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Startups/Companies looking at the corporate/office occupier market, i.e. WeWork, VTS, etc

Why would a company do that? Well, the same reason companies pay by the minute for cloud servers - to more accurately match their demand for office space/server resources.

When the economy tanks or other uncertainties face a company, the first thing to get the chop are big long leases for new office space with upfront capital investment on fitouts. So, a prudent CFO is LESS likely to sign a traditional lease and instead go to wework for a year-to-year commitment while they ride out the economic turmoil.

In addition, if the CFO or management see potential layoffs coming, they are even more likely to take up flexible space so when layoffs happen, they can also shed the office space.

I think during a downturn in the economy is when flexible office shines as a prudent option for businesses.

The press seems to focus on the free coffee/beer to position flexible office as a premium or luxury product and use the flawed logic that when the economy falters, a “luxury” coworking space will be the first thing that gets cut from a company’s budget.

http://propdata.io

I have created a free site containing extracts from OpenStreetMap data. Unlike the metro extracts sites (Geofabrik, Mapzen), my goal is to extract specific datasets such as buildings, schools, hospitals, fast food restaurants etc from OSM rather than standard map/gis data.

My overall goal is to make the extracts available, and then to encourage people who use them and get value to actively update OSM to improve the quality of the data they are interested in. By doing this, the overall quality and coverage of data in OSM should (in theory) be improved.

- Single page property websites/subdomains created by brokers (www.123mainstreet.com)

- parked domain landing pages

Just my 2c, not knowing exactly how feasible this is for you.

http://www.startupshk.com/

http://www.hkcocoon.org/en/index.aspx

http://hkcommons.com

http://jobs.webwednesday.asia

I agree that roadside pollution levels especially in Causeway Bay and Mongkok are most likely caused by local transport, but the clear-air and high visibility during Golden weeks and CNY suggest significant contributions from north of the border.

Just out of the way enough to avoid the drunk losers passed out on the beach at patong etc

Turns out they are 'Jockeys' that people pay to pick up so they can drive on the major downtown roads that have a 3-person min for each car. It's essentially hitch hiking to go no where.

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/jakarta/jockeys-and-ojeks-mor...

So, it was planned but I was still pushed in the end - and it was great.

- Don't put boardroom/meeting rooms against the windows with the best views, leave them internal and put your employees where the best views/natural light is;

- Avoid a single monolithic meeting room and go for two smaller rooms with a common wall that can be pulled back. Large meeting rooms for >30 ppl at once tend to be under-utilised most of the time;

- If the expected budget is more than US$100k consider bringing on a project manager - they will generally earn back their fees with keeping everything in budget and fixing potentially costly issues as they arise rather than 6 months later;

- Don't try to cut costs on anything that an employee touches, sits on or uses i.e. chairs, desks, coffee machine etc. It is almost always a false economy to cut costs here;

- Ask the landlord to contribute some money to the fitout (can't hurt to ask);

- If you are going open-plan try to avoid offices around the perimeter windows as they will tend to block the natural light from getting into the main office;

- Hardwood/concrete floors sound like a good idea but keep in mind they can be quite noisy in high-traffic areas.

edit: Or, at the very least, entitled to 30% of the fees charged by Square to the merchant?

Another place to check out is the govt sponsored incubator at Cyberport http://www.cyberport.hk/en/about_cyberport/our_5_centres/ent...

Look forward to seeing you around HK

One suggestion I humbly propose is get me to sign up and purchase one gift first. As part of this process, ask me to input further information on:

- Family members' birthdays; - spouse/partner anniversary date; - parent's wedding anniversary, etc;

And coming up to those dates, send me a personalised email like "Hey, Tara's birthday is coming up in a month, check out these gifts we can gift-wrap and send to her..."

Simple economics - if it was easy, everyone could do it.

I work on construction projects in China so I have an idea of the difficulties re: quality and expectations

- all public transport (subway, bus, tram, ferry, etc)

- shops (7-11, drugstore etc)

- as access card to buildings, offices, residence

... and on a run-down boat which charges you HK$1.80 per ride (US$0.23). This is the ultimate Mom and Pop shop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_EtTiLP_EE