Yes, but some cities would require you to categorize your company for tax and/or business license purposes. You can probably label your coworking facility as community center, rental/leasing, or whatever you see appropriate.
Jerome ______________ BLANKSPACES "work FOR yourself, not BY yourself" www.blankspaces.com 5405 Wilshire Blvd (2 blocks west of La Brea) Los Angeles, CA 90036 1450 2nd Street (@ Broadway), Santa Monica, CA 90401 323.330.9505 (office) On Apr 12, 2011, at 1:48 AM, Jeannine wrote: > Hi,Heba, > > Many of the folks here will not have an answer to your question > because business formation in the US (and in many European countries) > no longer requires that a company define its business activity. Folks > who incorporate and also issue stock will usually have a paragraph in > their documents somewhere which describes what they do, but for many > folks with small businesses this is not necessary. Mine reads > something like: > > The principal corporate purpose will be in the United States, purchase > and maintenance of rental real estate and consulting services to be > offered in the United States; in the Netherlands, provision of > services related to the development and cultivation of local community > through maintenance of coworking space. > > This is because my corporation has to be written broadly enough to > cover my many hats. :-) > > If you want to do business with the government in the US, you have to > give them what is called a NAICS code and description, which serves a > similar purpose, though, so you might want to look at this thread > here: > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_thread/thread/d6f3c8da4eafe2ba/fa1902f8d774d734#fa1902f8d774d734 > > Hope this helps, > > Jeannine > > > On Apr 10, 7:43 pm, Heba Fadeel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have posted a while ago about my interest in opening a Coworking space in >> Cairo, Egypt and actually there has been quite some progress since then. I >> will be sending some updates soon to share with you all. I am also reading >> and keeping track of all your interesting posts. >> >> I have an important question as I have been talking to a lawyer who is >> responsible for establishing companies/organizations and since this is a new >> concept in Egypt, the legal activity which the coworking service lies under >> is unknown. >> >> If anyone could help me in sending me a draft of the contract that you have >> made when establishing your coworking space, to see under what service or >> legal activity it is placed, I would highly appreciate it :) >> >> Thank you >> >> Heba >> CoWork Plus - Egypt------ Coming Soon ;-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
