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Creating Community

A couple of years ago Regus began telling the story of how they had actually launched coworking through their worldwide proliferation of executive suite options. The coworking community rose up and loudly rejected this version of history. In the mainstream media this played out like a clash of younger and older generations but it runs deeper than that. Both Regus and coworking spaces rent desks by the day or month. Both can offer the same equipment, facilities, and amenities, but at its heart what great coworking spaces are actually selling is not the desk space, it is community. This might […]

Coworking: The New Normal?

You are probably aware of the exponential growth in solo and micropreneurs. Technology, the economic downturn, and Gen Y philosophies are turning everyone into an entrepreneur of sorts. We are all running our own businesses or careers, working on “brand you”, building our own networks, and creating our own path forward. The most extreme example of this is the Blueseed project, a cruise ship that is being retrofitted into offices. It will float 12 miles off the coast of Silicon Valley in international waters and provide those entrepreneurs without work visas the opportunity to live in San Francisco (on a […]