Case study

The Ski Locker

Nestled in the French Alps overlooking Italy and Switzerland, The Ski Locker is there for outdoor lovers who need a place to work.

Founding Year

2014

Team size

Three founders

Size

200 sqm

City & country

Chamonix, France

Industry / community focus

Digital nomads, those who want to make work fit life

Website

theskilocker.com/

Favorite features

Radius Member view API

An alpine dream

Opened in 2014, The Ski Locker is situated in the town of Chamonix on the border with Switzerland and Italy in the French Alps. The space caters to a wide variety of people connected by their love of the mountains and snow. From hikers, and skiers to snowboarding, the community at The Ski Locker is formed by a diverse crowd from all over the world. Initially opened by four founders, the work today is handled by Patrik, who manages the space, Nicola who helps in the office, and Chris, who handles the bills and finances.

The space currently has around 35 desks, with four meeting rooms for those people on team retreats, or local teams looking for a practical, usable workspace.

Spreadsheet headaches

While excel sheets can be useful for tracking many aspects of life, it was proving difficult to scale, especially given the amount of digital nomads who were working from the space on a limited basis. They found it hard to look after customers and build their community while relying on spreadsheets and they had ambitions to expand their impact.

‘’The biggest reason for switching to Cobot, was that we were handling all our payments on excel, which you can really lose track of.’’

Patrik Spathon

Automating the busywork

Automating their processes meant that The Ski Locker suddenly had more time to spend focusing on community building. Now the system keeps track of late payments, room bookings, and plan changes, making it easier to manage a larger membership base without requiring more employees.

The Ski Locker is also expanding further into the basement in the near future, adding more desks and space from which to cowork for after those action-packed mornings on the mountain slopes.

Advice

Switching to Cobot allowed us not to have to worry about tracking invoices. Also, the radius feature means that we don’t really need to have a reception or keep track of who is who, as those who don’t have credits can't access the wifi, which makes my life easier as I also work full time.

Patrik Spathon

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