have studied their competitors very well and come up with better amenities and services, pricing, and other elements.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁: The community factor is a strong USP for co-working spaces. But it can be hard to hold on to this community quotient. Not all markets are big enough to commercially justify catering to one or two segments. Opening up to multiple segments dilutes the community quotient.

𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: Co-working spaces must provide an extensive range of amenities and services to meet the fundamental as well as diverse office/working needs of their clients. As the quantum of facilities offered go up it also begins to weigh heavily on the CAPEX and OPEX requirements. Offering customisation, which is a powerful USP in co-working, makes the costs swell further.

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Co-working spaces are a reflection of a contemporary working culture as mini versions of those sophisticated corporate powerhouse offices. Even minimalism needs to be of premium quality in co-working spaces. Maintaining the entire gamut of assets and service systems can spiral out of hand without SOPs ( https://www.yourretailcoach.in/standard-operating-procedures-consulting/ ) for co-working business facilities management and housekeeping.

𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆: Technology is part of today's work culture. Whether it is high-speed internet, cloud printing, remote conference systems, or any other feature that is available in modern-day offices, co-working needs to not only provide the same but also keep up with the latest versions of those technologies as per prevailing usage trends. This calls for dedicated teams for respective domains.

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