Does being rural change coworking? We opened Cohoots in 2014 in the small Australian town of Castlemaine, population 8000. It was breaking new ground as far as open, independent spaces in rural areas of our state. Despite enormous support and enthusiasm from our community, our first year was very slow. I imagine that many coworking spaces go through the similar experiences of the initial 'wow, I love that idea' to a lack of paid bums on seats - the real… Read More »
I’m writing this because I believe that Coworking can help change the world one human at a time. We can make people less lonely by providing a space for community and connection. Loneliness is at an epidemic level in our society and I believe that Coworking can help. Coworking spaces make people less lonely. In research with Emergent Research and GCUC we found in 2015 that: 83% reported feeling less lonely I feel very passionate that we are in a mental health… Read More »
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 »
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 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 »
The latest addition to the Hub Australia network, Hub Southern Cross occupies two floors of the historic Mail Exchange building, right next to Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station. Hub’s beautiful location has an onsite gym which makes staying fit and healthy super convenient. In addition to that they have premium work spaces available, which serve up to 500 people on any given day. Hub provides the resources and learning opportunities that allow you to scale your business for long term success.… Read More »
Did you hear? GCUC is headed back to Australia this August! Sydney was so good to us in 2015 that we decided we needed to bring the juice to Melbourne this time. So far 2017 has been a success for GCUC. We kicked off the year with GCUC USA in New York and announced 2 additional GCUC Global events for 2017 (Singapore and Taiwan) as well as the first GCUC Global event for 2018 (Dubai)... i'd say we are on… Read More »
One of the most notable parts of GCUC is the tight nit community. In the coworking industry we forego the term “competitor” and instead use the word collaborator. Power is in the numbers- or something like that, right? Haven’t you ever heard 2 heads are better than one? The coworking and shared workspace movement has all but taken over and there is more demand than we know what to do with – competition is not necessary but alliances are. Take… Read More »
In the weeks after GCUC, one of our favorite things to do is read the surveys, comments, articles and take aways from the event. Since we have such a diverse audience and attendee base- the feedback is sometimes all over the board but it seems that this year most of our attendees are on a unified front. Much like many of you, we are also fans of the religion of crossfit analogy. Our speakers did a wonderful job of really… Read More »
If you aren’t on the coworking train, you better hop on. Coworking and the shared workspace industry are changing the way people work- for the better.What people once thought of as a “trend” has now proven that it is here to stay. Take a look at what Allwork had to say after GCUC this year. GCUC 2017 HIGHLIGHTS: “COWORKING IS THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY OF OUR LIFETIME” This past weekend, May 5th – 7th, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference took place… Read More »
