Awfis Space Solutions, a network of community workspace and work enablers, which has created 19,000 seats across 50 centres in nine cities across India including – New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Chennai, plans to establish over 100 centres with more than 35,000 seats across existing markets besides testing tier-2 cities by March 2019.
"We would love to partner with the government to provide a physical asset or be the infrastructure partner as part of Digital India program." Amit Ramani, our Founder & CEO, in conversation with Leaders of Tomorrow on ET Now.
Flexibility is also important, points out Amit Ramani, CEO of Sequoia-backed Awfis that went from 3,000 members across 17 centres last year to now boasting over 12,000 members sitting in 50 centres pan India. More than 70 percent of Awfis’s clients are medium- and large-sized companies that are able to easily expand into new areas, set up satellite offices away from their headquarters or even downsize operations if needed.
At the BW Businessworld Growth Leadership Conclave and Awards 2018: From SMEs to Unicorns, there was a panel discussion on “The Road to Greatness- Resilient Entrepreneurs
These co-working spaces are also focusing on helping woman entrepreneurs with fundamental requirements so that they don’t face difficulties in juggling work and home-related priorities.
Mothers can pay and access an office space at hours convenient to them. They can also avail a range of mobility solutions like the freedom pass, aimed at enabling them to work seamlessly from any centre at any given time.
The co-working industry loves startups for the spirit of collaboration and high energy. But the industry is gradually gravitating towards large companies and small and medium enterprises
