Seeing http://42floors.com/showroom was one of the greatest "aha!" moments I've ever had looking at any startup. I'm thrilled to see the company continuing to grow, I think it's a fantastic model.
We're been really focused on the office manager specifically. What things drive that person crazy. Showroom is our first stab at easing that pain of moving. Lots more to come.
It made two things make sense to me
1. Monetization. You can own so many verticals with straightforward business models that will ALSO
2. Ease the pains of your users. I hate furnishing an office, whether a CEO of a startup or an office manager of a large office. It's the worst thing ever.
Slick stuff. They clearly invest a lot of time/energy into each listing. Good photos, good detail on each building.
We want to move to a bigger space in downtown NY but we need to break our five-year lease. So we either moving within the building (no broker) or find a replacement for our space (broker simultaneously places us and fills our space). Hard to imagine 42floors helping us this time 'round.
Most of ours users use 42Floors as well as work with a broker. We can't replace the one-on-one professional consultation of a broker, but we do provide you an easily way to scan 100's of listings.
Either way, congrats on needing more office space! And as Darren mentioned, you can post your sublease for free on 42Floors and we'll help get it leased up.
The site offers a collection of office furniture, a way to connect with interior designers and wellness programs, kitchen accessories and so on. For now, it’s basically a lead-gen aggregator, sending users to the sites where they can buy those items
I've been waiting for them to come to NYC. The real-estate market is fundamentally broken here, with the interests of brokers and searches totally at odds. This is a welcome development!
An idea came up while searching. You know what would be cool? A way to see what type of business is in each office building. I want to find co-working spaces that have a large concentration of the type of business I am in for obvious networking purposes.
