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Located in Burnaby, just east of Vancouver in BC, the Enterprise Centre is a unique office facility that offers office space and services as well as a place of community for small businesses, emerging companies, international entrepreneurs, representative offices, start-ups, and the home office entrepreneurs. Its open and spacious office plan provides a conducive environment to work and conduct business. It is equipped with all the resources to meet the different needs of both established and emerging companies. It is centrally located making commute to different parts of the Lower Mainland easy and convenient. It also offers virtual office solutions to home office entrepreneurs who need mail or telephone services, or even occasional use of an office to conduct meetings or to network with other entrepreneurs.
You are quite well established in your small business. You want to keep your operating cost and overheads low and to have the flexibility to either grow or scale down your operations when necessary. You want an efficient office communication system to handle your telephone calls and mail for you, because you have no time to manage it on your own. You also do not wish to be tied to a long term office lease.
You have passed the start-up stage, and sales are beginning to pick up. You want an office presence to conduct your business. You are not ready to invest in office overheads nor lease an office space of your own. You want to be able to meet and network with clients and business people, and present a good image of your company to them.
You are an immigrant who has business experience and wide contacts in your former country. You have a business idea of what you want to do in Vancouver. You want to meet other entrepreneurs and businesses to explore international business opportunities and build relationships.
You are a manufacturing or sales representative of an international corporation. You work alone and most of your time is spent in the field. You do not need a large office space nor a full time receptionist; but you need an efficient communication support system that is inexpensive.
You are a few partners starting a new business together. You need a place to come together and develop your plan and bring it forward. You want to test your ideas in the real world. You are now serious in wanting to make the business work. You need an office presence as well as the opportunity to network and learn from the experience of other entrepreneurs who have gone through a similar path as yours.
You work from home to keep your expenses and overheads low. You find that you need to get away from the home sometimes when you feel distracted or being alone. You need the occasional office environment to help you be more disciplined in your work. You like to be able to spend time and chat with other entrepreneurs to build relationships. You sometimes wish to be able to have proper place to conduct meetings with clients instead of meeting at Starbucks or Tim Hortons.