“Franchise and shared revenue model is our recipe to grow in suburban areas”
Alexander Stampfer co-founded the proptech startup andys.cc in Vienna in 2018, a modern workplace operator with a franchise model. We have interviewed Alexander, responsible for the expansion of their locations and the development of andys.cc branch concept, to find out more about the Austrian coworking market and their business model. Alexander will be a speaker at the upcoming Coworking Europe...
“Companies will start to see the coworking model as their best insurance policy” – Adam Lis (JLL Poland)
Adam Lis is a real estate professional, flex office and coworking expert. He works as a Flexible Office Solutions Manager at JLL Poland. Previously, he had been active as Head of Growth and General Manager at Brain Embassy, a coworking space operator in Warsaw. As he perfectly knows both worlds, we have interviewed Adam to find out more about his thoughts regarding the current Covid-19 situation...
“Three and four stars hotels will growingly integrate coworking within their scope of services”
mrp hotels is a hospitality consulting firm with long-time experience in the global hotel and real estate industries. The company has offices in Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam, Luzern and Istanbul. We have interviewed Olaf Steinhage and Lea-Sophie Zwoch, both authors of the recently released industry report "Coworking: How hotels can add relevant value to the coworking market" to learn more about...
Co-living for elderly is rising and it shares similarities with coworking business
Steven Zeeman is Managing Partner Life Europe, an institutional start-up platform founded in 2019. Noticing the shortage and complexity of senior living across Europe, Steven initiated the Hamlet Living project, a mixed co-living environment for elderly people that have reached 65 years. Hamlet’s premise starts with the idea that independent living privacy can be combined with a huge...
Guinness Enterprise Centre: “Expansion plans keep going and supporting our national mission”
Eamonn Sayers is the CEO of the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), a Dublin based non-profit coworking and startup incubator. Located in an underprivileged area of the Irish capital, the GEC plays a major role in boosting the local start-up scene and neighbourhood. Beyond that, the GEC supports a lot of initiatives on the national level, working as the entrepreneurial touch down hub of...
“Franchising is sure to become a bigger part of the coworking landscape”
Venture X UK & Ireland is the master franchise development partner for Venture X, a premium coworking provider with a focus on member wellbeing, high-end design and inclusivity. It was one of the fastest growing brands in the US last year and now has 29 locations open globally and has signed master licence agreements in 35 countries with plenty more in the pipeline. They recently opened...
“Coworking is gradually gaining parts of the regular office market in France”
Bureau à Partager is a platform where people and companies can find the best workplace for their teams anywhere in France. Bureau à Partager carried out the Indice du Coworking 2019 survey which showed that one quarter of the coworking French market is in the hands of only four players, two French and two international companies. We have interviewed Cécile Peghaire, responsible for the...
“The time has come for mini-meetings and smaller meeting rooms”
Rapal Oy is a Finnish company active in workspace optimzation and IoT. They have recently released the Optimaze Workplace Review, an inspiring report on work environment data. SocialWorkplaces.com interviewed Maija Patjas, Director of Workplace Management Services and Pontus Kihlman, Executive Consultant, both of the Helsinki based organisation, to find out more about the main trends observed in...
Learnings for coworking spaces out of Milan, Europe’s first Covid-19 epicenter
Luca Diodà is the CEO of YoRoom, a coworking brand located in Milan, Lombardia, Italy, one of the epicenter of the Covid-19 crisis. Key topics We have interviewed Luca to find out more about the following: How did they address the outbreak? How did they keep their community together? What did they do in terms of billing policy for the tenants? And for the coworking members? How are they...
China and South Korea are seeing the end of Covid-19 crisis; what do coworking operators say about it? – Video Panel
China and South Korea are slowly seeing the end of the Covid-19 crisis. Both countries are releasing the pressure and steadily allowing people to get back to their regular jobs. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is in the middle of the pandemic wondering how long this craze will last. We wanted to hear some local coworking voices and know more about: How the coworking industry experienced...
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