Everything Coworking

Daan Van Rossum, Chief Experience Officer for Dreamplex in Vietnam shares:

- How Dreamplex came to be - a culmination of Daan’s experience at …

The ability to acquire customers to fill a coworking space to 90-95% capacity, and then replace customers every single month as members inevitably leave, is central to a coworking space operator’s ability to survive.

If …

Giovanni Palavicini is one of a handful of professionals in the coworking industry that have a macro view of what's happening in coworking across …

Running a business generally means competing priorities. Focus on sales or get our "back-of-the-house" in order? Sales wins every time, but that can cause some headaches down the road...with the IRS for example.

Ain't …

Trina-K is the Community Manager for ECOMSPACES in Atlanta, GA. She's also a confidence coach, SOP writer, video shoot scheduler, project manager, …

There was a discussion in the Everything Coworking Facebook Group recently about whether to use "coworking" or "flexible office" as a tagline for a new space under development.

There was a lot of emotional support from …

If you’re curious about what a successful community manager profile looks like, how they contribute to the business and how they manage their time, …

Kim Lee didn't take 2020 lying down. She celebrated the addition of new event space the week before the first lockdown. Without missing a beat, she …

Focusing on what drives your coworking business will be critical in 2021 to set yourself up for office re-entry. What we measure gets focus, what we focus on improves.

KPIs can help you to get objective data on what’s …

Demand for virtual offices is growing. Building up a competency around marketing and servicing virtual office memberships can add margin to your business and help you to serve a member that doesn’t require much access …

In this episode we discuss three pricing strategies for tough times:

1. Consider offering more flexibility on your memberships than you typically …

Trevor Hightower started his own coworking brand in the lobby of a multi-family apartment building. He learned a lot about what worked and didn't …

Are you excited about the huge potential demand for coworking space coming from the "Work from Home" segment?

They are not the same nut to crack as our typical coworking space member.

Let's discuss:

- How the WFH …

If you’re curious about what a successful community manager profile looks like, how they contribute to the business and how they manage their time, …

This episode’s guests are two power-house C-suite women who met in Tucson and decided they wanted to bring community-focused coworking to downtown …

It’s easy to be really busy all day long in a coworking business and not get the right things done.

It’s even easier to pay your team to be in the space all day and not get the right things done.

What are the right …

2020 was a year of reaction. It's time to re-focus and take control of our coworking business goals for 2021. In this episode, I go through the 9 …

- Jonathan’s coworking story: how he started his first space and rapidly expanded to become one of the leading brands in Singapore.

- Balancing risks as an operator: offering …

Josh Coffy lives in a town of 20,000 near Columbus, OH. He and his wife Kelsey, bought a building downtown and launched a coworking business in it.

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As individual operators, you likely don’t have access to data on market recovery. You can only see what you are experiencing in your own market. Coworker.com is a coworking marketplace with over 15,000 member spaces …

The coworking model is evolving at a pace more rapid than anyone predicted. The variations on the approach to serving today’s workforce and local …

Coming out of COVID, leasing a space has become less attractive because the operator bears the most risk. If you are going to lease, you must work with a broker that will help you negotiate terms that will protect you …

If you’re starting a coworking space or even looking to expand your existing business, it’s worth considering buying a building.

Roughly half of my …

Tell me if you ever feel this way: Your business is not where you want it to be, there aren’t enough hours in the day and you either don’t take time off or you just have a really hard time feeling like you deserve …

If you have a coworking space, and you’ve decided to do everything you can to keep your business afloat until we see the demand shift (which is already happening outside of the U.S.), you must commit to keep marketing, …

Your on-site team drives member attraction and retention. You can have the best furniture, the best cleaning protocols, the most delicious locally …

With a global pandemic going on, every step in the Sales Funnel counts. Subtle nuances in the process can make all the difference when it comes to landing your leads. Join me as I revisit episode 84, and we go through …

In this episode, Casey and I discuss:

- Current market trends such as health and safety protocols, virtual tours, digital memberships.

- Landlords  …

In this episode, Jamie Hodari and I discuss:

- How he and his next door neighbor and best friend growing up started a coworking brand that now has …

Felicia Rubinstein, founder of HAYVN Coworking and Sonny Goodall, Co-Founder of Fireworks Coworking, just celebrated their one-year anniversary as coworking space operators.

They share their coworking stories, the …

Angela Garland shares how she runs a workspace + coffee bar, plays the role of property manager for her landlord, and launched a drive-through coffee …

Kerri and her husband wanted to start a business and they wanted to make it a family affair. They roped in Faith and Johnny and opened their first …

Have you wondered how a community manager fills his/her day or if you're keeping yours focused on the right things?

Your Communty Manager is the …

In this episode, Mark and I Discuss:

- What does leadership mean?

- Who is a leader?

- What does it mean to lead?

- How do we lead through times of crisis when we feel like we are in early leadership stages?

- What are …

In this episode, Mike and I Discuss:

- Global coworking space revenue vs. March 2020

- Global meeting room revenue vs. March 2020

- Creative …

In this episode, Craig and I Discuss:

- The 2019 GWA Industry Benchmark Survey

- Overview of respondents and how that might impact the data (size, years in business)

- The value of benchmarking data for operators trying …

We are living through some character-building times. Some of you have experienced great loss and devastation this year living through COVID-19 and the senseless loss of black lives.

We are all processing 2020 in our …

Enerspace Palo Alto is closing on May 31 (unrelated to COVID-19). What a milestone. But you should know I'm one of those crazy people that craves …

I am a Donald Miller junkie. He is the author of the Storybrand framework which I would describe as "life changing." One of my Coworking Startup …

By this time, you've probably watched your share of webinars about the impact of COVID-19 on commercial real estate. They are generally helpful but …

Are you thinking about starting a coworking space or managing through this crazy season and wondering if you should continue with your expansion …

Charlie Morris is the Practice Leader for Flexible Office Solutions team at Avison Young. We talk about: - Avison Young's approach to serving their …

Navigating the SBA loan application process for a coworking space can be challenging. Amanda Lewan, co-founder of Bamboo Detroit and Hasan Mirjan, founder of SpherePad and then SphereMail, share tips for success based …

Interested in learning more about taking your community digital (and monetizing it?) - Jessica shares Groundswell’s experience pivoting to an online, digital membership the second her doors closed. The digital …

If you are working on opening a coworking space, the single most important step you can take to ensure your success is to determine very precisely the profile of your target member. If you do that, and then make all …

Stew grew up near Seattle with a love of working on cars...but not outside in the driveway during rainy season....and storing all the tools was …

This episode talks about:

• Why we should all be optimistic.
• Leading your team, members and community through uncertain times.
• Switching membership …

Larry's case studies of the purpose-driven ecosystems he's helped to facilitate in Chicago, are some of the most inspiring stories I've heard yet around the significant outcomes that can be achieved by bringing the …

It's important to continue the conversation on the Coronavirus. Let's talk about:

1. What is happening in markets with higher numbers of cases?
2. What …

Don is an OG in the coworking world. He co-founded COCO Coworking and Fueled Collective.

He's now working on select strategic projects, one of them …

Flip Howard ran a dry cleaning business at SMU out of an executive suite office. He thought that business looked a lot more interesting than the dry …

When operators/owners hire Community Managers, they have often been running the space themselves for some time and get really anxious about replacing themselves with someone who cares as much as they do about the …

Selling 5/10 Day membership passes can be dangerous to your coworking business...specifically your bottom line. In this episode, we discuss: - Why we are tempted to sell uber flexible memberships - The math that makes …

Dan Zakai has been busy. He co-founded the first Mindspace location in 2014 and has grown the brand to 30 locations across multiple countries over …

What's the goal of focusing on the right things in your coworking business in 2020? 1. Get more members 2. Keep more members 3. Make a bigger impact and meet your financial goals In this episode, Jamie Russo provides …

Kevin Whelan's goal is to help coworking spaces get full, faster.

Kevin leverages his deep marketing and industry expertise to share his advice on …

Jamie Orr co-founded Cowork Tahoe in 2014. After buying a building, expanding that space and settling into life as a coworking space operator in South Lake Tahoe, a town of 30,000 and home to Heavenly Mountain, a Vail …

Some community evolves through serendipitous interactions. Most community is facilitated and intentionally developed. Hosting the right member events …

Javier studied mechanical engineering in college but after graduation went straight into the family real estate business and started a shared office …

Aine Rock, CEO at Healthy Living with Aine gives us some tips for kicking off the New Year.

We talk about:

- The magical space between hustle and flow

- Why entrepreneurs (and people in general) so drawn to …

Casey Godwin gives us a detailed walkthrough through the elements of a proposal for a commercial office space and his advice on watch-out points.

We talk about:

- The process of creating a proposal before going into …

The guest in Episode 129 of the Everything Coworking Podcast guest is Kane Willmott, Co-Founder and CEO of iQ Offices.

In this episode, we talk about:

- Why brokers can be a lead source for coworking spaces

- Kane’s …

The guest in Episode 128 of the Everything Coworking Podcast guest is Melanie Marconi, Co-Founder of VIDA: Make Life/Work & Co-founder of BDI Development Group.

We talk about:

- Her coworking story and …

The guests in Episode 127 of the Everything Coworking Podcast are Greg Copeland and Mercedes Howard. They are directors on CORT’s Strategic Business Development Team.

We Talk About:

- The brands of furniture they …

The guest in Episode 126 of the Everything Coworking Podcast guest is Jessica Oldani, President of Oldani Entrepreneurial Law P.C.

We talk about:

• …

The guest in Episode 125 of the Everything Coworking Podcast guest is Bryce Hill, Community Manager for Office Evolution in Denver, CO. 

We talk …

The guest in Episode 124 of the Everything Coworking Podcast is Jennifer Easton, Vice President of Marketing at the International WELL Building Institute. We talk about: - She explains what WELL it is and who it aims …

Today’s guest is Lorena Solis, Regional Manager of IOS Offices in Mexico in Guadalajaro. - Her background before she joined IOS OFFICES and …

Today's guest is Mike Kriel, CEO of Launch Workplaces with locations in the greater Baltimore, Washington DC area.

We talk about:

- Mike’s background.

- The story of how Mike got into coworking.

- What Mike’s business …

Today’s guest is Alex Hughes, Co-founder of CNTRL Office

We talk about: 

1. Alex’s background and Coworking story
2. Their expansion from Portland into …

Today’s guest is Angie O’Grady, Partner & COO @ StellaPop I Management Consulting I Workplace Services.

 We talk about:

- The areas in which …

Today’s guest is James Shannon, Chief Product Officer at essensys. I invited him on to continue our coverage of physical and cyber security in coworking spaces. Essensys has deep expertise in this topic. If you missed …

Casey Godwin is unique in that he's done enough deals in the coworking space to develop an expertise around the model and best practices for the coworking space search process.

Casey starts the episode by setting our …

Mark Gilbreath has one of the most comprehensive vantage points of the Flexible Office Industry. As the CEO of LiquidSpace, he serves casual flex office users, corporate occupier users, SMB users, operators with space …

In this episode, we analyze a local, membership-based, community-focused business that, despite it's strong, engaged community, is losing money each month. I walk through their situation and what we can learn to better …

In this episode, I share my go-to platform for outsourcing critical business tasks that I just can't get to. You'll be amazed at the breadth of expertise that you can leverage on a project-basis or long-term if needed.

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BJ Rosinus has a real estate background, ran a coworking space in Florida, and then decided to join one of his members in serving a niche need for the coworking space - insurance for operators and members. 

Insurance is …

Whether you’re new and worried that someone is going to beat you to opening in your market, or you’ve been in business for awhile and competition in your market is starting to heat up, this discussion is for you.

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Hannah Walker reflects on her team's first year in business at WorkHub in Tyler, TX.

We cover:

A little about Tyler, TX

What role does Workhub play …

In this episode, Susan Glosby owner of WorkAway Solutions outside of Washington, DC, shares her coworking story AND her expertise in franchising …

We cover topics including:

1. What is NeoCon?
2. Why do you attend?
3. Who should attend?
4. What are the latest commercial office design trends that apply to …

In this episode, we talk about what to do when your tour flow doesn’t feel right, or better yet, when your tour tracker data demonstrates your numbers are down.

Always get back to basics to troubleshoot issues. It’s …

Anne Hardy, Chief Security Officer at Join Digital, shares with us the basics on our physical security and cyber security responsibilities as coworking space operators. Some categories of members such as corporate …

Maximilliano and his childhood friend, stumbled upon a unique need in the coworking market. They had a logistics operation involving inland …

This week's guest is Melissa Saubers. Melissa is the Chief Connector and CEO of Cowork Waldo (founded in 2012) and Co-Founder & Past President of the Record-Setting & Award-Winning Kansas City Coworking Alliance …

In this episode, Jerome and I tackle questions such as: 

What are the things that you do in your business that are unique to approaching the business as an architect AND an operator?

For those that are listening and …

One of my Coworking Startup School students recently asked about choosing a niche group to serve with her coworking space. It's very common to get …

I love examples from other industries that make me think about aspects of the coworking industry.

This case study is about a summer camp that charges $100 more a week than the other neighborhood camps and how they …

In this short episode, I share a story of a Flight Group member who recently launched his space and found himself managing a long list of community norm challenges - the sensitive, sometimes awkward aspects of bringing …

Kicking off a new "bonus episode" format that will allow me to share insights that apply to business but don't fit into my typical episode approach.

This one addresses mindset when $hit goes wrong and messes with your …

Currently in Carlsbad, Long Beach, San Jose and Denver, CommonGrounds Workspace is on an aggressive growth plan to add 2 million square feet across 50 locations in the next two years. All of this is made possible by a …

On this episode, my guest is Jason Anderson, recently named President of Venture X, one of the fastest growing premium shared workspace concepts in the country.

Prior to joining the shared workspace community, Jason was …

This is a debrief and case study of my Enerspace Referesh Project with a focus on adding additional team spaces and a meeting room. I dive into …

This question came up recently in one of my Flight Group sessions. One of the FG members wanted to start encouraging ACH payments and wondered if she …

Furniture: New, used, refurbished, contract...what does it all mean and what's right for my coworking space? What role does a furniture dealer play …

Facebook Groups, Google Groups and Slack Groups are all great potential resources to answers to your coworking questions. That being said, ask a question like, "What CRM do you use?" and you'll get 20 different …

In this episode, we talk through three keys to getting what you want out of 2019 (or anytime you're in goal-setting mode).

This is the process my …

This week, Kevin Whelan has deep expertise in marketing that he is applying to Coworking Spaces. I have been working with Kevin on some strategic projects for the Global Workspace Association and Kevin is the outsourced …

Michelle Bodick, Managing Director of Sales and Marketing for the Americas at Instant Offices shares their research which reports that 68% of the coworking market is run by independent operators.

Instant has a strong …

Sometimes we commit to something verbally but don't think about the workflow required to get there. What actions do we need to take? What behavior do we need to model? What language do we need to use to commit to that …