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title: "Office Evolution CEO Shares Advice for Small Operators with All Work"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d9fd3826-eb82-440c-a3cf-a6b56f5aa99c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/office-evolution-ceo-shares-advice-for-small-operators-with-all-work-2709005
category: "Business Services"
industry: "Business Services"
topics: ["Technology","People"]
published: 2019-01-28T00:19:12.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:09.223Z
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# Office Evolution CEO Shares Advice for Small Operators with All Work

**TL;DR:** Office Evolution CEO Mark Hemmeter discusses the trend of smaller co-working companies converting to franchises, with his company focusing on conversions as a key growth strategy. Office Evolution will be focusing on conversions, such as the one with My Office, which converted its four locations into Office Evolution franchises.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-01-28. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/office-evolution-ceo-shares-advice-for-small-operators-with-all-work-2709005).*

## Story

In the increasingly popular office sharing space, there’s a new trend taking shape: smaller co-working companies are converting to become franchises. That’s exactly the case for Phoenix-based My Office — the company announced that it’s converting its four locations into Office Evolution franchises.

To share more about this trend and highlight the advantages that Office Evolution has to offer, founder and CEO Mark Hemmeter sat down for an interview with All Work. He noted that the type of conversion that took place with My Office is something that the growing franchise will be focusing on down the line. Hemmeter, told the publication, “Conversions are a big part of what we will be doing in the future.

There are a lot of independent operators having a hard time competing against the bigger systems being built; they are looking (or should be looking) for some sort of exit. One possible exit is to convert instead of to sell — this is a particularly attractive exit to operators that love the business and want to stay involved.”

Another main focal point for Office Evolution moving forward will be the importance of virtual offices. Hemmeter continued, “Virtual offices allow us, and our franchisees, to survive. A lot of our members work from home and they just come to the space when they have meetings. Offering virtual offices allows us to cater to more people.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Business Services (sector)
- growth strategy (topic)
- Office Evolution (company)
- coworking space (topic)
- franchise conversion (topic)
- virtual offices (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/office-evolution-ceo-shares-advice-for-small-operators-with-all-work-2709005). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d9fd3826-eb82-440c-a3cf-a6b56f5aa99c).