European government programs for small businesses damaged by coronavirus
Most governments around the world are rising financial help measures and programs to support small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Below you will find a list of available measures in Europe. We are providing this information for coworking spaces impacted by Covid-19 but also for their members. Please, feel free to share them with your community. We are together in this,...
The measures to get through the Covid-19 crisis and manage the aftermath – Video Panel
The COVID-19 crisis is the first real crisis the coworking sector is experiencing and already the financial crisis of 2008 looks like it would have been the better choice for a baptism of fire. At this point, no one can seriously say how long the crisis will last, what the effects are going to be and what the world will look like afterwards. The only sure thing is that almost all of the...
What coworking spaces say about the impact of the coronavirus – Results of the survey
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting everyone’s lives; the coworking industry is no exemption. In order to offer some support to all the coworking community, we created and shared a survey to find out and gather the best coworking practices on the measures put in place to weather the storm. Close to 50 coworking space operators answered the survey initiated by...
“Coworking sales through Google Adwords is mainly for players with deep pockets”
MatchOffice is, today, among the leading players in the online office booking market. They are an independent portal that collects all business centres in one place, making it easier for potential tenants to find their future office spaces for rent. Jakob Dalhoff, CEO of MatchOffice, has been part of the flexible office space revolution from the very beginning. Read this insight loaded interview...
“Moscow is n°1 in Car-Sharing in Europe. The same could happen with coworking”
Maria Uvarova is a recognized expert in the Russian coworking spaces market. She is a member of the coordinating Council of the Russia National Association of serviced offices and coworking operators. We have interviewed Maria to find out more about the situation of the coworking market in this country. Hi Maria. How can you depict the situation of coworking in Russia, in 2019? The coworking...
Factory Berlin: “Half of the startups created in Berlin have been launched from our ecosystem”
Factory Berlin's aim is to become one of the world's biggest hub for innovators. And the goal is partly achieved. In 2018, more than 50% of all the startups created in Berlin were launched from Factory Berlin. Nowadays, Factory Berlin covers a community of 3.000 individual members, 80+ bigger startups, and 40 corporates. Martin Eyerer is the Chief Innovation Officer at Factory Berlin. He...
Maria 01 to become the biggest startup campus in Europe
Maria 01 is a Finnish non-profit combination of an entrepreneurial community, a selective campus for tech teams and a technology builders club. Owned in part by the same owners as the Nordic’s biggest startup conference, Slush (25.000 attendees every year), Maria 01 has begun the expansion of its Helsinki campus to become Europe’s largest startup campus. In the upcoming years, the campus will...
Aticco: “Big coworking brands are slower and therein lies the opportunity of the smaller operators”
Aticco is one of those interesting coworking growth stories which tells us that there is place for independent big players aside of WeWork or Spaces. Aticco is a born and raised coworking firm in Barcelona; a 3 years old brand that has managed to open 6 coworking spaces, around 25.000 m2 all together and without VC investment. We have interviewed Franz Pallerés, the Co-founder and Chief...
Impact Hub: “Entrepreneurial networks as drivers for positive change”
As Impact Hub demonstrates, building an international coworking brand is not reserved to highly-funded companies taking up hundreds of thousands of square meters in the world’s best city location. Impact Hub is the world’s largest independent coworking spaces network, all supporting the development of entrepreneurial communities looking for a “societal impact”. As of today, Impact Hub is an umbrella supervizing more than 100 locations spread over 50+ countries, hosting close to 16.000 members. Each hub offers support in fields such as entrepreneurship, idea incubation and business development on top of the coworking service.
We have interviewed Flora Rosenow, Global Brand & Communications Director at Impact Hub Network, to learn about the secrets of their success, the challenges they faced and the vision and mission all hubs have in common.
Hello. After more than a decade of operation and so many locations now opened on the planet, what are the ingredients of Impact Hub’s success?
Our Impact Hubs are always driven by a local founding team, who not just understands the local context but also deeply cares about it, as most Impact Hub founders come from the area where they want to open an Impact Hub. They found independent businesses that are united by our vision to create a more just and sustainable world in a global network structure.
Copernico: “We need to build a strong footprint in our Italian home market before looking for European expansion”
Copernico is one of the biggest coworking players in Italy. We have interviewed Luca Pasqualotto, Vice-President and Development & Asset Management of Copernico, to find out more about the italian coworking market and Copernico’s mission, vision and future plans. Hi Luca. What can you tell us about Copernico story and positioning? Copernico was incorporated in […]
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