We had a very interesting chat on Co-working Spaces and Work From Home Entrepeneurs with Kaushal Sanghavi, Co-founder Breathing Room. Here are some tweets from the chat -
. @SHEROESIndia At @BreathingRoomCO, our goal is to find you a place to get work done. On-demand, anywhere (in BOM, DEL, BLR, Pune #wfhTips
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
.@SHEROESIndia @BreathingRoomCO's workspaces range from art galleries (beautiful!) to exciting tech startups (inspiring!), yoga studios 1/2
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia & of course, #coworking spaces, local business centers, SMEs offices & a lot more.. #wfhOptions
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
@SHEROESIndia #coworking spaces tend to be more open and most often house somewhere between 10-40 startups / businesses / freelancers.
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia #SharedSpaces are more private and typically 1 main company that owns the space, shares with 1 or at most 2 other startups.
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
.@SHEROESIndia Ah, loads of benefits. #coworking spaces are great because you get to network with different sets of people everyday.
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia Members of #coworking spaces have met potential major customers or partners... 1/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia There’s also an infectious positive energy that a #coworking spaces have. .. 2/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
@SHEROESIndia Of course, #coworking spaces being fully functional is hugely helpful too. Wifi, furniture, meeting room.. 3/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia Most #coworking spaces I know of also often organize speaker sessions & group health sessions for their members.. 4/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia For #wfh entrepreneurs, ironically, the biggest benefit is that of getting away from the distractions of the house. #wfhTips
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia There’s some truth to the #DressedForSuccess saying. Getting out of the house (& your PJs) changes your mindset 6/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia #Coworking is Typically someone [or small teams] getting their work done primarily on the laptop. Startups, Freelancers..
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia Its not a suits-type environment, so teams that need to be okay with that. An Investment bank probably wouldn't enjoy it
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia I'm glad that #coworking spaces are popping up in most major cities in India. DEL/NCR: @MoonlightingDEL & @91springboard 1/n
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia In BOM: @Bom_Connect, @the_playce & @OurFirstOffice. In BLR: @jaagarnaut & @CobaltBangalore 2/n..
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia In HYD: CoworkZone & @HatchHyd . Pune: @whatthemesh & @sumHR (don't go by their twitter bio :)). 3/n..
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia In Chennai, @startupcentre is the only one that I know of..
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015
. @SHEROESIndia I expect at least 5-6 #coworking spaces in each of the larger cities and at least 2-3 in others. A'bad has @wrkcom already
— Kaushal (@kaushals9) January 21, 2015