On June 20, 2018, Sajid Islam interviewed Alisha Thornton, the Community Manager of 1528 Webster Street in Oakland, California. The Founders Members have found the two founders to be very valuable resources. 1528 Webster Street houses a lot of start-ups looking to build their business. With the two founders on site, start-ups have been able to have conversations with them. Since they are on site, members can bounce ideas off of them and ask them what they think about their…
Sajid Islam interviewed Herman Ayala, founder of Workspace Suites, on June 20, 2018. Background Prior to founding Workspace Suites, Herman worked in accounting with some large PA firms in Texas. These firms had pretty nice office spaces. However, there was a transition into more modern office as workspaces moved away from the traditional model. Being in the accounting world, Herman is always looking for something new to have as a side venture. Herman himself was always paying rent on office…
Sajid Islam interviewed Michele KirkPatrick, the Community Manager of Brickyard on June 6, 2018. [caption id="attachment_2309" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photo by: Benjamin Burgess (kstreetphotographydc.com)[/caption] Transition to Community Manager With a husband in the military, Michele was working 65 hours a week with the constant conflict of having to choose between family or career. Her husband got an amazing opportunity in Alabama and went for a year. During that time, Michele was on the search for a job that could provide her…
On July 3rd, 2017 Ryan Chatterton came live from Tuesday Coworking in Berlin marveling at the architecture of European coworking spaces. He and one of the pioneers of the coworking world - Alex Hillman, hosted an online event together to share their observations about current coworking industry and find answers to some burning questions in this field. They started with giving a brief introduction about themselves. Ryan of Utah came into this business four years ago, just because he did…
The second day of the three-day-long annual GCUC USA'17 had an unconference with a renowned name in the coworking industry - Ashley Proctor. She is the founder of Creative Blueprint, co-founder of Coworking Toronto and Coworking Ontario. She is also the executive director of 312 Main Project in Vancouver and GCUC Canada. The session began with the audience introducing themselves citing own name, place of origin and current activities regarding coworking. Megan Johnson of Social House raised a question about how can…
