Posted on March 11, 2016 by Stormy McBride in Uncategorized
CAMP GCUCALL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO OPEN A FLEXIBLE WORKSPACE. Just because youāre a novice or donāt have a workspace (yet) doesnāt mean you canāt join in on the all the juicy fun. Camp GCUCALL: What is it? Itās the perfect opportunity for industry novices to learn everything about opening, managing, and growing a flexible workspace.Ā The day will be divided into five sessions thatāll cover community, technology, design, legal and finance. Weāll get real about what it takes… Read More »
By Copass Thereās no doubt that the GCUC 2015 coworking (un)conference was a smashing success. Bringing together around 300 people from across the USA and further afield, it was a meeting of the minds to discuss the intricacies, challenges and opportunities that coworking faces today. A gathering of independent projects and visions, GCUC brought us together under one common project, one shared mission: coworking. This ambiguous and open word is exactly what gave it strength at GCUC this year, where… Read More »
Posted on March 17, 2015 by Liz Elam in Uncategorized
Over on the New Worker Magazine, Melissa Mesku has a great profile on history and culture of GCUC. Ā The entirety of it is reproduced below. If you haven't seen the New Worker, ch-ch-check it out! In most industries, the annual conference might warrant a raised eyebrow atĀ best. But in the case of GCUC, the industry is coworking, and that makes all the difference. The quirky name,Ā Global Coworking Unconference Conference, is in homage to a Stephen Colbert skit, and its acronym,… Read More »
by Melissa Geissinger, President & COO of WIMP and General Manager of WIMPspace Ā A geek. A nerd. A dork. If youāre anything like me (a 30-something tech entrepreneur who built her first website in 1996), youāve been called at least one of these things at some point in your life. The crazy thing? These days itās 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 »
Posted on February 3, 2015 by Liz Elam in Uncategorized
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 »
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Liz Elam in Uncategorized
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 thatĀ 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 weāre excited to have you all in one of our backyards in May. The City of… Read More »
Posted on August 5, 2014 by Liz Elam in Uncategorized
Iāve operated a successful and profitable Coworking space for almost (gasp) four years! Like most operators, I often field calls and requests for meeting from others thinking about opening a Coworking space. Iām happy to talk and encourage but I get enough requests that I have to limit my engagement. I have now run a successful and a little profitable Coworking conference for over (gasp) three years. I started to get calls for other regions of the world asking for… Read More »
Posted on April 25, 2014 by Liz Elam in Uncategorized
Next week, we will each make the trip to gather together in Kansas City for the 2014 edition of GCUC. We may be leaving our communities behind, but we will each bring our unique experience and expertise with us to share with other coworking managers, owners, operators and enthusiasts from around the globe. To be completely honest, I really look forward to these annual events, and Iām counting down the days until we all meet in Kansas City. After 10… Read More »
Posted on April 21, 2014 by sundaram in Uncategorized
The 4th annualĀ Global Coworking Unconference ConferenceĀ (GCUC, pronounced ājuicyā) is coming to Kansas City for its first traveling year. The conference is the largest global gathering of coworking space owners and operators and we are excited to welcome them to our booming entrepreneurial ecosystem! How it happened In the summer of 2013, the KC coworking and hacker space community rallied in partnership with the Convention and Visitorās Bureau, the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City and the City of Kansas City,… Read More »
Posted on April 2, 2014 by sundaram in Uncategorized
Wayfarer: Ā Roamer, Wanderer, Nomad, Vagabond. These words might very well define how you feel when faced with all aspects of business, be it marketing, sales, or any number of the countless other responsibilities youāre charged with on a daily basis. Whether you are a small business owner, a manager of an international corporation or an executive director of a non-profit, each and every project you have to complete is a journey; from start to finish, weāre ready to help you… Read More »
