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  FlexOOfice

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  Membership pass in Apple Wallet

Inspiration

Current problems in the market

• Uninitiated do not know how to enter the tech industry
• Overwhelming amount of information to digest
• Work from home isolation reduces community learning process
• Work from home reduces socialized hiring process

For employers in tech

• Offices are empty because of work from home flexibility
• Commercial real estate prices are soaring
• Lack of local talent to hire
• High taxes

Our solution

• FlexOOffice allows you to cowork at a tech company’s unused office space.
• Users are invited to onsite workshops and events to socialize with host company.

*FlexOOfice specializes in working with big tech companies not shared coworking spaces

Advantages for job seekers

• Work from the office and increase your productivity
• Meet people who already work at the company, get advice on opportunities
• Learn the corporate culture of the desired employer
• Improve your skills and knowledge by attending workshops

Advantages for employers

• Rent out the empty space and monetize unused space
• Source local talent
• Educate the community and lower unemployment
• Get a tax incentives
• Promote yourself as a company with a friendly office environment

How we built it

The site is a booking marketplace build with a Node.js and React frontend. It includes a Membership validation utility for companies to securely authenticate visitors and manage their onsite access areas.

Challenges we ran into

The Wifi was not working well.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We got the access control solution with Apple Wallet integration working.

What we learned

Working together as a team and reducing scope to get something tangible done for the demo.

What's next for FlexOOfice

Building out the service for executing a local pilot.

Built With

• figma
• javascript
• node.js
• passkit
• raspberry-pi