Deskimo

Workspaces on demand, paid by the minute

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Workspaces on demand, paid by the minute

10 followers

With Deskimo you can access a wide range of professionally managed workspaces on demand, paid by the minute. No memberships, no subscriptions. Right now we are available in Singapore and Hong Kong.

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Launch tags:Productivity•Global Nomad•On-Demand

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Product Hunt

?makers Congratulations on the launch! I really appreciate your deep understanding of urbanism and its impact on society, well-illustrated through the 'hub and spoke' model. Curious to know how you differentiate Deskimo from other players like WeWork.. and what are the expansion plans?

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

Many thanks for your question @adityavsc ! WeWork and similar operators can be partners of Deskimo. We aggregate these professional workspace operators in an asset-light model. We do not operate any spaces ourselves, but we have tight quality controls and make sure all our partners provide a good experience to our users. We are more like a booking.com or a hotels.com, whereas WeWork is more like a marriott.com or a hilton.com, if that makes sense. We will expand our geo footprint in the foreseeable future, but we'll likely focus on Asia-Pacific first. Where do you live? Would Deskimo make sense there?

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5yr ago

Product Hunt

@mischler Yes, Christian! It does make sense. So Deskimo is a mega-aggregator of all the co-working products already existing. Love it :) I live in New Delhi - India, and yes, it would make a lot of sense to start here since the distances travelled by the employees are quite long, giving rise to other mega-cities like Gurugram, Noida, etc on the outskirts of Delhi. Having said that, I think it would make more sense to launch in Bangalore (the Startup capital of India) :)

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@adityavsc Great insights Aditya. I've been to New Delhi and yes, similar to SEA the traffic congestion and the distances are a problem. Working from home or a remote place solves this to some extent, but then again not many have a suitable home office setup. We will definitely keep India in mind in our expansion plans!

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5yr ago

RentCollage

Congrats on Launch! 1) Idea, you can improve your value proposition and address real problems like: "Bored working from coffee shops?" or "Working from home detox" etc. 2) also your Instagram is not connected on a website:)

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@oleksiy_malytskyy great feedback! love the reference to real problems :) We'll fix the IG account, thanks!

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5yr ago

Congrats on the launch! This is indeed a good idea, do you think you'll expand it further than Hong Kong and Singapore?

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@rubenwolff we definitely have plans to expand the service beyond our initial two markets. We're getting a lot of product insights and feedback from early users, so we want to enrich the product first before we enter new cities. In which city do you live, and would it make sense to have Deskimo there, too?

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5yr ago

Does the name stem from the no longer accepted term "Eskimo," used to describe people from Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut nations?

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@lucaswglenn No, it's derived from the word "desk", in reference to the service that we provide

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5yr ago

@mischler I see, Christian. So just an accident then! Just thought it was worth investigating why it contained such a controversial term! (which is considered a slur). Cool product, and I'd love to see it in Canada where I'm from.

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@lucaswglenn great! we'll let you know once we expand to North America 😏

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5yr ago

That’s really cool! If I have a business can I administer this to my team, and give them monthly credit, etc?

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@niklas_olsson1 thanks for your question Niklas. Yes this is the primary way how companies use Deskimo. They downsize their office, or they don't add extra floor space if they hire aggressively, and ensure their employees can stay productive by providing them with Deskimo accounts. We see a lot of companies moving into a hybrid or even remote-first work model and they look for a flexible workplace solution like Deskimo. Send us an email to get your company started, too 💪

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5yr ago

LeaksID Data Room

Have a great launch! I usually work from different places every time. I am waiting another locations!

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

@mikhail_bogdanovich that's great - and the way to go. The corporate hybrid workforce is following your lead :) We'll be here to empower them, in SG and HK first, but other locations soon as well

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5yr ago

Deskimo

Maker

Hi, Raphael and Christian here, co-founders of Deskimo (deskimo.com). Thanks @katmanalac for hunting us! Have you ever experienced Zoom calls with kids screaming in the background? Gotten back pain after working for a few hours from the kitchen counter? Tried to have an online meeting while your partner is on the phone too? Or tried to get deep work done while your pets are begging for your attention? Most companies will move to a hybrid workplace post-pandemic, but haven’t sufficiently thought through or addressed the above challenges. The current mix between the headquarters and home office will be insufficient. There is a need for a broader and more flexible spectrum of workplaces. As a result, we believe that the future will be a hub & spoke office model with downsized, centrally-located headquarters (= hubs), and satellite offices (= spokes) scattered across the city to a) reduce commute times for employees, and b) reduce cost per desk for companies. Companies will leverage technology to give their employees access to work sites depending on their needs to manage their real estate occupancy and employee health & safety. We both have gathered a lot of experience in building startups in proptech and hospitality, on-demand businesses and marketplaces. We were co-founders at Foodpanda, now part of Delivery Hero ($DHER), before founding HotelQuickly, which turned into an OTA processing $100m in annualized GBV (exited in 2017). I then co-founded GoBee.Bike, which was the second largest bike-sharing company outside of China, before becoming the Head of Asia at Rocket Internet. Christian co-founded GuestReady after HotelQuickly, which is now the leading Airbnb-management company in Europe and the Middle East. The future of work will impact most of us, and it will transform real estate and urban development over the long run. Deskimo is at the center of this whole trend, enabling the shift of workplaces away from CBDs to a more decentralized and scalable setup. We’d love to hear what the Product Hunt community thinks about the “Future of Work”. Does our vision resonate with you? Do you think Deskimo would be of use to you, too (as an employee or an employer)? If you live in Singapore or Hong Kong, please download the Deskimo app and give us a try: deskimo.com You can use the voucher code PRODUCTHUNT20 for 20% off on your first visit. Share your unfiltered feedback, we much appreciate any suggestions and comments.

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5yr ago

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