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Member Spotlight: Drivers of the Future

Office Ours, Inc. — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:51:10 +0000

If you have noticed an increase in student driver bumper stickers or driving school signs on vehicles, you aren’t going crazy. A surge in privately owned driver education schools has been popping up throughout the Triangle. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public school system has a growing wait list of high school students who are old enough to take driver’s education, but there aren’t enough teachers. Savannah Gregory and her partner Fernando Castellanos noticed this problem and decided to take matters into their own hands.

Savannah and Fernando met as instructors at a different driver’s education school before deciding to move forward with their own school. Their first order of business was to get an office, and the second, get a more up to date curriculum approved to better meet the needs of their students. Students come to their class either in person or virtually, attend lectures, and complete hours behind the wheel. Drivers of the Future teaches students of all backgrounds, countries, and ages, most recently teaching a new driver who was 65 years old.

Savannah feels most passionate about helping not only the individual students but also their entire families. Being able to drive allows people to go to work, pick up their children from school, and be a part of a community.One of the most critical steps in starting a driver’s education school is getting approved by the DMV. The NC DMV requires all driver education schools to have an office, a classroom, or a conference room to teach classes and signage. Having an office has given them the flexibility to use the space for themselves, their students, and the students’ families. Savannah says, “Office Ours gave us the ability to have a personal office location and flexible options for our classroom instruction with the conference rooms.” They can easily book the different conference rooms depending on the class size. Their students have a long day when they come to Drivers of the Future, sometimes spending up to six hours in the class. It was essential to Savannah to have a clean, comfortable building and a place where they could quickly heat their food or take a break from class. Parents and family members can utilize the lobby area while waiting for their student to complete exams or classes.

Drivers of the Future is a minority and women owned company that has now been in business for ten months.They are excited to start offering automotive maintenance classes to teens and adults within the following year as well as utilize the latest in technology to improve the way drivers education is taught. With innovative new ways to teach students how to drive, the future is bright.

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1631 Midtown Place, Suite 104-142, Raleigh NC 27609

919-937-8622

https://driversofthefuture.com

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Member Spotlight: Charles Calloway

Office Ours, Inc. — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:06:31 +0000

Serving clients and building an agency. These are the two things that Charles Calloway thinks about every day when he gets to work. Charles never considered being a financial advisor when he decided to join The United States Air Force as a young adult. While in the Air Force, he was an instructor and taught leadership and management classes in Tucson, Arizona. Asset management and finance were not at the top of his mind at this point in his life. How he got into his current career in financial advising happened by accident.

After joining the Air Force, Charles started teaching leadership classes. The instructor he replaced was leaving the Air Force to become a financial advisor, and he stopped by one day to teach Charles about his new role and how things like mutual funds and IRAs worked. This was a turning point for Charles. He realized that this was something he was interested in and, more importantly, something he could turn into a career. Charles started doing financial advising on the side while in the Air Force but eventually gave up his license due to the Air Force job becoming more demanding.

Eventually, Charles left the Air Force and started working on his financial advising career in Tucson, Arizona. After dipping his toe in the corporate world and moving to North Carolina, Charles found his way back to financial advising with Primerica. Nowadays, Charles focuses on helping families make wiser choices with their money, get out of debt, and find financial independence. Charles is also passionate about educating the next generation of financial professionals who will continue to serve clients long after he retires.

Charles has spent the last four years leasing an office at Office Ours in Garner, North Carolina. Charles was drawn to Office Ours because of the location and office space, but also everything else that came with it. A phone system, conference room access, and Wi-Fi were included, which made it a no-brainer when he decided to sign the lease. He also knew he could scale his business at Office Ours. He could add on an office or downsize if needed. Access to other Office Ours locations and conference rooms allows him to meet with clients anywhere in the Triangle, not just at his office in Garner.

Each day, as Charles swipes his card and enters his office at Office Ours, he is driven by two unwavering goals. These are the same goals that have guided him for the past thirty years in the financial industry: serving clients and building a long-lasting agency.

Learn more about Charles Calloway:

500 Benson Road, Suite 110, Garner, NC 27529

919-526-7898

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Member Spotlight: Stay Stunning Permanent Makeup

Amy Brewer — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:08:42 +0000

After graduating from art school, Sara McGee became a tattoo artist in the Raleigh area. Eager to work for herself and wanting to switch gears after the COVID-19 pandemic, she started her own cosmetic tattoo business, Stay Stunning Permanent Makeup. Sara has successfully grown her business over the last few years, from finding the right location to educating others on what permanent makeup is.

One of the biggest questions Sara gets is, “What is permanent makeup?” Permanent makeup is a semi-permanent or cosmetic tattoo. This type of tattoo can include eyebrows, eyeliner, lips, or blush. Pretty much any makeup you put on your face could also be tattooed. Microblading, or semi-permanent eyebrow tattoos, is the number one procedure she does almost daily. The ink for permanent makeup does not go as deep as a tattoo, so it is designed to fade slowly. Sara provides a free consultation with her clients to learn more about them and what type of permanent makeup they would like. She does very personalized work because no two faces or eyebrows are alike. Sara’s work helps her clients feel more confident and better about themselves.

Sara has leased an office with Office Ours in Garner since September 2022. Finding the right office for her business was important because there are many requirements when opening a permanent makeup studio, such as tile floors and water access inside the office space. Providing a calm, quiet space is also a must for her clients. Office Ours provides not just an office suite but clean facilities and a lobby area for her clients. Sara also loves that she gets an external sign for her business that helps with her marketing and helps her clients find her location.

Sara has started teaching other tattoo artists, will soon offer scar camouflage restoration, and would love to own her own studio in a larger space one day. Until then, you can find her inside the Garner Office Ours location, helping her clients become the best version of themselves.

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500 Benson Road
Suite 121
Garner, NC 27529
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New Office Ours Location Opening September 1st

Amy Brewer — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:01:29 +0000

Office Ours newest location will be officially open on September 1st. This location is in the heart of Sanford, NC, just one mile from downtown and less than a mile from Central Carolina Hospital. With the booming population and economic growth in Sanford, our newest coworking location comes at a great time for small business owners. This location will support a variety of industries, including but not limited to mental health therapists, real estate agencies, massage therapists, financial advisors, insurance agents, trades businesses, home health agencies, and many more.

Whether you are looking for a private office, virtual office, or conference room access, this location offers a variety of business products that will help your business grow in Lee County. Be one of the first businesses to move to Sanford’s newest coworking business center this September!

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What Is a Virtual Office?

Office Ours, Inc. — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:00:21 +0000

Business owners and entrepreneurs everywhere have begun to rethink if they really needed the office space they were in. As the world shifted to working remotely, many small businesses realized that this could work long term. People changed careers or decided to open businesses out of their homes. The future of where employees work and how they work has drastically changed throughout the last year.

While working out of your home makes sense now and saves you money, you don’t want to have your home address also be your business address. Also, businesses may still need access to some aspects of a physical office like conference rooms or a mailbox. If a customer checks out your business address on Google Maps, you wouldn’t want them to discover it is a home in a residential neighborhood. You will be adding your business address to your website, social media accounts, business cards and giving it out to your clients. A professional address will show the world that your business is legitimate and credible. This is when having a virtual office becomes crucial to your business.

A virtual office offers you flexibility and credibility for your business without the hassle of signing on to a long-term lease. You can continue to work from home but benefit from using a professional business address without giving out your home address. Establishing a reliable business address in an area close to your target customers is crucial and manageable with a virtual office.

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September Member Spotlight

Amy Brewer — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:21:00 +0000

We are well into the “Back to School” season, and the days are getting longer. Students are back at the bus stop, parents are attending parent-teacher conferences, and teachers are stocking their classrooms with supplies that will help young minds grow. Teachers often find themselves digging into their own pockets to fill up their classrooms with diverse literature and engaging materials. Now more than ever, teachers are looking for ways to get the materials their students need but not break the bank.

Casey Wiggins, a former elementary school educator, was one of these teachers. She wanted the best materials for her students and had an eye for a great deal. Over time, Casey wanted to spread the word to fellow educators across the country on finding deals on websites like Amazon. Facebook seemed like the prominent place to create a group to share the deals she found on materials like pens, classroom furniture, or diverse books for classroom libraries.

The Facebook group immediately took off, and Teacher Deals by Casey was created. Casey’s following has continued to grow over the last few years and now reaches teachers not only in North Carolina but across the country. What started as an idea to share deals on items that teachers may need has grown into a thriving business. Casey strives to create a safe place for teachers to find products they need and help them save money. Some teachers have reached out to Casey to share that the space she has created is an outlet for them to shop and save money at the same time.

As Teacher Deals by Casey grew, Casey realized she would benefit from having her own office space. She is one of the newest tenants at Office Ours and has enjoyed having her own space at the brand new Garner location. Being a one-person company, she came into a turnkey office ready to get to work. Casey is glad to be out of her living room and in a clean, professional office space that allows her to build her business. She is excited to meet and potentially collaborate with other tenants and keep growing her business.

With the many pressures put on teachers to meet their student’s needs and provide the best learning environment, Casey knows there will always be a need for teacher deals. Casey is looking forward to what the next few years bring to her business and is excited to grow into her new office space.

If you would like to learn more about Teacher Deals by Casey, you can visit her website and Facebook group below.

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