Starting your own business can be a great way to make your entrepreneurial idea a reality. Lots of startups do not require working from an office so many budding entrepreneurs work from home.
While this setup offers many perks, such as savings on business attire, coffee and lunch expenses, it can present awkward scenarios when the time comes to grow your team or meet with potential clients - with your roommate or family living their lives around your meetings.
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Plus, you can't even get a Google business listing with your home address. When it is time to take your startup to the next level, you will need a dedicated workspace. Your options: a traditional office space or a coworking space. For most startups, coworking spaces make sense for some really good reasons.
Affordability
While working from a coffee shop can be a lot cheaper with free Wi-Fi and the baristas who know your regular order, coworking spaces offer many options and plans to fit any budget. There's also free coffee, super-fast Wi-Fi and many more amenities that come built-in to your membership.
Most importantly, you'll have a fancy mailing address for your new business without spending the time and money you would need to rent an office space in a reputable neighborhood and outfit it with furniture, décor and all of the office equipment you need to run your business. Think about how much you'll save on coffee and bottled water. No worries about cleaning and maintaining a rented office either as those services are included in shared office spaces.
Additionally, Venture X Naples does not tie you into long-term leases; we rent monthly. This flexibility gives you the freedom to come and go as your business needs take shape.
Scalable spaces
As your startup evolves and your needs change, you might want a space for five employees to work on a project one month and a space large enough for 12 members of your team the next month. Our office spaces can easily scale up or down to meet your space needs from month to month.
For tech startups that don't necessarily need to work in the same location every day, we offer many different size spaces with varying degrees of privacy for intermittent meetings. Our community plan includes access to our community areas one day per month with additional day passes available for $25 per day.
When it is time to present to your team or to pitch your business to investors, Venture X Naples' conference rooms are fully equipped with state-of-the-art audio/visual technology. Available at $40 per hour, our conference rooms are equipped with everything you need for successful business meetings.
Services that can help you put it all together
Coworking spaces cater to the needs of startups by offering a wide range of services to get you up and running. As your brainchild idea starts to take shape, there will be many day-to-day aspects of your business that you might not have considered.
Your Venture X coworking membership will get you live and online access to our member directory. In our diverse community, you're sure to find members who can help you with marketing, accounting, benefits, as well as setting up an online presence. In the bigger picture, Venture X Naples presents monthly events geared towards educational, social, cultural and entrepreneurial themes.
Intrinsic Networking and Collaboration
The very nature of coworking spaces lends itself to networking and collaboration. While many coworking spaces are dominated by young professionals and tech startups, Venture X Naples enjoys a truly diverse cross-section of the Naples community. From attorneys in private practice to fitness and healthcare professionals, investment startups, architects, freelance writers, photographers and web developers, our community is well-represented by many professions and industries.
At Venture X, a collaborative spirit helps like-minded professionals stay motivated and inspired to make great things happen. Synchronicity has a way of feeding the creative process to produce optimal results. New connections may lead to new business opportunities. For startups, the energetic, networking environment of coworking spaces can spark new ideas and help build your brand presence in the community.
Face your challenges in a supportive environment
Starting a business, especially your first one is not going to be the best day ever, every day. You will encounter hurdles you never even considered you'd have to deal with, times when you just want to scrap it all and obstacles that you just can't figure out how to get around. But when you are surrounded by other business professionals grappling with the same or similar issues, you can share resources, point each other towards solutions and learn from other business owners that have tackled the same challenges when starting up their businesses. Venture X Naples encourages members to share their experiences to help each other succeed.
Coworking spaces, such as Venture X Naples are changing up ideas about office environments. For startups, coworking spaces bridge the space between working at home and moving into your own office, as your startup begins to grow into an established brand.
Contact Venture X Naples to learn how your startup can benefit from working in an environment that is geared towards your business's success. In addition to the awesome immediate surroundings, the hospitality and the inspired network of business professionals, we are conveniently located in the heart of Naples.
The Mercato neighborhood features many exciting dining, shopping and entertainment venues, just a short walk from the Venture X Naples facility. And if that's just too much to process all at once, we're just a five-minute bike ride from Naples' white sandy beaches! Contact us today to set up a tour of coworking space!
