PARSIPPANY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Venture X: Business Solutions in a Post-COVID Future
Mahender Gorrai, Owner & CEO of Venture X holds a plaque presented to VentureX from Parsippany Economic Development Committee Vice-Chairman Frank Cahill and Mayor Michael Soriano. By Peter Koerella Public Information Officer/Confidential Aide The Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills
The corporate world is constantly changing, not only in how it does business with partners, but how its employees thrive. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged businesses both big and small to re-think how they survive, function, and continue to flourish with these continuing challenges. How do we meet our goals, and exceed expectations, when there’s so much uncertainty? Venture X understands those challenges and has provided a unique layout to help businesses maintain flexibility and easy accessibility for residents in Parsippany. “We wanted to design flexible office and workspaces for flexible employee needs,” says Mahender Gorrai, Owner & CEO of Venture X in Parsippany. “Our design and architecture help enable that kind of flexibility to meet corporate and employee needs, and we’re centrally located, so office accessibility is quick and easy.” Think of Venture X as a sort of Airbnb or Uber, but for corporate offices. Inside the location, businesses can January 2022
have fully-enclosed office spaces (from single to multiple users), breakout workspaces for larger groups, to big meeting rooms with immersive presentation capabilities. Venture X has all the corporate needs available to businesses without the massive corporate footprint of owning a building. “We have meeting rooms, lounge, and kitchen, workspaces available for short stints from an hour to a few weeks, we have dedicated desks and shared workspaces, even virtual memberships where a business can have their presence virtually at this location and receive mail and packages. It’s all about flexibility.” The idea for a Venture X franchise location in Parsippany came about a few years ago after Gorrai visited a location in Naples, Fla. Designed by Gensler Architecture (who designed both Apple’s and Google’s workspaces), these locations accommodate both an open corporate workspace, as well as an intimate and focused environment to support employee needs. “By the time our build-out was completed, it was right at the height of COVID-19,” Gorrai says. “That’s made
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