About SocoHanoi

SOCOHANOI (short name for social collaboration in Hanoi) is the first cafe-like community/ collaboration space in Vietnam for startup, freelancers, designers, entrepreneurs (esp. internet entrepreneurs) and independent thinkers. SocoHanoi provides not only a great space to work but also opportunities to interact with other like-minded individuals.

We’re really interested in contributing to the growth of an indigenous, high-tech start-up community here in Hanoi. We think the best way to do this is to bring people with unique capabilities together in an environment that helps them do what they do best. We try to create a culture that fosters collaboration and idea sharing, that generates great learning experience for everyone, as well as numerous opportunities for people with complementary skills and experience to work together for the benefit of their clients. We’re building a rich community of members from diverse backgrounds with a range of talents and a desire to improve our professional lives, our personal lives and our community.

SocoHanoi’s Philosophy (Adapted from IndiHall’s values)

We strive to offer a very cooperative environment for you to be creative.

  • Collaboration: One of the great benefits of working in SocoHanoi is that you will meet all sorts of people with all sorts of knowledge.
  • Openness: We believe in transparency and openness. When ideas are free, everyone benefits. We encourage open spaces and discussions. SocoHanoi is a Community of Trust.
  • Community: We thrive on connections and mutual support here. It is important that everyone gives into as well as benefits from the strong (international) community coworking has become.
  • Accessibility: Diversity is core to our community’s success. This means that we endeavor to create both financially and physically an accessible space.
  • Sustainability: Sustainability is a two-fold mission for us: not only is the sharing of resources generally a green practice for individuals and businesses, but also our overall business principles are based on sustainable relationships and exchanges. Every decision is measured by its ability to be sustained by the community in the long term.
  • Finally, we strive to build a community that provides members with incredible support, inspiration and of course fun times!

Our Measures of Success (Adapted from Urban Workspaces)

  • People prefer coming into SocoHanoi than staying (working) at home;
  • A couple of businesses, especially IT-related businesses, outgrow from SocoHanoi. Moreover, at least one completely new business is formed based upon relationships that have started within the space
  • When heard about SocoHanoi, some people are more confident to start the small business they?e been dreaming about since they believe that doing it in our space will give them a much better chance of succeeding than simply working from home or from a serviced office and in some ways we are the missing link in their business plan.
  • Every business can confidently say that they are getting 10%, 20%, even 30% or more of their revenue from clients that they have met through our community.
  • Some corporate employees start to ask their bosses to can work from SocoHanoi for a day or two each month as a way of escaping the usual day-to-day routines, meetings, phone calls, etc, that exist in their office.
  • Members don? rush to get home every afternoon.
  • People from a wide range of industries.