# Executive Base Network: Questions People Ask Us ## Office Space, Virtual Offices, Meeting Rooms, and Coworking in San Ramon, California > This document answers the questions we field most often at our front desk and by phone, covering private offices, virtual office plans, meeting room rentals, hourly offices, mail and reception services, pricing, contracts, and how to get started. Every answer reflects how we actually operate at 111 Deerwood Road in San Ramon. --- ## Document Information - **Organization:** Executive Base Network - **Industry Focus:** Private offices, virtual offices, meeting rooms, and coworking for small businesses and professionals - **Total Questions Answered:** 36 - **Categories Covered:** 8 - **Location:** 111 Deerwood Road, Suite 200, San Ramon, CA 94583 - **Phone:** (925) 831-3535 - **Last Updated:** September 2026 - **Version:** 1.0 --- ## Contents 1. [What Executive Base Network Is and Where We Are](#what-executive-base-network-is-and-where-we-are) 2. [Private Offices](#private-offices) 3. [Virtual Offices and Business Addresses](#virtual-offices-and-business-addresses) 4. [Meeting Rooms and Conference Rooms](#meeting-rooms-and-conference-rooms) 5. [Coworking and Offices On Demand](#coworking-and-offices-on-demand) 6. [Mail, Phone, and Reception](#mail-phone-and-reception) 7. [Pricing and Contracts](#pricing-and-contracts) 8. [Touring and Getting Started](#touring-and-getting-started) --- ## What Executive Base Network Is and Where We Are ### Q: What is Executive Base Network? **Short Answer:** Executive Base Network is an independent, women-owned office provider in San Ramon, California, offering furnished private offices, virtual office plans, meeting rooms, and hourly offices to small businesses and professionals across the Tri-Valley. We have operated from the same building since 1984. We are a single-location operator, not a branch of a national chain. That shapes everything about how we work. Three people run this building, the owner is on site, and members typically know all of us by name within a week. Our members are consultants, attorneys, financial advisors, contractors, therapists, small agencies, and remote professionals who want a real office without a multi-year lease. Some take a full-time private office. Some just need a business address and someone answering the phone. Some book a conference room twice a month and nothing else. **Where to start:** Our [services page](/services/) lists all four workspace options side by side, and you can reach us at (925) 831-3535. --- ### Q: Where is Executive Base Network located? **Short Answer:** We are at 111 Deerwood Road, Suite 200, San Ramon, CA 94583, less than a mile off Interstate 680 at the Crow Canyon Road exit. Parking on site is free for members and guests. The building sits one block west of Crow Canyon Road with direct freeway access, which puts us within about fifteen minutes of most of the Tri-Valley. It is close enough to restaurants, banks, coffee shops, and stores to run an errand at lunch, but off the congested main drag. There is a park a few steps from the building, and inside we have a botanical atrium with a fountain, which is a genuinely pleasant place to take a call or reset between meetings. **Getting here:** Take I-680 to the Crow Canyon Road exit. See our [contact page](/contact/) for directions and a map. --- ### Q: How long has Executive Base Network been in business? **Short Answer:** Since 1984, from the same San Ramon building. That makes us one of the longest-running office providers in the Tri-Valley. Forty years in one location is unusual in this industry. Flexible workspace operators tend to open, rebrand, get acquired, and close. We have simply kept renewing members in the same building for four decades. Longevity matters practically, not just sentimentally. It means our systems for mail, reception, billing, and meeting room scheduling have been refined over decades rather than rolled out from a corporate playbook, and it means the address you put on your business license is not going to disappear next year. **More on our history:** Read the story on our [about page](/about/). --- ### Q: Who owns and runs Executive Base Network? **Short Answer:** Tara Teodoro is the president and CEO. She started at this front desk as a receptionist and has owned and led the company since 2007. Executive Base Network is women-owned and independently operated. Tara worked her way up while managing night classes and full-time work, and she still runs the business personally. When you tour the building, she is usually the one showing you around. Two colleagues round out the team. Erica Reeder handles operations and has been with us for more than two decades, keeping offices, meeting rooms, and member services running day to day. Becky Harris handles administration, mail, and billing. **Why this matters to members:** You deal with the owner directly, not a call center or a regional manager three cities away. --- ### Q: What areas does Executive Base Network serve? **Short Answer:** We serve the Tri-Valley and the wider I-680 corridor from our single San Ramon location. Most members come from San Ramon, Danville, Dublin, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, and Alamo. Everything happens at 111 Deerwood Road. We do not have satellite offices, so when we say we serve Dublin or Walnut Creek, we mean businesses in those cities use this building as their office or business address. That works because of where we sit. The Crow Canyon Road exit is one freeway run from most of the Tri-Valley, and members in Dougherty Valley and Windemere can reach us without touching the freeway at all. **City-specific detail:** We keep pages for [San Ramon](/san-ramon-ca/), [Danville](/danville-ca/), [Dublin](/dublin-ca/), [Pleasanton](/pleasanton-ca/), and [Walnut Creek](/walnut-creek-ca/). --- ## Private Offices ### Q: How much does a private office at Executive Base Network cost? **Short Answer:** Full-time private offices start as low as $600 a month. That includes a furnished office, high-speed fiber internet, 24/7 access, reception service, and free parking. Price varies by office size, and we have a range of sizes in the building. The $600 figure is a real starting rate for a real office, not a teaser for something that does not exist. What is worth noticing is what is bundled in. A conventional office lease gives you an empty room and a multi-year commitment; furniture, internet, phones, and someone to greet your clients are all separate problems you solve and pay for yourself. Here they are already handled. **See the details:** Our [full-time office packages page](/full-time-office-packages/) covers sizes and what is included. --- ### Q: What comes with a full-time private office? **Short Answer:** Furnishings, high-speed dedicated fiber internet over both Wi-Fi and Ethernet, 24/7 building access, onsite staff and receptionist, mail services, printer access, two conference rooms, a community kitchenette with complimentary coffee, tea, and hot chocolate, and ample free parking. The office arrives ready to work in. You bring a laptop and your files, not a moving truck and a furniture budget. Conference room access is the piece people underestimate. Booking meeting space through our client care portal means you can take a private office that fits one or two people and still host a six-person meeting whenever you need to, instead of paying year round for a room you use twice a month. **Also included:** The business owner is on site, so problems get solved by someone who can actually decide. --- ### Q: Can I rent a private office short term? **Short Answer:** Yes. Our private office agreements are month to month, and we also rent private offices by the hour or by the day for people who do not need one full time. There are really two products here. A full-time private office is yours around the clock with 24/7 access. An office on demand is a private office you book when you need it, at $20 an hour or $100 a day. Plenty of members start with hourly offices, discover they are booking them every week, and move into a full-time office. Others go the other direction as their team goes remote. Month-to-month terms mean either move is easy. **Book by the hour:** See our [coworking and hourly offices page](/coworking-space/). --- ### Q: Do I have to sign a long-term lease? **Short Answer:** No. Every agreement at Executive Base Network is month to month. There is no six-month or twelve-month lock-in required for a private office. This is deliberate. We would rather earn your renewal each month than hold you to a contract you have outgrown or no longer need. For a growing business, that flexibility is the whole point. You can add an office when you hire, give one back when a project ends, or move from a virtual plan into a physical office without renegotiating anything. **One nuance:** Our virtual office plans do offer lower rates if you commit to six or twelve months, but that is your choice, not a requirement. --- ### Q: Is a private office here suitable for a team, or just for solo professionals? **Short Answer:** Both. We have offices in a range of sizes, and members can take more than one. Between private offices and two bookable conference rooms, small teams work here comfortably. Our sweet spot is the independent professional and the small firm, from solo practitioners up through small teams. If your headcount runs into the dozens, a conventional suite will fit you better, and we will tell you so. What we would rather you not do is lease a large conventional space so you have somewhere to hold your quarterly all-hands. Take the office you need day to day and book a conference room for the days you need more. **Talk it through:** Call (925) 831-3535 and describe your team. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit. --- ## Virtual Offices and Business Addresses ### Q: What is included in a virtual office plan? **Short Answer:** Every virtual office plan includes a real San Ramon business address at 111 Deerwood Road, mail handling with free mail pickup at our center, and access to meeting space. Higher tiers add a live receptionist, a local phone number, a fax number, and days of private office use. We offer three plans. EBN Starter is the address and mail plan. EBN Enhanced adds a live receptionist with a local phone number, voicemail to email, a local fax number with email delivery, and two days of private office use per month. EBN Premium includes everything in the lower plans plus five days of private office use per month. Mail forwarding on a weekly or monthly schedule and mail notification are available as add ons on any plan, with postage billed on top. **Compare the plans:** Full details are on our [virtual office services page](/virtual-office-services/). --- ### Q: How much does a virtual office cost? **Short Answer:** EBN Starter is $65 a month on a month-to-month term, $55 a month on a six-month term, or $45 a month on a twelve-month term. EBN Enhanced is $155, $145, or $135 on those same terms. EBN Premium is $255, $245, or $235. The month-to-month rate is the flexible one. If you know you want the address for a year, the twelve-month rate saves you real money, and that longer term is optional rather than a condition of signing up. Compare the tiers by what you actually need answered. If you only need the address and your mail, Starter is the plan. If you need someone picking up the phone in your company's name, that starts at Enhanced. **Ready to sign up:** Plan-by-plan sign up links are on the [virtual office services page](/virtual-office-services/). --- ### Q: Can I use your address as my registered business address? **Short Answer:** Yes. You get a real San Ramon street address at 111 Deerwood Road, Suite 200, that you can use for business registration, licensing, your Google Business Profile, and mail. It is a staffed office building, not a PO box. That distinction matters more than it sounds. California filings generally require a real street address where a person can accept documents during business hours, and a mailbox alone does not meet that bar. A staffed building with a live receptionist does. You still designate your own agent for service of process, and how you set that up is your decision to make with your attorney or filing service. We are happy to explain how members here typically handle it. **Practical benefit:** Your home address stays off public business records. --- ### Q: Who typically uses a virtual office? **Short Answer:** Consultants, advisors, attorneys, contractors, online sellers, and remote professionals who need a commercial address and a professional phone presence more than they need a room to sit in. The common thread is a business that is real but does not need four walls every day. A financial advisor who meets clients quarterly. A contractor whose work happens at job sites. An online retailer who needs a business address that is not the family home. It is also a common first step. Members frequently start on a virtual plan, use their included private office days, and take a full-time office once the business grows into it. **The core benefit:** A professional presence and a real address without the overhead of a full-time office. --- ### Q: Does a virtual office let me meet clients at your building? **Short Answer:** Yes. All virtual office plans include access to meeting space, and the Enhanced and Premium plans include private office days each month. Conference rooms can also be booked by the hour. Meeting space access and private office access run during business hours, which are Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. This is the part of a virtual office that a mailbox service cannot replicate. When a client wants to sit down with you, you have a professional conference room in a staffed building rather than a coffee shop. **Booking:** Reserve conference rooms through our client care portal or by calling the front desk. --- ### Q: Is there a contract for a virtual office plan? **Short Answer:** You choose. Every plan is available month to month with no commitment, and six-month and twelve-month terms are offered at lower monthly rates if you prefer to lock in a price. Nothing obligates you to a longer term. The month-to-month rate exists precisely so a new business can try the address without a year-long decision. If your business is established and the address is not going anywhere, the twelve-month rate is straightforwardly cheaper. That is the entire trade. **Questions on terms:** Call (925) 831-3535 and we will walk you through it. --- ## Meeting Rooms and Conference Rooms ### Q: How much does it cost to rent a meeting room? **Short Answer:** Meeting rooms rent for $35 an hour or $275 for a full day. We have rooms in more than one size, suited to small working sessions as well as larger team meetings. The hourly rate is the same starting point whether you are running an interview or a board meeting. For anyone comparing that against holding meetings in borrowed or public space, the difference is not really price. It is that a professional room with a door and a monitor changes how a meeting goes. **Reserve a room:** See our [meeting room rentals page](/meeting-room-rentals/). --- ### Q: What equipment is in the conference rooms? **Short Answer:** Our meeting rooms come with 65 inch Samsung monitors with HDMI connections, high-speed dedicated fiber internet, and six foot Clarus glassboards. That is a room you can actually present in. Plug a laptop into the monitor, get everyone on fast internet, and use the glassboard when the conversation moves faster than the slides. One practical note: we provide the HDMI cable for connecting to the Samsung monitors. Bring an adapter if your laptop needs one, since laptop ports vary and we cannot stock every dongle ever made. **Also on hand:** Onsite staff, free parking for your guests, and coffee and tea in the kitchenette. --- ### Q: Can non-members rent a conference room? **Short Answer:** Yes. Conference room rentals are available to both members and non-members. You do not need an office or a virtual plan with us to book a room. Businesses use us this way regularly: a company headquartered elsewhere needs a professional Tri-Valley meeting spot, or a remote team that normally works from home wants somewhere real to gather once a month. Members do get the advantage of easier scheduling through the client care portal, and virtual office plans include meeting space access as part of the plan. **To book as a non-member:** Call (925) 831-3535 or use our [contact page](/contact/). --- ### Q: How do I book a meeting room? **Short Answer:** Members schedule conference rooms through our client care portal. Non-members book by calling (925) 831-3535 or reaching out through our contact page. The portal is the fastest route for anyone with an office or a virtual plan, since you can see availability and reserve without going through the front desk. For a first booking, calling is often easier anyway. We can tell you which room fits your group, whether the day you want is open, and what the hourly versus daily rate works out to for your meeting length. **Booking window:** Reservations run during our business hours, Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. --- ## Coworking and Offices On Demand ### Q: What does coworking mean at Executive Base Network? **Short Answer:** Our coworking product is a private office you book by the hour or by the day, not an open floor of shared desks. It costs $20 an hour or $100 a day. Most coworking spaces sell you a seat in a shared room. We sell you a door that closes. For anyone taking confidential calls, meeting a client, or simply needing to concentrate, that difference is the whole product. The office comes furnished with high-speed internet, and select offices include a 55 inch Samsung monitor with an HDMI connection. The specific office varies by availability. **Book an office:** See our [coworking space page](/coworking-space/). --- ### Q: Who uses hourly offices? **Short Answer:** Remote workers who need a quiet room for part of a day, professionals meeting a client near San Ramon, and businesses testing whether a full-time office makes sense before committing. A common use is the home-based professional with an important call. Working from home is fine until you need ninety minutes of guaranteed quiet and a professional background. Another is the traveling professional. If you are covering the Tri-Valley for the day and need a base between appointments, $20 an hour buys you a real office instead of a noisy cafe table. **No commitment:** Hourly and daily offices require no membership and no ongoing agreement. --- ### Q: Is there a difference between your hourly offices and a day pass at a coworking space? **Short Answer:** Yes. A typical day pass buys you a desk in a shared area. Our $100 day rate buys you a private office with a door, fiber internet, and access to the building's amenities. Shared space is genuinely good for some people and some kinds of work. It is poor for confidential conversations, client meetings, and anyone whose focus does not survive an open room. We built our on-demand product around privacy because that is what our members kept asking for. The community here happens in the kitchenette and the atrium, not by removing everyone's walls. **Try it:** Book a day, see how you work, and decide from there. --- ### Q: Can I use the building's amenities if I only book an hourly office? **Short Answer:** Yes. On-demand office users have access to the building during business hours, including the kitchenette, the atrium, and free on-site parking. The kitchenette has complimentary coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. The atrium is a botanical space with a fountain, which is a better place to take a break than a parking lot. Full-time private office members get more, most notably 24/7 building access rather than business hours only. That is one of the main practical differences between booking a room and holding an office. **Business hours:** Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. --- ## Mail, Phone, and Reception ### Q: How does mail handling work? **Short Answer:** We receive and hold your mail at our San Ramon center for free pickup. Mail forwarding on a weekly or monthly schedule and mail notification are available as add ons, with postage billed separately. Mail pickup happens during business hours, which are Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. If you would rather not come by, forwarding sends it to you on your schedule. If you want to know the moment something arrives, mail notification handles that. Most members pick one or the other rather than both. **Included:** Mail handling with free pickup at the center is part of every virtual office plan. --- ### Q: What paperwork do I need to receive mail at your address? **Short Answer:** A signed USPS Form 1583, plus a photo ID and a document proving your address. This is a federal requirement for any business receiving mail on your behalf, not a house rule of ours. Acceptable photo ID includes a U.S. state, territory, or tribal driver's license or non-driver ID card, a uniformed service ID, a passport, a certificate of naturalization, a U.S. Access Card, a Matricula Consular, a U.S. permanent resident card, a U.S. university ID card, or a NEXUS card. Acceptable address documents include a state, territory, or tribal driver's license or non-driver ID, a current lease, a home or vehicle insurance policy, a mortgage or deed of trust, a vehicle registration, or a voter card. **Timing:** The form must be completed, signed, and returned to us before we can start mail service. --- ### Q: Do you actually answer my phone in my company's name? **Short Answer:** Yes, on the EBN Enhanced and EBN Premium virtual office plans and for full-time office members. A live person at our front desk answers in your company's name during business hours. This is a real receptionist in the building, not a call center in another time zone and not an automated system. Callers reach a person who knows the business they are asking about. The Enhanced and Premium plans include a local phone number with voicemail delivered to your email, plus a local fax number that also delivers to email. Calls outside business hours go to voicemail and land in your inbox. **Why members value it:** As one long-time member put it, clients are greeted during office hours by a live person, and a live person answers the phone. --- ### Q: Is there someone at the front desk when my clients arrive? **Short Answer:** Yes, during business hours. Our receptionist greets visitors in the lobby, and onsite staff are in the building through the day. For a small firm, this is often the single most visible upgrade over a home office. Your client walks into a staffed lobby and is greeted by name rather than knocking on a front door. It also means deliveries get received, packages do not sit on a porch, and someone is present to direct a visitor who is early or lost. **Hours:** Reception is staffed Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. --- ## Pricing and Contracts ### Q: What are your prices, all in one place? **Short Answer:** Private offices start as low as $600 a month. Virtual office plans run from $45 to $255 a month depending on plan and term. Meeting rooms are $35 an hour or $275 a day. Offices on demand are $20 an hour or $100 a day. Virtual pricing by plan and term: EBN Starter is $65 month to month, $55 on a six-month term, $45 on a twelve-month term. EBN Enhanced is $155, $145, and $135 on those terms. EBN Premium is $255, $245, and $235. Mail forwarding and mail notification are optional add ons, with postage billed on top of the add on. **Get a quote:** Call (925) 831-3535 and tell us what you need. We answer inquiries within one business day. --- ### Q: Are there hidden fees or setup charges? **Short Answer:** No. Our private office rate covers the furnished office, fiber internet, 24/7 access, reception, kitchenette, conference room access, and parking. Add ons like mail forwarding are clearly priced and optional. Where costs vary is usage. Meeting room hours beyond what your plan includes are billed at the posted rate, and mail forwarding adds postage. Both are visible before you incur them. We are the low price operator in this market and we intend to stay that way, which does not work if the quoted rate is a starting point for a pile of surprises. **Confirm before you sign:** Ask us to walk through your specific plan line by line. We will. --- ### Q: Why choose an independent operator over a national brand? **Short Answer:** Because the owner is on site. Decisions about your office get made by the person who owns the building's operation, usually the same day, rather than routed through a corporate process. Independence shows up in small, practical ways. Flexible terms on a private office. A rate that reflects your actual situation. A front desk that knows your business, your clients, and your regular deliveries. We are not going to claim national chains do a bad job. They serve a different customer, at a different scale, with different priorities. If what you want is a local building where the owner answers, that is the choice we offer. **Our position:** Lowest prices in San Ramon and the Tri-Valley, month-to-month terms, forty years at the same address. --- ### Q: What happens if I need to leave or change my office? **Short Answer:** Month-to-month agreements mean you can change or end your arrangement without breaking a long-term lease. Talk to us and we will handle it. Businesses change. A team grows, a partner leaves, a contract ends, someone decides to go fully remote. None of those should trigger a fight with a landlord. We would much rather keep a good relationship with someone who leaves and comes back, and that happens often enough that we plan for it. More than one current member is on their second run with us. **Have a change coming:** Call (925) 831-3535 early and we will work out the timing. --- ## Touring and Getting Started ### Q: Can I tour the building before signing up? **Short Answer:** Yes, and the tour is free. Call (925) 831-3535 to schedule one. Tara often gives the tour herself. Seeing the space matters here, because the things that make this building work are physical: the atrium, the light in the offices, the size of the conference rooms, how quiet the hallways are, where you would park. Tours run during business hours and take about twenty minutes unless you have a lot of questions, which is fine. Bring them. **Schedule a tour:** Call (925) 831-3535 or use our [contact page](/contact/). --- ### Q: How quickly can I move into an office? **Short Answer:** It depends on availability, and offices in a small building do come and go. Call and we will tell you honestly what is open now and what is coming up. Because offices arrive furnished with internet already running, the physical move-in is fast once an office is available. There is no build-out and no waiting on a furniture delivery. One thing worth planning ahead: if you are conducting business in a city, you will likely need that city's business license, and processing takes time. Our [San Ramon page](/san-ramon-ca/) covers the local specifics. **Check availability:** Call (925) 831-3535. --- ### Q: How fast do you respond to inquiries? **Short Answer:** We get back to you within one business day. Our business hours are Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Calling is the fastest route because a person answers. The contact form works well too, and it goes to the same small team rather than into a queue. If you reach us outside business hours, leave a message. We will pick it up the next morning. **Contact:** (925) 831-3535, or the form on our [contact page](/contact/). --- ### Q: What do your members say about working here? **Short Answer:** We hold a 4.8 star rating across 26 Google reviews. The themes members raise most often are the staff, the price, and the professional environment. Members mention the front desk constantly, which tracks with how the building actually runs. One member of ten-plus years wrote about the flexibility it gives her business. Another described coming back for a second run with us because the location, options, staff, and pricing made it an easy choice. Longevity shows up in the reviews as much as in our history. Several reviewers have been here five, ten, or more years. **Read them yourself:** Our [testimonials page](/testimonials/) collects member feedback, and our Google Business Profile carries the full review history. --- ## About Executive Base Network Executive Base Network provides private offices, virtual office plans, meeting room rentals, and hourly offices to small businesses and professionals throughout the Tri-Valley. Founded in 1984 and women-owned, we have operated from 111 Deerwood Road, Suite 200 in San Ramon, California for four decades under the leadership of president and CEO Tara Teodoro, who has owned the company since 2007. **Address:** 111 Deerwood Road, Suite 200, San Ramon, CA 94583 **Phone:** (925) 831-3535 **Hours:** Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM **Website:** https://www.executivebasenetwork.com --- *Last Updated: September 2026*