I entered to entrepreneurship ecosystem just after I got graduated from the university. Having decided to run a startup with my other three university friends, we launched or AI startup. Our first concern was to find a suitable working place where we could work punctually and also extremely focused. We rented the basement of a kindergarten of one my partner’s mother. It was almost at the outskirt of the city where we encountered several challenges and the most important one was an appropriate wifi connection.
Moreover, there was no one there to mentor us since all of them where working inside the city.
So, we decided to rent another place inside the city, but since we could not earn enough money, and whatever we earned was spending on the growth of our startup, we found that we could not afford that thus, we gave it up.
After a while, one of my friend who had been working with me in an accelerator before, established the first co-working space in my country called Zavie and I got interested in the concept. We were his first clients. We rented a small space there for four people and I must admit that we could work and focus there really efficiently. It was one of the my best working experience because the place was meeting our necessary demands such as flexible timing, convenient atmosphere and access to resources and mentors.
My advice to the most fresh founders is to try the co-working space since first, it is affordable, second, they do not need to worry about the maintenance of the working area, third, they always have an acceptable internet access, forth, they could focus more on their work through the convenient and silent atmosphere, fifth, it is inside the city and everyone can easily get there, and finally and the most importantly, they can get ideas and mentorship from other experts who are working there.
At the end, I should say in a short advice that everyone can work in co-working spaces with the least concerns.