POP! POP! Do you hear that?!?! POP! POP! POP! While the GCUC team has been coworking obsessed for a while now, coworking has been POPPING up in the news left and right so far this year. That’s why we’re beyond excited to announce the launch of GCUC POP!, a new, one day juicy “POP!” of coworking awesomeness at the WeDC House @ SXSW! For those of you who don’t know our story, GCUC (pronounced “juicy”) got it’s start at SXSW… Read More »
by Melissa Geissinger, President & COO of WIMP and General Manager of WIMPspace At WIMP we say “Ask a person, not a search engine.” At WIMPspace our slogan is “Cowork. Colearn. Coexist.” Here are some ways that you can host meetups and build a colearning community that impacts more than just your coworkers. 1. Make them free. Don’t create a price barrier that will exclude people from attending and participating. Instead encourage a $5 - 10 donation. You’ll be surprised… Read More »
by Melissa Geissinger, President & COO of WIMP and General Manager of WIMPspace A geek. A nerd. A dork. If you’re anything like me (a 30-something tech entrepreneur who built her first website in 1996), you’ve been called at least one of these things at some point in your life. The crazy thing? These days it’s actually cool to be identified as one. Well these days if you wander the streets of Santa Rosa, California, about an hour north of… Read More »
It feels just like yesterday when I first attended the Coworking Unconference in Austin, TX way back in 2011. I'd never heard of what an "unconference" was at the time, but went with an open mind. If you'd have told me that four years later I'd be the Executive Producer of GCUC, I would have told you you were crazy. And those of you who know me, know that's the truth! We know there are some questions out there about… Read More »
I absolutely love this quote and was reminded of it’s importance as of late. Recently, I had to ban myself from my own Facebook newsfeed because I realized that I was comparing myself and my business to all the status updates, articles and even memes my friends were posting. How does that make any sense? We all have our own unique path. I’m not everyone else – and neither are you! So, why are we as coworking owners and operators… Read More »
Yesterday, Bloomberg.com ran a sensational, clickbait-y article entitled "Co-working Spaces; An Expensive Cure For Loneliness" in which author Patrick Clark argues that coworking spaces (no hyphen necessary, y'all!) are expensive overpriced workspaces for chumps. As you can imagine, that didn't sit well with us. The math was wrong! He missed the point! We understand that haters are going to hate and coworking has really come along way if anyone feels the need to write articles exposing the "dirty truth behind… Read More »
Hey Coworking Peeps! It’s me, Lindsey, Director of Operations! If you’ve ever called or emailed GCUC we’ve chatted and if you have any questions, I'm here for you! Although I usually prefer hanging out behind the scenes, today I’m breaking that cloak of invisibility to issue you a challenge. Let’s fix co-working. You know that pesky little hyphen that blights good press and scholarly articles everywhere? Yup, it’s time for it to go the way of the Dodo. Let’s fix… Read More »
Diana Rothschild here, the new CEO of NextSpace! I look forward to sharing more about myself separately, but in the world of coworking I wanted you all to know that NextSpace is excited to partner with the GCUC team to bring the most awesome conference on the planet to Berkeley, California. We have been big fans and regular attendees of GCUC since its inception and we’re excited to have you all in one of our backyards in May. The City of… Read More »
Trend #1: Current Coworking operators will supply the majority of the explosive growth in the market. This isn’t anything new, but just a continuation of what Emergent Research presented in 2014. If you want to see explosive growth just take a look at WeWork. [caption id="attachment_1901" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Selection of the annual "Coworking By the Numbers" presentation first released by Emergent Research at GCUC 2014.[/caption] Trend #2: It will rain money. Thanks to WeWork being valued at 5 billion… Read More »
That’s right folks! GCUC, short for Global Coworking Unconference Conference and pronounced “juicy”, is the biggest coworking event of the year and it’s coming to the place where coworking was born: the Bay Area. The event attracts coworkers from all over the planet to come together in one place for three full days of panel discussions, high-energy breakout sessions, high-fiving team building activities and hella shenanigans. As a result, attendees always leave with a whole slew of new concepts and… Read More »
