A very special coworking

In this interview, we’ll talk about: Justin and his space, Kernville Cowork how work, and workers, have changed what a coworking can do for their community 0:00 – Hi! 1:37 – The definition of rural 4:11 – Nobody’s googling for coworking 7:54 – I saw what it was, I saw what it could do 11:14 – We’re very tourists-dependent 13:49 – COVID was a roller-coaster, and so are every summer and winter 17:14...

In this interview, we’ll talk about: Bozhidar and his space, Networking Premium all the types of events a coworking space can host why, at the end of the day, we do coworking or events 0:00 – Hi! 3:24 – I didn’t know what coworking was, I just saw this great place 5:46 – It seems very natural that one day I’ll start working there 7:18 – It was a shock to learn about all the things that we’re doing...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Serena and her space, KINO Italy working remotely from remote locations partnering with local organizations 0:00 – Hi! 2:00 – From and back to Italy 5:13 – Filling in the gap 9:09 – This is how we launched our first pilot 13:25 – The infrastructure is not the most modern 17:14 – It has to be beyond the business opportunity 21:30 – We’ll always want to explo...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Ivano and his space, Out Quarters The beautiful sea and mountains near Cilento, Campagna in Italy How and why to dive into remote work 0:00 – Hi! 0:55 – The co in coliving 2:38 – Escape the city... 5:50 – … to a small town 9:15 – Already working in a hybrid model in 2016 11:05 – I started travelling and working remotely 14:13 – Those communities are in cowo...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Hannah and her space, the Staunton Innovation Hub How to grow even during a pandemic Remote work, balance and outposts 0:00 – Hi! 3:02 – Let’s do this right in this rural area and see how it goes 5:29 – We decided to open a 2nd space, during the pandemic 8:23 – Hey, why don’t you come and join our team? 11:50 – It was even better than I expected 15:45 – Und...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Anne and her space, The Sweet Core what being a family truly means how spaces can collaborate together 0:00 – Hi! 0:41 – The space came after the community 4:36 – There was more than just creatives coming at the table 6:00 – There were many great cafes but coworking was missing 9:07 – This has to happen 11:54 – Kids and dogs are the norm 15:42 – We don’t ha...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Ed and his space, The Space to Thrive The Serotonin Twist How to build a real safe space 0:00 – Hi 2:34 – Working together, with a pomodoro 4:06 – The temptation to procrastinate 7:19 – It got really bad during the pandemic 9:14 – You love it or you hate it 10:57 – A balance between well-being and productivity 12:17 – I got emails months or years after 14:0...

During this interview, we’ll talk about:    • Ravinder and his space, Nurall    • the difference between remote work and working from home    • how to grow a space organically 0:00 – Hi! 2:45 – The pandemic gave us an opportunity 5:37 – 10 years ago was completely different 8:10 – Technology can help us connect 12:15 – Your tribe is everywhere 15:10 – P...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Spud and his spaces, New Leaf, the co.space, 3 Dots, and My Creative Community the Community Commitment Curve lots of messy middles 0:00 – Hello! 1:51 – A total lack of community spaces 5:30 – Where people can work, live and play together 8:00 – What is your strength? 10:42 – Your staff is also part of the community 13:55 – When have you felt the most alone...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Time and his space, Work Inn what coworking brings in compared to a private office being there for your members, while on a roller-coaster 0:00 – Hi there! 3:22 – From the City in London to West Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany 7:01 – Are German towns ready for coworking? 9:25 – ‘It all went crazy’ 10:42 – Private offices are trendy, why not do only that? 14:...

During this interview, we’ll talk about: Paulette and her online community, Cafe Lifestyle the silver nomads coming in how spirituality and productivity can go together 1:20 – It’s the cafe culture, it’s magical 6:00 – I found my tribe, my people 9:08 – There are more and more women over 40 who are location independent 11:10 – They come in all kinds of different flavours 14:23 – You can even book...

During this interview, we talk about: Pauline and her former space, Le Laptop, and her new project how to go from 1 to 10 employees what ‘coworking’ really means 1:18 – How crazy one can be to start one of the first coworking spaces in Paris... 5:51 – The space selects the members, not the opposite 10:06 – The goal wasn’t to build a coworking, but to share this new knowledge 13:18 – The space has...

During this interview, we talk about: Taylor and her coworking, Groove What are Community Manager, Builder and Architect? How do you scale the unscalable? 0:00 – What is the Groove? 1:27 – How your first experience at a coworking can inspire you 4:30 – Both IRL and fully remote have one thing in common, a community 7:47 – Even physical spaces want to keep in touch in the long term 10:18 – What’s a...

During this interview, we talk about:    • Edo and his coliving, Sende    • How to start with two houses and one abandoned barn    • Why Sende was made by the community 0:00 – The Start 3:35 – When we started this, we had no role model 4:45 – We started with two houses and one abandoned barn 5:35 – We bound with our 20 neighbours 9:25 – One month is ide...

During this interview, we talk about:    • Christoph, his former space, betahaus, and new project, One Coworking    • how someone thinks about starting in 2009 what will be later called ‘a coworking space’    • the yearning for freedom and community that brings spaces together 0:00 – Hello 1:07 – betahaus started in 2009, it wasn’t even called coworking...

During this interview, we talk about: Ivana and her space, HUB365 how your community can go from startups, to freelancers, to big companies the common point between a church, a bar and breakfast 0:00 – The Start 02:20 – For many people, a community manager was still only about managing social media 06:00 – At the beginning, this space was a startup incubator 08:30 – Then, we stopped working with t...

During this interview, we talk about: Stacey and her space, The Tribe How she designed her space in the middle of rural Devon, 2000 habitants Barriers female entrepreneurs and mompreneurs face in their career 1:08 – It’s a very, very, very small space, about 45 m² 3:22 – As soon as I heard about coworking, I thought ‘this is the future of work’ 8:20 – I wanted to make it for female entrepreneurs b...

3 - If you want your members to have a good experience, you do this, with Leo Mpa and The House During this interview, we talk about: Leo and his space, The House why we need real plants around us how to engage your members and build community 2:00 – an old house in an old neighbourhood with so many plants 9:30 – the building owner offered me to manage its 400m² of space, it’s huge 12:50 – I was p...

This is the first interview, and LinkedIn Live event. So exciting, and scary… Thank you so much to Vidur Pratap Bansal who accepted to join me in this adventure. During this interview, we talked about: Vidur and his space, Workcave how to make your first hires the coworking industry in India 3:07 – Coworking spaces can start with one big company that rents one big private office 5:03 – Some like b...