Besides negotiating the rental rate for your new commercial space, there are other creative ways to minimize your overall financial commitment  in your lease agreement.  I recently had the opportunity to contribute an article to Gigaom highlighting 8 of them.  It ranges from capping operating expenses to obtaining flexible subleasing rights.  Naturally a lot of this depends on market conditions and available commercial real estate listings.

Rofo was picked up by Techcrunch this Monday. We were pleased with the story – not only the attention brought to our service but also their review of the site. . Here’s an excerpt:

The story generated some heated discussion about the value of a site like Rofo. As with anything, the value will always be influenced by your perspective. Our perspective, as former commercial real estate brokers and as entrepreneurs, is that there’s demand from all stakeholders to have a better way to connect the demand and supply.