DO YOU WALK YOUR OWN TALK? MY EXPERIENCE JOINING A COWORKING SPACE
The coworking ethos promises a lot. Productivity, hospitality, community, networking, business growth, and more. I had a serious case of expectation failure when I toured two coworking spaces in the town next to mine…which was amplified when I joined one of them. ON THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Everything Coworking Featured Resources: Looking to connect […]
IS YOUR COWORKING SPACE REALLY READY FOR ENTERPRISE CLIENTS? WITH PHIL KIRSCHNER, FORMERLY WITH JLL & WEWORK
Phil Kirschner, Senior Expert, McKinsey Real Estate and Organizational Transformation practices, has a pretty unique perspective on coworking & flexible workspace. On this episode, he shares a personal experience using a coworking space for a last-minute client call first thing in the morning…and how that sent off both literal and figurative alarms for him. ON […]
AUTHOR MITCH GRAY ON HOW TO FIND GREAT PEOPLE EVEN WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S HARD TO FIND GREAT PEOPLE
THIS EPISODE’S GUEST IS MITCH GRAY, AUTHOR OF “HOW TO HIRE AND FIND GREAT PEOPLE.” Every time Mitch Gray spoke to a group or a new client, he heard “Our biggest business challenge is that t’s really hard to find good people.” He had discovered a simple approach to his own hiring practice that gave […]
CHRISTINA AND AMIRH, COFOUNDERS ON THE COWORKING + CHILDCARE MODEL THEY’VE BUILT AT PILLAR COWORK
THE GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE ARE CHRISTINA GUITIERREZ AND AMIRH DAVIS COFOUNDERS OF PILLAR COWORK Cofounders Amirh Davis and Christina Gutierrez met each other through a mutual friend that connected them to work on their mutual passion for coworking and childcare. They renovated a former bank building and opened in March 2, 2020, just a […]
JOSH WHITE ON LEVERAGING OWNED ASSETS AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE TO CREATE A “BUILDING SERVICES” PLATFORM
THE GUEST ON THIS EPISODE IS JOSH WHITE, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT MRP REALTY. MRP launched its first flexible office concept under Make Offices. Over time, MRP expanded that brand into non-owned assets. After several years of learning, a global pandemic, and significant evolution in what tenants want from office space, they relaunched a more inclusive […]
TESSA MCLOUGHLIN ON HOW SHE WENT FROM BEING A MUSICIAN AND SINGLE MOM TO LAUNCHING A 25,000 SQUARE FOOT WORK AND CULTURE CLUB
THE GUEST ON THIS EPISODE IS TESSA MCLOUGHLIN, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF KWENCH CULTURE CLUB When I met Tessa in 2016, she had a lot of passion and a vision for Kwench that came with a big ticket buildout and a big funding gap. Since then, she opened a 5,000 square foot beta space, redeveloped […]
ADAM AND ZACH, OWNERS OF WORKSPACE COLLECTIVE, SHARE HOW THEIR SALES BACKGROUND HAS IMPACTED THEIR COWORKING SUCCESS, AND WHAT THEY LEARNED THROUGH OPENING A 2ND LOCATION
ADAM AND ZACH ARE OWNERS OF WORKSPACE COLLECTIVE Adam and Zach, co-owners of Workspace Collective in Ocala, Florida, opened their first coworking space in October 2019 in a house built in 1890. They opened their second location in June of 2021 in a 7,000 square foot modern, industrial building downtown. ON THIS EPISODE, ADAM, ZACH […]
BEN WRIGHT SHARES DATA ON WHAT HAPPENED IN COWORKING IN Q2
BEN WRIGHT IS HEAD OF FLEXIBLE OFFICE SOLUTIONS, SQUAREFOOT. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF UPSUITE, A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND AND BOOK FLEXIBLE WORK SPACE. Ben is a former economist and a data nerd. His passion for data surfaces insights that help coworking space operators get access to market dynamics that they […]
JENNY POON ON A COWORKING MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT GONE WRONG, BUYING A BUILDING AND AUTOMATION HACKS
JENNY POON IS THE FOUNDER & CEO OF C0+HOOTS COWORKING. CO+HOOTs opened in 2010 as the first coworking space in downtown Phoenix, AZ…in a time when downtown was not really a destination. Jenny and her community were passionate about revitalizing the area and giving people a reason to show up. Jenny has had a bit […]
JUSTIN AND KELLY, SPOUSES AND OWNERS OF FLOCC STUDIO, ON STARTING A NICHE COWORKING SPACE AND MANAGING MULTIPLE BUSINESSES
JUSTIN AND KELLY CLEMONS, ARE OWNERS OF FLOCC STUDIO, A COWORKING SPACE FOR CREATIVES IN OAK CLIFF, A NEIGHBORHOOD IN DALLAS, TEXAS Justin is also the founder/owner of an online lighting school for photographers: That Photo School. HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS I ASKED JUSTIN AND KELLY DURING OUR CONVERSATION: Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: Everything […]
