11 business tips for Coworking Spaces to handle the end of the lockdown
We had the pleasure and honor, as SocialWorkplaces.com, to facilitate a virtual unconference session on Marketing produced by our partners and friends from GCUC. The virtual unconference gathered representatives from coworking space operators located in Massachusetts, California, Illinois, North Carolina, as well as Northern Ireland and even India. Here is a list if 11 business tips that were...
“Our coworking space is moving from a tech to a high tech environment”
Barbara Inmann is the Managing Director of Impact Hub Vienna, a coworking space in the heart of Vienna with a diverse community of founders, creatives, investors, established companies and NGOs who have one thing in common: they believe bold, entrepreneurial ideas can change society for the better. Impact Hub Vienna also hosts the HQ of the global Impact Hub network counting more than 110 Impact...
“Partnerships are now fueling the coworking space offering’s growth” – Lee Elliott, Knight Frank
Lee Elliott is a London based flex workspace expert who provides insight and foresight into the changing global workplace. He is the Global Head of Occupier Research at Knight Frank, the international real estate advise company. Lee Elliott is also the co-author of "Power of Partnership", a recent report that analyzes the evolution of space-as-a-service and how the rise of coworking and flexible...
“In Germany, the average size of coworking spaces doubled in the last 3 years” – AllOfficeCenters
AllOfficeCenters is a Frankfurt based real estate advising company for flex office solutions in Europe. They have recently released a report about the evolution of flex offerings in the coworking industry in Germany. We have interviewed Thomas Schulz, Managing Partner at AllOfficeCenters, to learn more about the growth of the coworking sector and his take on what's to come.[Check the main...
“Hosting hybrid online/offline events could become a part of our coworking business model” – B. Building (Amsterdam)
Dieuwke van Buren is manager of B. Building Business, one of the largest coworking operators in the Netherlands. B. manages 42.000 sqm of space and hosts more than 400 companies. B. also hosted the Coworking Europe conference in Amsterdam back in 2018. We have interviewed Dieuwke to find out more about how they have managed the current COVID-19 situation and their take on how things will develop...
“Investors now agree on the 200-300% growth forecast for Coworking and Flex Workspace” – New Work
New Work is one of the biggest corporate coworking brands active in Central and Eastern Europe, with 75.000 sqm under management spread across 5 countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania. The company had to lay off staff due to the coronavirus crisis. However, close to 100 people work for New Work, which recently and successfully raised a new round of capital. We have...
“In Tel Aviv, 70% of our coworking space’s members are back!” – Brain Embassy
Nir Kelner is Head of Global Coworking Unit at Brain Embassy, an Israel based coworking brand with locations in Tel Aviv, Warsaw and Antwerp. Two months ago, as lockdown arrived in Israel, we spoke with Nir and, as many coworking spaces, he was worried about the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on their operations. After eight weeks, we wanted to know more about how the situation evolved in...
“You save more space by taking away tables than by asking people to leave empty seats” – Kinnarps
Karina Kerja is a Poland based workspace expert and the International Concept Manager at Kinnarps, the Swedish furniture company. Due to the current situation, companies are looking at how to reduce their overhead cost and coworking is being an option for them. The need to put safe workplace environments is crucial, though. As one of the leading workplace professionals we have interviewed Karina...
SleevesUp: “Risk management is becoming the first reason why employers are considering coworking”
Sebastian Schmidt is the CEO of SleevesUp, a family owned coworking spaces network in Germany. SleevesUp is one of the few independent brands in Germany with a big network that operates 11 small locations from Frankfurt to Aachen. Learn more about them in the following interview. Main takeaways Here a few main takeaways from our conversation with Sebastian: Companies in Germany have...
“We expect 15% of remotely working employees to opt for coworking”
Neo-Nomade is a French company working with corporates and medium size businesses to create customised packages they can use to let their employees roam between coworking spaces in France. As the percentage of employees working from home is sky-rocketing due to the Covid-19 crisis, we have interviewed Baptiste Broughton, one of Neo-Nomade's co-founders, to learn more about this phase companies...
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