The instant office
For the first time in Poland small- and medium-sized operations can rent a fully equipped office by the hour.
Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE), which launched in Warsaw this week, is aimed at entrepreneurs who either don't have enough space for a proper office or find themselves on the run and need to address their administration.
MBE's director, Jacek Dzudzewicz, estimates that there are more than 2,000 target businesses within a 600-meter radius of his premises in ul. Marszałkowska.
"In a sense we are trying to help people escape from their homes," explains Dzudzewicz. "Many of our customers will have a computer in their flat or shop but will not necessarily have all the facilities they need to function effectively."
For an introductory zł.7-an-hour fee, customers will have access to a computer equipped with business administration and graphics software, and all the normal IT facilities. Mail Boxes Etc. can provide private space for more confidential transactions and binding services to ad a professional touch to product promotions or presentations. The company now boasts more than 5,000 outlets across the world.
"A businessman or woman can use this central Warsaw address as their company address, receiving mail and deliveries that we will notify them about. We also offer a selection of postal services on top of the delivery services offered by all the main logistics firms," Dzudzewicz says.
For those who might think the instant office a little artificial, there is tea and coffee on hand. However, the usual gossip about office romances around the water cooler might be a bit thin on the ground.
Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE), which launched in Warsaw this week, is aimed at entrepreneurs who either don't have enough space for a proper office or find themselves on the run and need to address their administration.
MBE's director, Jacek Dzudzewicz, estimates that there are more than 2,000 target businesses within a 600-meter radius of his premises in ul. Marszałkowska.
"In a sense we are trying to help people escape from their homes," explains Dzudzewicz. "Many of our customers will have a computer in their flat or shop but will not necessarily have all the facilities they need to function effectively."
For an introductory zł.7-an-hour fee, customers will have access to a computer equipped with business administration and graphics software, and all the normal IT facilities. Mail Boxes Etc. can provide private space for more confidential transactions and binding services to ad a professional touch to product promotions or presentations. The company now boasts more than 5,000 outlets across the world.
"A businessman or woman can use this central Warsaw address as their company address, receiving mail and deliveries that we will notify them about. We also offer a selection of postal services on top of the delivery services offered by all the main logistics firms," Dzudzewicz says.
For those who might think the instant office a little artificial, there is tea and coffee on hand. However, the usual gossip about office romances around the water cooler might be a bit thin on the ground.
