Next week, we will each make the trip to gather together in Kansas City for the 2014 edition of GCUC. We may be leaving our communities behind, but we will each bring our unique experience and expertise with us to share with other coworking managers, owners, operators and enthusiasts from around the globe. To be completely honest, I really look forward to these annual events, and I’m counting down the days until we all meet in Kansas City. After 10… Read More »
The 4th annual Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC, pronounced “juicy”) is coming to Kansas City for its first traveling year. The conference is the largest global gathering of coworking space owners and operators and we are excited to welcome them to our booming entrepreneurial ecosystem! How it happened In the summer of 2013, the KC coworking and hacker space community rallied in partnership with the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City and the City of Kansas City,… Read More »
Wayfarer: Roamer, Wanderer, Nomad, Vagabond. These words might very well define how you feel when faced with all aspects of business, be it marketing, sales, or any number of the countless other responsibilities you’re charged with on a daily basis. Whether you are a small business owner, a manager of an international corporation or an executive director of a non-profit, each and every project you have to complete is a journey; from start to finish, we’re ready to help you… Read More »
Coworking spaces can and should make money. There are many reasons to open a coworking space, but the survival of all of them is subject to one and only thing: profit. If there is no profit you will not have a sustainable coworking space. Without profit there will be a time where you will not be able to pay your expenses and you will have to close, with an unfulfilled dream and without being able to continue providing the service… Read More »
As a GCUC participant for the last few years it seemed strange to have attended SXSW without starting with a coworking hangover! This year GCUC has changed months and moved to Kansas City, leaving some folks wondering, “Why KC?” Being a native midwesterner, and admitted lover of Kansas City, I thought I’d try to answer a few of the questions that have popped up. Is Kansas City in Kansas or Missouri? Actually, its both. GCUC will technically be on the… Read More »
The minute a group of people share a space there is going to be the challenge of getting every one to follow the community norms that are necessary to keep that space clean and make sharing it pleasant. That’s just a politically correct way of saying, “There’s always going to be some jerk who leaves dirty dishes in the community kitchen.” It is an ongoing theme on Cheezburger.com’s Monday Thru Friday Fails. It has been an issue ever since our… Read More »
Coworking by the numbers: 50% of all coworkers access their work space around the clock 71% report a boost in creativity since joining a coworking space 62% said their standard of work had improved in a coworking space Almost 90% of coworkers report an increase in self-confidence 70% of coworkers feel healthier than they did working in a traditional office Between a third and half of all workers are flexible and mobile 64 percent of coworkers are better able to… Read More »
Gretchen of NextSpace and she is headed to Austin, TX for GCUC. But is she ready? NextSpace is headed out en masse to GCUC this week – the Global Coworking Unconference. (Oh you want a link? http://www.austinukgcucco0.web01.sundaramdesign.comm/) My husband is getting the carry-on out of the basement for me tomorrow, and the kids have been prepped on when mama’s getting back. And so has my community, my other family that I mother in bits and pieces as appropriate. I’ve… Read More »
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