In 2025, you can run an entire business from a laptop.

You can do it without the overhead of a traditional office, saving you thousands of dollars to invest in growing your business faster. I’ve achieved this at Catalyst Coworking in Tulsa, and you can do the same at any coworking space.

Here’s exactly how to make it happen.

Step 1: Use a CRM to Centralize Everything

If you’re running a business in a coworking space, you must have top-notch CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software.

With a CRM, you will limit the maximum work you’ll have to do and have all the resources you need to scale your business to the roof.

A good CRM—like the one from Catalyst Business Solutions—lets you:

• Store and organize contacts
• Automate follow-ups with leads and customers
• Send texts, emails, and even voicemails automatically
• Track conversations and appointments
• Handle calls from your business number without a separate phone plan

Even just the automated follow-ups alone are worth it. If you need to reach out to 5,000 clients, instead of sending out each one individually (which will take forever), you can automate a mass text that sounds human at one time to all of them like, 

“Hey [First Name], it’s been a while since your last visit! This is totally an AI bot btw, but I wanted to help you book your next session. Do these dates work?”

Most business owners don’t follow up properly because it’s time-consuming (think 5,000 messages time 5 minutes each and you’ll see why).

CRM automation fixes that by doing it all for you in a snap. 

Step 2: Optimize Your Communication & Workflow

Once your CRM is running, it’s time to dial in your workflow.

Before you mess with the CRM, the first thing I recommend you do is actually draw this out on paper, with lines and circles to visualize how you want your communications with customers and business workflows to happen. Think about where you want to guide the customer, what you want to say in the process, what questions to anticipate plus the answers, etc.

Once you have that, set up the following in your CRM to save you thousands of hours:

1. Automate Appointment Scheduling – Use a CRM-integrated scheduling tool so clients book their own meetings. No more back-and-forth emails.
2. Use Pre-Built Responses – Set up automated FAQs and chat sequences to answer common customer questions so you don’t have to waste your time answering them.
3. Create a Sales Funnel – Build landing pages that direct leads straight into your CRM, where automated emails and texts nurture them until they buy all on their own.

Once you have this setup, now you can spend more time on sales and making money, rather than appointment setting, answering the same questions over and over, and so on.

BONUS: With our Catalyst Business Solutions CRM, we do free audits of our customers’ automations to make sure they’re awesome, and with our top tier, we will build out all of your automations for you.

Step 3: Leverage a Coworking Spot in Tulsa Resources to Scale Up

Your coworking space isn’t just a place to work—it’s a built-in growth engine.

Here’s how to make it work for you:

• Network Like a Pro – Introduce yourself to other members, attend coworking events, and build connections that can lead to partnerships or clients.
• Use Meeting Rooms – If you need to meet clients in person, coworking spaces offer professional conference rooms that add credibility to your business.
• Tap Into Community Perks – Many coworking spaces, like Catalyst Coworking in Tulsa, have coffee shops that draw in non-coworking members, lounges, and networking databases where you can list your business and find leads.

To really make the most of a coworking space, I recommend establishing a strong relationship with the owner and offering a freebie/special that’s tied in with your CRM automation.

I did this with my HOTWORX Studio at Catalyst Coworking in Tulsa, where coffee shop patrons could scan a QR code at the coffee bar to schedule a free workout at my studio, and in return, they got a free coffee. My CRM automation immediately took their information and scheduled their workout for me, and 40% of the time I got a new quality lead.

Not bad for a cheap cup of coffee.

Step 4: Maintain Work-Life Balance & Avoid Distractions at a Coworking Spot in Tulsa

One of the biggest pitfalls of remote work I’ve seen is the constant blur between work and life. 

You start answering emails during dinner. Your “home office” is just your couch, and you end up working more when you get home because there’s no separation. Before you know it, you’re burned out and unproductive, just like 26.9% of entrepreneurs who have a poor work-life balance.

A Coworking Spot in Tulsa spaces solve this by giving you physical separation between work and home. When you walk in, you’re in work mode. When you leave, you can fully unplug.

Here’s how to make the most of it:

• Stick to a Routine – Set designated work hours and don’t take work home with you.
• Choose a Distraction-Free Spot – Use silent booths or quieter areas if you need deep focus time.
• Take Advantage of 24/7 Access – Some coworking spaces (like Catalyst) offer round-the-clock access, so you can structure your day however you want.
• Use the Facilities – If you need a break, grab a coffee or even take a shower if you’re pulling a long shift at Catalyst.

An important thing to keep in mind through all of this is to have a realistic expectation of how many hours you need to work a week. 40 hours a week is realistically part-time. A good expectation is 60+ hours a week as a full-time entrepreneur.

With that in mind, get plugged into a local Coworking Spot in Tulsa like Catalyst today (it’s only $1 for the first month), use a kick-butt CRM to automate and save time and money, and get to work.

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