Health & Fitness
What Is a Virtual Office?
The concept of a Virtual Office has been around since 1994 and is fast growing in popularity as a way to run an office efficiently while dramatically cutting traditional office expenses.
A virtual office is a combination of off-site live communication and address services that allow users to reduce traditional office costs while maintaining business professionalism. Frequently the term is confused with “office business centers” or “executive suites” which demand a conventional lease whereas a true virtual office does not require that expense.
The virtual office idea came from a combination of technological innovation and the Information Age. The concept has roots in the Industrial Revolution, where parallels to current work styles, specifically working from home, have been drawn. The virtual office concept is an evolution of the executive suites industry. However, the inflexibility of an executive suite lease doesn’t work for many business models and helped spur the virtual office concept.
The first commercial application of a virtual office occurred in 1994, when Ralph Gregory founded “The Virtual Office, Inc”, in Boulder, Colorado. This company expanded throughout North America and is now known as Intelligent Office, with close to 60 locations and more opening each year. Intelligent Office in La Jolla serves all of San Diego and has helped countless of start ups and small businesses by providing virtual office services at a fraction of the cost.
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Vicky Acevedo is the Sales Manager for Intelligent Office San Diego, 4275 Executive Square, Suite 200, La Jolla, CA 92037, 858-964-2300, IntelligentOffice.com/sandiego.
