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What if you launched your business surrounded by a close-knit, slightly wacky community?
A coworking space to start your business without going it alone
Here's why
Why start a business in a coworking space?
The entrepreneurial journey is long and full of twists and turns: landing your first clients, pivoting at the right time, staying motivated through the slow periods and facing a loneliness that can sometimes weigh heavily...
As an entrepreneur, is coworking right for you?
An entrepreneur creates and grows their own business: a startup, a small business, an impact project, an independent venture… Coworking is a shared workspace that brings together people from different backgrounds in one fully equipped place. It's neither a private office nor a café: it's a professional environment with a community.
What does La Cordée bring to entrepreneurs?
Starting a business on your own takes courage. But moving forward alone every day, with no peers, no informal network and no structure to hold things together, is exhausting. At La Cordée, you join a big professional house-share where mutual support, professional events and kindness are part of the package.
Since 2011, we've offered fully equipped workspaces where entrepreneurs move forward, energized by mutual support, exchanges and the community's network.
Discover
What coworking changes in your day-to-day as an entrepreneur
An informal, everyday incubator
No formal program, no selection committee: just a community where profiles mix and synergies happen naturally. According to our 2023 survey, 50% of our members found an unexpected professional benefit here: visibility, helping hands, clients, motivation…
Professional events to move forward
Every month, talks, workshops, peer coaching sessions (group support on one of your challenges) and free expert office hours (communications, accounting, legal, sales, web…) feed your journey. We suggest, you decide!
Well-equipped spaces available 24/7
Meeting rooms, phone booths, printer, scanner, tea and coffee… You use the spaces independently, 24/7, and book a room in advance or at the last minute for your client or partner meetings.
A community that boosts your day-to-day
80% of our members say they found a friendly, supportive and positive community at La Cordée. That's not a marketing line: it's what the people who come in every day say. Good thing, because our whole team puts its energy into nurturing and protecting that "Cordée" vibe.
We offer
2 ways to grow your business at La Cordée
Running your business from a flex desk
This option is for entrepreneurs who want to blend into the community. No dedicated desk: day by day, depending on your needs and mood, you settle in, flex office style, wherever you like in the Cordée of your choice!
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Flex desk memberships let you move between all our Cordées!
Running your business from a dedicated desk
This option is for entrepreneurs who want their own desk. Solo or as a team, you can leave your things there and work at your own pace, while still enjoying the community's social moments.
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Dedicated desks are available in Lyon 7th, Lyon 9th, Villeurbanne and Paris.
Plus
Handy add-ons for entrepreneurs
To fit your routine, we offer
Flexible plans
A few hours a week or every day, it’s up to you. Our plans adapt to your pace, with or without commitment, and whatever your membership, we welcome everyone on the same terms.
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➜ Flex desks: From €35/month excl. VAT + €3.25/hour (or + €4.25/hour in Paris)
➜ Dedicated desks: €329/month excl. VAT in Lyon and €349/month excl. VAT in Paris
We've got your back with
A special rate for entrepreneurs just starting out
Take advantage of our deals on the Rando membership
➜ 20% off* for 6 months (65 hrs/month)
➜ 50% off* for 6 months (65 hrs/month) if your business is part of the social and solidarity economy (ESS)**
no commitment • use your hours freely within the month
* Offer valid for 12 months after your business registration
** Offer reserved for social and solidarity economy organizations (nonprofits, cooperatives, mutual societies, foundations, ESS companies, ESUS-certified companies)
9 spaces to
Start your business in 5 cities
Lyon 1st – Terreaux
A charming apartment with exposed stone walls on the Presqu'île.
Lyon 3rd – Part-Dieu
Our biggest Cordée! An apartment with parquet floors and moldings, so chic!
Lyon 7th – Jean Macé
An industrial loft with a private terrace and a one-of-a-kind suspended net!
Lyon 9th – Vaise
A huge industrial-style house in western Lyon.
Villeurbanne
A ground-floor space bathed in light, facing Parc Chanteur.
Annecy – Gare
A huge, light-filled apartment with parquet floors and moldings!
Paris 12th – Gare de Lyon
An apartment overlooking a pedestrian street, quiet yet in the heart of the city.
Rennes – Centre
A 2-story Rennes house in the historic center.
Nantes – Centre
A Haussmann-style apartment on the banks of the Erdre.
In a nutshell
Entrepreneurship at La Cordée, by the numbers
Instead of a long sales pitch,
Come try entrepreneurship at La Cordée
Got questions?
We've got answers!
Yes, and it's even better than a traditional office or working from home. No long-term lease to sign, no heavy fixed costs, and a diverse community around you for support.
Yes. La Cordée offers a mail-handling and registered business address service. A professional downtown address, without the constraints of a commercial lease. Check out our business address pricing here.
Yes, regularly: talks, workshops, peer coaching sessions, expert office hours (accounting, legal, communications...). The program varies by space, city and month.
Indirectly, yes, it can happen. Daily exchanges at La Cordée create real opportunities: 50% of our members say they gained an unexpected professional benefit, including new clients.