A couple of years ago Regus began telling the story of how they had actually launched coworking through their worldwide proliferation of executive suite options. The coworking community rose up and loudly rejected this version of history. In the mainstream media this played out like a clash of younger and older generations but it runs deeper than that. Both Regus and coworking spaces rent desks by the day or month. Both can offer the same equipment, facilities, and amenities, but… Read More »
Get your creative juices flowing! GCUC invites you to design the 2014 Global Coworking Unconference Conference t-shirt. Come up with a design on your own, or better yet, collaborate with a friend. The Details... The 2014 GCUC t-shirt will be a soft, white tee with the contest winning design on the front, printed in 3 colors, and sponsors, printed in 1 color, on the back. Your design may feature up to 3 three of the GCUC 2014 colors and should… Read More »
I never imagined when I started my journey into the Coworking world that three short years after opening my own space in Austin, TX, I would also put on the largest Coworking conference in the world for the 3rd year. It’s called the Global Coworking Unconference Conference in an ode to Stephen Colbert that at this point can’t be un-done. We call it ‘juicy’ for short because if you pronounce GCUC it sorta sounds like ‘juicy.’ You can find a… Read More »
It all started as a meet-up of people coming to SXSW with an interest in Coworking. The meet-ups were held in Austin in 2008 and 2009 and organized by a local Coworking enthusiast. In 2010 Loosecubes decided to turn it into an actual event—the first ever Coworking Unconference. Liz Elam of Link Coworking helped the Loosecubes team with logistics and finding sponsors. The half-day Unconference was a huge success and drew about 120 Coworking enthusiasts from around the world. In… Read More »
