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  • 27Apr

    The Grass is Always Greener When…

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    The grass is always greener when someone looks at your job and wants it. When you tell people that you are successful and make a decent living at a job you love, everyone wants it. They love that you have your own Toronto office space and you set your own hours. They become more excited to do what you do. The excitement ends when you tell them you are an entrepreneur working for yourself without a safety net. You do not have job security or a cushy pension. You are building your future on your own.

    When I am asked “How do you do it?”, I often tell people that having my own business is very rewarding in many ways, but having an office space Toronto in a location that works for my clients is what keeps me busy and gainfully employed. When I was running my business out of my home, customers did not seem to take me seriously. My downtown clients wanted to meet me at my downtown office, but my office was a corner room in my suburban home.

    When I first decided to take a virtual office at a downtown Toronto office space, potential clients started to pay more attention to what I had to say. When they wanted to have a meeting at my office, I was able to book a boardroom at a minimal price at the same address that appeared on my business card. No, I did not actually have an office there, but it was a place that my mail went to and my business calls were routed through.  My customers and potential clients did not know this, but they were impressed by the presence I had.

    Over the years, I went from having a $30 Toronto virtual office location to having a window office that overlooks the Toronto harbour. Granted, my first office space in this location was an interior office that only cost me $495 per month, but I have since moved up to where I am now.

    My point is that business has only gotten better since I acquired a real business address in a professional business office space Toronto. The best part is that, unlike traditional office spaces, I can better budget my office expenses and not have to worry about maintaining or upgrading office equipment, they do that for me and I only pay for what I use.

  • 23Apr

    It Was a Rainy Day in Toronto, when I had to go into my Toronto office Space

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    I woke up this morning to wet and dreary weather. My plan had been to take the day off and to take some photos down along the beach, but the weather was not cooperating. I considered instead that I would go into my downtown Toronto office space and get some work done that I had intended to finish on Tuesday. Then I realized that I did not need to go into the office and could probably get more work done from home working remotely on my office computer via the Internet.

    A few hours into working on the redesign of a brochure for the bicycle show, I wanted to go for a bike ride (I felt like Pavlov’s dog). The rain had slowed down almost to a stop, but the roads were still wet. I got on my rain gear and decided to brave the colder weather and go for a ride anyway. My only problem was that I could not find the key for the bike lock. I must have left the key in the desk at my office space Toronto at Telsec. Determined that I was going to go for that ride, I jumped in the car for the quick ride downtown.

    As I was going through my desk looking for the key to the bike lock, my cell phone went off. It was a call from the Telsec receptionist. It seems that an unannounced client had stopped by the office and wanted to know if I was in. The receptionist knew that my calls were being forwarded to my cell phone, but had noticed that I had stepped into the office. I asked the receptionist if the lobby boardroom was available and if she could have my client wait in there for a few minutes. Luckily that boardroom was available.  I hurriedly took off my rain gear and went to greet this new customer.

    After a twenty minute meeting with the client, I returned to my private office space and continued to look for the bike lock key. No luck, it was not in my desk. I put my rain gear in a bag and decided to have some lunch at CafeOn4 before heading home. Just as I got on the elevator, I got another call forwarded from my office phone number. This time it was a photography customer who urgently needed a product photo taken for an advertisement that was going to the printer late in the afternoon. So I had to skip lunch and head home to get my photography equipment.

    So much for taking a Monday off work!

     

  • 20Apr

    The 1000 AWESOME Things Talked About Around my Toronto Office Space

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    The buzz around my Toronto office space on Thursday was how Neil Pasricha concluded his blog that was a list of 1000 things “AWESOME”.  It all began on June 20, 2008, when Neil set out on a mission to write 1,000 blog posts. Each of his weekday blogs was to chronicle of one awesome thing and count down until he hit #1.

    After launching “1,000 Awesome Things”, he started to get some attention from his friends and colleagues, but it really gained traction 20 posts in, when post 980 was linked to on a site called Fark.com. His blog’s popularity began to snowball further after Wired Magazine wrote about his blog and called post 980, which was titled “Old, dangerous playground equipment”.  Pasricha probably had no idea when he started his blog that it would lead to three books (two of which became international best sellers) and an app for smart phones. He even won a Webby award in 2009 for Best Personal or Cultural Blog.

    In hindsight it is hard to imagine that a blog about AWESOME would get over 30 million hits just for the topic of AWESOME.  I am sure many other bloggers are saying that they could have done that – they could have cashed in on the keyword AWESOME and wrote three books. The fact is they did not do it, Neil Pasricha did, while still keeping his Toronto office job at Walmart.

    In blog “#255 That guy who brings treats to work on Friday”, he talks about the 5 ways everyone in his Toronto office space finds out there are treats in the office. Unlike his office space, the treats in my downtown Toronto office space are not placed by a co-worker, but left out and announced by someone working for another company. When someone brings in treats they wish to share with other people who rent office space Toronto at Telsec Business Centres, they leave them in one of the two shared kitchens (where we all get our complimentary coffee, tea and filtered water) with a note telling people to share.

    Office space Toronto TimbitsAt my office space Toronto, there is one person who will randomly leave a fresh box of Timbits in each of the kitchens, but no one seems to know who it is and why. I have talked to the staff at the Tim Hortons on the fourth floor of the building to see who the mystery person is, but they are hush. They do not want to lose a customer. Yes, even with the AWESOME complimentary coffee and tea available in the office, some people are still drawn to get their Tim Hortons fix at the CafeOn4. I will admit that I often slip down to CafeOnF4 for lunch and sometimes I will go down there for an IceCap, when I am not in the mood for just my free Hazelnut coffee (Yes, I love my complimentary hazelnut coffee in my Toronto office space).

    My last comment is more of a question… How many things could people say was about their AWESOME Toronto office space?  I think I could list 20 or 30 and that is not including having the AWESOME address of 1 Yonge Street.

  • 20Jan

    Why I chose my Toronto office space for rent at Telsec

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    Kitchen-on-18thA few weeks ago, I was overheard telling a friend why I chose my Toronto office space for rent at Telsec Business Centres on the 18th floor of the Toronto Star Building at 1 Yonge Street. The Telsec staffer who heard me suggested that I write this guest blog. So that got me thinking back to 1989 when I first made my decision that the best Toronto office space for rent would be at Telsec.I used to work out of an apartment near the Bloor/Jarvis area. It was a big enough space, but eventually the corner I was using began to grow and grow. Soon, it took over the entire apartment to such an extent that it didn’t feel like a real home any more – just a place of business that happened to have a fridge and a TV. So I started to look at the best office for rent Torontocould possibly offer. I’m a writer and graphic designer, so any Toronto office space for rent must be downtown Toronto office space and it must be reliably connected to the internet – so I can send text and graphics to clients and do research. In hindsight, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.Today, over 20 years later, my Toronto office space for rent is crucially important – because without my downtown Toronto office space, I would have no business. Simple as that! The staff here are very helpful and most importantly, react to requests quickly. When you have a problem, it’s as if it’s their own problem – so they attend to it immediately. There are also plenty of amenities such as a free weekday newspaper, tea, coffee (my favourite is the hazelnut) and filtered water. It would cost me over $1,300 a year just to buy my own coffee each day.Another huge benefit is that you get to meet real professionals – other tenants who have also discovered this unique Toronto office space for rent. Also, the location is easily accessible by car or public transit and there’s so much to do when your day is finished. Many times I return to my private office for rent Toronto on weekends to kick back and relax (I have 24/7 access to my office and it’s super quiet). Next week I’m reserving one of the free boardrooms to meet with my publisher. So as you can see, there are many reasons why I chose my Toronto office space for rent at Telsec.

  • 10Nov

    If You Love Toronto-Show it by Entering Our Photo Contest

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    I ♥ Toronto photo contest

    What do you love about Toronto?

    I ♥ Toronto Photo Contest

    What do you love about Toronto?

    Telsec Business Centres Inc. is conducting an “I Love Toronto” Photo Contest. We want to see what our customers, clients,fans and followers love about Toronto.

    Maybe you like to take photos of your favorite park, the beautiful house at the end of your street, or that iconic restaurant that is across the road from your office space Toronto. There are plenty of landmarks in this city. Maybe you have a picture of you with your dog in one of Toronto’s many parks and beaches, or even a photo of zombies marching through the city streets.

    The photo you need to enter will need to be one that you have taken yourself. We want to see what you like to take pictures of in Toronto. Other ideas for photos would be the Toronto skyline, a street sign, your downtown Toronto office space or even that photo of the colourful fall leaves in your yard.

    For those who live outside of Toronto, you can enter the photo contest too. You can send photos of your family vacation or business trip to Toronto – you could even encourage friends and family to enter a photo. If you do not have any photos of what you love about Toronto, why not draw one and take a picture of it?

    The contest closes for entry’s on November 30, then the voting begins. Once the voting begins, you will want to encourage those you know to vote for your photo.

    Now comes the good part – The Prize.  The winning entry will receive a $200 gift certificate for The Keg Steakhouse.

    So take a photo of something that you love about Toronto and enter the “I Love Toronto” photo contest at http://www.facebook.com/OfficeSpaceToronto.

    This will be the first of many contests and giveaways that we will be conducting, so keep following.

  • 26Sep

    Don’t Look for Cheap Virtual Office Space

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    The ideal situation is to find virtual office solutions without the cost of a traditional physical office space and still have the professional appearance of having a prestigious business address. So why would you look for cheap virtual office space?

    Cheap virtual office spaces are not often located in the downtown or even in a building that one would associate with a business office. Some cheap virtual office spaces are no more than post-office-style boxes located in a storefront or an industrial complex. The cost savings of going for a cheap virtual office will end up costing your business more in terms of professional appearance and reputation in your customers’ eyes when they decide one day to stop into your office.

    When considering cheap virtual office space, you also have to consider what else the virtual office provider is offering and what services will cost you extra, as well as how much extra it will cost for those services. Often the way that some virtual office providers are able to offer their services cheaply is by having hidden costs and charges that you do not find out about until you get your first invoice.

    Why would you consider a cheap virtual office space, when you can have an inexpensive virtual office at a prestigious address in a downtown Toronto office space? Quality office space Toronto providers like Telsec (located at 1Yonge Street in the Toronto Star Building) offers inexpensive virtual office solutions starting at $30 and with no hidden costs. You are told upfront (before you sign anything) what the extra charges are and what they are for. The most common extra charge is for forwarding your mail, but you can avoid that charge by arranging to pick up your mail during business hours. Unlike a cheap virtual office space solution, a quality virtual office space Toronto provider can even arrange to have courier packages delivered that require a signature.

    If a customer shows up unannounced at a cheap virtual office space, they may find a storefront or industrial building with only a row of mailboxes and no one to explain why you are not there. When clients or customers show up at a business centre that also provides virtual office solutions, the professional receptionist will simply explain that you are out of the office, thus maintaining your professional appearance.

    It is a big plus to rent a virtual office from a business centre rather than a cheap virtual office space because of the prestigious business address. It is also a big plus to have access to meeting rooms and boardrooms to meet with clients when you need to. An even bigger reason to rent your virtual office at a Toronto office business center is that when you are ready to have a physical Toronto office space, you do not need to change your address or phone number.

  • 16Sep

    How “Liking”, “Sharing” and “Following” can win you a $20 Tim Hortons card

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    As a reward for “Liking” Telsec – Office Space Toronto on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/OfficeSpaceToronto), we started a contest with our clients for a chance to win a $20 Tim Hortons card. This got a fair number of “Like” clicks, but it also brought up a few questions from Toronto office space and virtual office Toronto clients who did not have a Facebook account. They wanted to know how they too could get in on the draws we will be having for gift cards, as well as how they can use the social media that they subscribe to, in order to stay in touch with what is going on with us.

    We decided that we would now expand the awarding of gift cards and prizes to those who follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/TelsecDotNet) or those who share or comment on this blog, as well as those who follow us on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/company/telsec-business-centres—office-space-toronto).

    Social media is not only a new way for people to share their likes and let their friends know what they are up to, but it is also a way of networking to find services and products. Many people look to their friends and colleagues on social networking sites for advice and recommendations.

    Besides contests and prizes, “Liking”, “Sharing” and “Following” is not just for fun. Businesses are realizing that social networking is also a way of getting feedback from clients and prospective customers. The more feedback you get from your customers and clients, the better prepared you are to service them.

    At Telsec-office space Toronto, we are now finding that in a business centre environment, companies and entrepreneurs want to work with other companies that share that same business environment. They also want to know about any news or changes that are taking place at their office space Toronto. Social networking within a shared office environment allows for micro and macro networking, without a need for a downtown Toronto office space Intranet.

  • 12Sep

    Office Space Toronto without TPS reports

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    Office Space movie red stapler

    The Red Swingline Stapler used in the movie "Office Space"

    A few years ago, after renting office space Toronto at Telsec, I approached the management about writing this blog to promote what a great office location it was.  When I tell people that I write a blog, they always want to know what I write about. So often when I tell people that I write about “office space Toronto”, they immediately think I am making reference to the 1999 movie “Office Space”. They will often jokingly ask me “Do you have those TPS reports?” Or ask me for their red stapler. These days after finally seeing the movie, I have learned to pre-empt their questions by saying “I write a blog about Office Space Toronto with TPS reports”.

    It was almost a year after writing the blogs that I finally rented the movie “Office Space”. After watching the film, I quickly learned what the term “TPS reports” meant and I deducted that my Toronto office space was definitely  an office space Toronto without TPS reports. I had definitely not even heard anyone say around the office “Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler…” or “I believe that’s my stapler, it was a Swingline…”

    Office Space Toronto red stapler

    The actual swingline red stapler they released two years later

    The funny part about the infamous red Swingline Stapler that is featured in the movie “Office Space” is that Swingline didn’t even make any red staplers. So the film prop designer contacted Swingline and asked if it would be ok to put their logo on a stapler that they had painted bright red. Swingline agreed to allow them to do so. It was not until two years later that Swingline decided to release a red stapler, but it was not the same looking stapler.  I have often joked in the kitchen of my office space Toronto without TPS reports when getting a coffee, that I should find a red Swingline stapler and leave it in the copier room or on the reception desk. I just want to see how many people working at my Toronto executive offices or visitors to this downtown Toronto office space will get the joke.

    The biggest comparison that I can make between the office in the movie “Office Space” and my office space Toronto without TPS reports is that the people around my office are mainly entrepreneurs and small businesses that work for themselves. Offices have walls instead of being an open space with cubicles. The environment is set up so that the only time you see the other people who work in the office is when you are in the hallways, one of the two kitchens or in the photocopier room.

    Another comparison that can be made about Telsec’s office space Toronto without TPS reports is there is no need to take a baseball bat to a printer that is not working. You will not even get the famous “PC LOAD LETTER” error on any of the printers or photocopiers in the printer room. This is mainly because the modern business machines at this downtown Toronto office space are more sophisticated than the printer in the movie and the well trained support staff at Telsec Business Centres, makes sure the printers are topped with paper and other supplies. It is great to have office space for lease Toronto without having to worry about ordering a photocopier or printer supplies.

  • 13Jul

    Flexible Downtown Toronto Office Space

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    Flexible Downtown Toronto Office SpaceSo you’re browsing the internet for an office rental Toronto and/or downtown Toronto office rental. Toronto and the downtown core have literally hundreds of offices for rent, but unfortunately, many are either well beyond an individual’s budget – or they lack ease of accessibility and therefore involve hours of travelling time and daily aggravation. But if you indeed have finally found a great location, your search for flexible downtown Toronto office space is only just beginning.

    You don’t have to blow your budget! When searching for Toronto office suites for rent, the factor of cost simply cannot be overlooked. That’s where flexibility comes in. Flexible downtown Toronto office space should offer you a variety of options suited to your business routines and your budget. In other words, your chosen office space Toronto should include these options:

    • Lavish, elegantly-appointed, private executive offices
    • Smaller, less costly office space rental units that are just as elegant
    • Semi-private offices or shared office space for rent
    • Basic work stations where you can access the internet using your laptop
    • Available training rooms, meeting rooms and boardrooms
    • Virtual office services such as professional telephone answering and a prestigious mailing address

    The point is that “flexible downtown Toronto office space” options such as these allow you to use ONLY the services and equipment you need. You should never have to pay for services you will never use – regardless of how they are portrayed or “bundled.”

    The best use of your time The duration of your office rental Toronto arrangements should also be flexible. Most modern business centres, because of ongoing competition, allow you to access the best flexible downtown Toronto office space that Toronto has available for various periods of time – from mere hours, to half-days and days, to weeks, months, years and longer if need be. Most will invariably offer discounts if long-term contracts are signed. Telsec Business Centres, a flexible downtown Toronto office space, has more than 5 separate, cost-efficient rental options available – and you can rent offices, training facilities and boardrooms for as short a period as 4 hours.

  • 07May

    Mother’s Day and Disaster Recovery

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    Mothers Day weekend has been hard for me for the past many years. My own mother passed away a few years ago and it saddens me to think that she is no longer around to spend it with her. The Mothers Day weekend is also sad for me as it was the Friday before Mothers Day (May 11 1997) that my first wife Janet passed away. So instead of celebrating, I find myself reflecting about my mother and my late wife.

    After I got home from my downtown Toronto office space on Thursday I got an email telling me that The Telsec office space Toronto website had been hacked and was being blocked by Google. I spent several hours trying to isolate the problem and resolve it. After trying to isolate the problem I remembered that I had a clean version of the site on my computer and uploaded it. That still did not resolve the problem. It turns out that the problem with the static content of the executive suites Toronto website was not the biggest problem, but this blog was the bigger problem.

    I spent several more hours on Friday dealing with cleaning up the problems with the blog that I did not have a local back up of. I was able to download the word press blog files into a new directory file and find the problems before re-uploading them to fix the problems. Then it was a matter of informing Google that I had fixed the problems and wait for them give this Toronto office space blog a clean bill of health to remove their warning.

    It was not until this morning that I could see that all the warnings had been removed and that the site was re-opened to visitors. My disaster recovery plan for the Telsec website worked. I had a clean regular back up that I could easily upload in case of an emergency. Now I know I also need to have a plan for the blog.

    This year, the events that have occurred on this Mothers Day weekend have kind of helped me to be distracted from my sadness, but after resolving them, the sad feelings returned. So instead of wallowing in my sadness I decided to write about the incident and pay homage to my mom and my late wife.

    My Mom was an awesome lady, she was there for me as a child and as an adult. When I was a child, she was always there for me and always encouraged me to do what I dreamed of doing. She was active in my life and my school life. She even volunteered her time at my school helping teachers and other staff. She continued this for years after I graduated out of primary school. When I entered to an exchange program in high school German class, it was my mom who persuaded my dad to allow a kid from Germany to stay with us for 4 weeks.

    Now about Janet. I met Janet at a pub one night and began dating her. Problem was I was also dating another girl, who I liked equally. I tried to date both girls and they both knew that I was also dating the other.  After a short time, I realized that Janet was the one and broke off with the other girl. A year later I was married to Janet and life together was awesome. Janet was my soul mate and gave me a reason to be the creative person that I am. A year and a half into our marriage Janet (who was epileptic) had a massive seizure in her sleep and passed away.

    Through some therapy and hard work, I am able to talk about and deal with the losses I have encored on a personal level, but I deal with them when special anniversary dates come around.

     

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