The first speaker of the Unconference at CUAsia 2017 was Juliette Morgan, who spoke on the ‘sex of real estate.’ She is a partner in the London market for Cushman & Wakefield, where she runs their futures group and a property accelerator. Juliette began her talk with what she referred to as ‘35,000-foot money’ which is a global investment into real estate that is driving inequality in cities and forcing those who can’t afford to stay out of the cities.…
Melina Chan spoke at the CUAsia 2017 where she held a session to explain the concept behind an unconference - What it is? And how it works? “An unconference is where there are no set topic or speakers. The idea is that we all have the answers to all our questions in the room here already”, said Melina. The format of an unconference is about unlocking answers and sharing them. Here, all the members of the conference have two roles,…
Michelle Woo, the general manager at Hub Singapore, spoke in a session in CUAsia 2017 where she addressed the question - How to approach scaling? Every coworking space is at a different stage and has different needs; since her topic was on the scale, she shared tips on how it can grow from really early stage pioneer companies to high growth, and to see if they can get established. Hub Singapore has 12 Hubs in Asia and 86 Hubs around…
The second of the four major sessions at GCUC USA'17 CAMP this year was taken by Jerome Chang. He has been designing coworking spaces for almost a decade now. He founded Blankspaces in 2008 and also co-founded LExC.co and COSHARE.co in 2011 and 2013 respectively. Jerome shared his views about phone booths, windows and more concerning their contribution to the overall efficiency and privacy of the coworking space. The majority of this session was about the advantages, disadvantages and the…
Coworking spaces are community driven, often products of passion, but if you can't market it or sell you can't keep doing it. It is critical for any business to sustain growth. Mario Berta, described by some as a high-intensity sales monster, is the founder and CEO of Flyspaces. He spoke in a session titled ‘Sales and marketing make the world go round’ in CUAsia 2017. Flyspaces is an aggregator that works with coworking spaces and other real estate partners across…
