Since I have more ideas than time (I am borrowing this line from a friend – Greg Raiz), I have to write them here in the hopes that someone picks them up and uses them to do some good.

So – here is my idea.  I met a couple of women who are starting out as independent attorneys in the Boston/Brookline/Newton area and are looking to share office space.  I think that someone should start the Zipcar equivalent of office space rental.  For example, there would be a building with, say, 5 personal offices, a receptionist, a main number with several extensions, Internet and a coffee pot with a never ending supply. You’d have to pay some nominal fee for the year – say $200 – to partake in this venture.  Then you’d have to rent the office space by the hour.  I’m not sure how much an hourly rate should be, but I’m guessing that something around $20 dollars should be able to cover the cost while being affordable.  

This setup would allow the contractors to keep costs to a minumum because they would only use the office when they were meeting with clients or when they needed some quiet time and place to work.  There would also have to be a conference room. 

I think that if the prices were right and the marketing was done correctly, they would really be able to make this a good profitable venture out of this.   You’d have to figure out a way to track hours of who occupied what office for how long.  Perhaps the card readers most companies use to give access to facilities for their employees would do the trick. Finally someone would be open about tracking time with those things.

And, so? Any takers?