Jul 3, 2020
I had the pleasure of speaking with Founder and CEO of Alliance group of companies, Frank Cottle. Frank is also an experienced speaker and investor. Frank together with Alliance Business Centers offers services from government down to startups on a global basis.
Let’s jump into Frank’s story of how you and your company can benefit from virtual offices and what the future holds with the help of virtual technology.
Things you will learn in this episode:
[00:01 – 7:22] Opening Segment
- I talked briefly about valuable information that you can take advantage of in this episode
- I introduce the guest, Frank Cottle to the show
- I talked about a conversation with Frank regarding virtual offices
- Frank talks about how he got into virtual offices industry
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- His business ventures before virtual offices
[7:23 – 16:25] Virtual Offices
- Frank explains the flexible workspace industry
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- What a virtual office is in that industry
- A landlord’s perspective in virtual offices
- Frank talks about reducing lease costs by reducing office space needed on a daily basis
[16:26 – 24:56] How Startup Companies Can Benefit From Virtual Offices
- Frank gives an example to give us a view of opening virtual offices economic wise
- People need to know the difference between a virtual office and a virtual address
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- What a virtual office is
- What a virtual address is
- Frank talks about the benefit of using virtual offices for startup companies
- How the COVID pandemic is pushing people to realize the benefits of virtual technology
[24:57 – 31:06] Impact of Virtual Technology
- Frank talks about the impact of the widespread adaptation of virtual technology
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- Gives examples of how virtual technology can change working environments
- Situations forced by the pandemic
[31:07 – 35:28] Closing Segment
- Changes that could take after this pandemic
- What is a good place for people who are interested in learning about virtual offices and what is it that you are doing?
- “That is at alliancevirutaloffices.com, we service from government down to startups on a global basis, and if you just want to learn more about trends in the industry go-to allwork.space”
- Final words from me
Tweetable Quotes:
“A very common phrase right now is ‘we got to get back to normal’ and one of the things to think about that phrase is going backward normal. I mean it’s not normal, the good old days really are tomorrow they are not yesterday. They’re really how we setup tomorrow” – Frank Cottle
“When you think of real estate everybody is just ‘location, location, location’ I’ve always said ‘timing, timing, timing’ but I’m an oddball” – Frank Cottle
Resources Mentioned:
You can connect with Frank on Linkedin, Twitter, or Facebook. You can also check out their company on Linkedin or visit their website at https://www.abcn.com/
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