Don’t Have An Office For Your Startup? No Problem
“When Shawn Haynes launched Seattle Timberworks of Monroe, he didn’t have an office.
So he worked out of the public library across the street.
Heidi Happonen uses Spotted Cow Ice Cream and Coffee Co.’s store in Mill Creek Town Center as her office.
With coffeehouses, libraries and other spots offering free wireless Internet access and quiet corners, many entrepreneurs and business people have embraced them as their alternative offices.
It’s not a unique trend, but it’s something that Steve Oleson, co-owner of the Spotted Cow, has seen grown at his business.
“There are people working in here all day long. In the morning, you might have your business people working and ministers from the churches,” Oleson said. “In the afternoon, you have more of the people who work at home and want to get out to get a coffee and some work done. It’s a real range.”