by Courtney Ramirez on September 14, 2011
A conversation on mobile workers and the explosion of virtual offices with Laurent Dhollande, CEO of Cloud Virtual Offices, and Scott Chambers, Managing Partner of Pacific Business Centers. (Reposted from Executive Suite Success Magazine, September 2011)
Revved Results (RR): Laurent, we knew you before as CEO of Pacific Business Centers in California. Why this move to Cloud Virtual Offices?
Laurent Dhollande (LD): Virtual offices have been a growing business for several years, built on the strength of home-based entrepreneurs and virtual companies. What is really significant today is that corporate workers are joining in, as they leave their corporate offices in droves, thanks to mobile tools, social media, life-style choices, and their company’s desire to eliminate dedicated office space. I could not resist the business opportunity this mega-trend represents for Cloud Virtual Offices. We are building a service platform with our OBC and technology partners to support mobile workers seamlessly where ever they need to do work.
RR: Scott, are you replacing Laurent as CEO of Pacific Business Centers?
Scott Chambers (SC): We haven’t sorted out this quite yet but we really have a collegial approach, with a group of six Managing Partners including myself running Pacific Business Centers. That won’t change.
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by Keith Warner on January 14, 2010
Is the “office” component of a “Virtual Office” really “virtual”?
When my father and I started offering Virtual Offices 25 years ago they were not called “Virtual Offices”. In fact, to my knowledge, the term “Virtual Office” was not used in its present context until about 1994.
We were simply meeting the demand of individuals calling and saying, “we don’t really need a full time office, do you have something we could use part-time that costs less?”, with our supply of empty offices. Thus, our “Part-Time Office Plan” was formed. These were home based entrepreneurs and start ups that needed an inexpensive alternative to leased office space, as well as professional phone answering and an appropriate business address.
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by Kim Seipel on January 4, 2010
So you finally signed up for that Virtual Office - but people often don’t realize all the services that can be leveraged with Virtual Offices. A professional business address, call answering services, and conference rooms to meet with clients are standard with any good virtual package, but what about staff to help you with administrative tasks?
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by Nick DeGraff on December 3, 2009
The current economy presents an opportunity for new startups, as well as large corporate entities, to transition to mobile and ‘virtual’ workforces … both out of necessity and a new understanding of the future business landscape. (Read: mobile, flexible, technology based) The trend to cloud-based business operations is undeniable.
Unfortunately, the discussion has been of internal organization issues and productivity as potential problems that the transition to a virtual workforce present. While these may be issues to heed, in our experience, working everyday with home-based businesses and telecommuters, we have found that there is a much more critical problem for successful home-based operations.
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by Keith Warner on October 23, 2009
New York, NY – Members of the ALLIANCE Business Centers NETWORK descended on the city of New York for its 17th Annual Strategic Summit October 21-23, 2009. This year’s conference was especially important, as the Serviced Office Space industry starts to see several signs of economic recovery and prepares itself for exponential growth in the next 2-5 years!
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by Kim Seipel on October 14, 2009
There are many advantages to virtual office space, but finding a suitable provider can be a cumbersome and confusing process. The best starting point is to do determine what city or location makes sense for your business, then do an internet search; For example, “Virtual office in San Francisco, California, and make appointments to visit each facility. During your tour, take the opportunity to ask the sales manager specific questions that are critical to your decision-making process. As “the face” of your business, it’s important to ensure that the provider you choose has the essentials needed for you to run your business successfully. Here are some recommendations about the ‘must haves’ when determining a Virtual office provider.
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