When we were starting, we were lucky to find a small office thru an ad in Buy & Sell! Office spaces are usually 100 square meters and up, which is just (whew!) way out there, when you’re bootstrapping.
Incubators
Ayala TBI and DOST both have incubators. Recently opened are Open TBI is along C.P. Garcia Ave. near UP and Ateneo and UP Visayas Cebu College TBI. Both have spaces about roughly 15-30 square meters, which is just enough for a small team of 3-5 developers. It’s enough to get you started working on a prototype and you’ll have access to mentors and neighboring startups.
Virtual Offices and Coworking spaces
Another option if you just want a place to telecommute from time to time and can’t face being at the coffee shop all day is to rent a desk at Proud Cloud’s Hackspace in Eastwood. That’s definitely a “hacker house”, if that’s what you’re looking for. No long-term lease, you can just use the desk for a day or a month, and pay as you go.
With a more traditional business feel are the proliferating virtual offices in the metro. In Makati alone, there are: Worldnet Biz Center (830-0205 – 07 loc 11) and My Office along Salcedo Street and Makati Corporate (893-8909) near Don Bosco, and of course prestigious Regus at Enterprise. You can rent a desk or two for at usually at least 3-6 months for less than P5,000. Get a plan that allows you a few hours of the meeting rooms and conference facilities of the shared office space, so you can have private time for product presentations or customer interviews or skype calls.
Are you ready to step it up? Did I miss any other virtual office or small office options for startups and telecommuters? Feel free to share which ones you’ve tried or would like to try.
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