Liz Elam has built a career—and a thriving business—on the tenet that working one’s way up from the bottom instills tenacity, creates resilience and develops overall excellence. That belief, blended with an innovative spirit and a competitive yet collaborative drive, has propelled her to the forefront of the coworking movement.
She is the founder of the largest coworking conference in the world, Liz has led the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) from inception to its current incarnation, expanding from the US to South America, China, Canada, UK, Latin America and Australia along the way. She is a partner in the Deco Group a coworking consultancy.
Liz boldly forayed into the entrepreneurial world in 2010, founding Link Coworking in Austin, Texas when there were just four coworking spaces in Austin, now there are over 70. Liz expanded Link to 3 locations and when Liz sold Link Coworking to Common Desk in the spring of 2019 it was the 4th largest in Austin. She is the first woman in the world to successfully exit her brand in the Coworking industry.