Blog + Press July 2017

How Local Coworking Operators Can “Beat” WeWork

Posted on July 26, 2017 by GCUC Intern in Uncategorized

It seems that as the coworking world expands, so does WeWork. How can local spaces compete with corporate business? WUN Systems, a GCUC AU sponsor this year, wrote an article outlining strategies to keep your space competitive. "Coworking will never be a โ€œone size fits allโ€ solution for everybody. Because of this WeWork is trying to differentiate the way they design and operate their spaces to account for this.ย  One way to leverage your space is to cater to niche… Read More »

Featured Space: York Butter Factory

Posted on July 11, 2017 by in Community, Coworking, GCUC 2017, Guest Post

We are super excited to be featuring York Butter Factory this week. York Butter Factory took part in the very first GCUC Australia that was held in Sydney in 2015. Check out YBF below! "Established in 2011 inside an 1850s heritage-listed space, York Butter Factory is the destination point and open innovation platform for Australia's most innovative Technology Startups, Corporates, and Early Stage Investors with bold and global ambitions.Our curated open innovation platform focuses on B2B startups in the areas… Read More »

Featured Space: Deskworx

Posted on July 9, 2017 by in Community, Conference, Coworking, GCUC 2017, Guest Post

We're back with another featured space! This weeks feature is Deskworx and we thought we'd change it up and have them guest post! Coworking is about Community By: Elise Loterman When I share with people that I recently made a career transition from running a not-for-profit university student organization to managing a for-profit coworking space, I often get quizzical looks and probing questions trying to understand how that happened. For me, the answer to that question is simple- the most… Read More »

Coworking A Return To Our Roots

  Coworking is being touted as a brand new Social and Workplace movement, which is sweeping worldwide across the Real Estate and Services Industries. The benefits of Coworking to Small Business as well as larger organisations is clearly emerging and these workspaces have become easier to access with the advent of cloud technology as well as faster and more secure internet services. Some of the reasons behind this growth include: Growth in part time employment. Growth in the consultant industry.… Read More »