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GCUC Radio Episode 07 – Relationships and Purpose

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Host, Tony Bacigalupo, talked to Iris Kavanagh about the value coworking alliances and building meaningful relationships. Meaningful Relationships There should be the same focus on community and relationship building as there is on the amenities in a space.  Coworking spaces foster unique relationships with members and communities.  These relationships can create a much more powerful force than if your focus is solely on physical space. There is currently a trend towards commercialism.  However, Iris noted that there are also people…

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GCUC Radio Episode 05 – Ashley Proctor

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Host, Tony Bacigalupo, talked to Ashley Proctor about her different roles in coworking. How Ashley Came to Cowork Ashley became accustomed to coworking while at Ontario College of Art and Design.  While at school, she and some others would often go to each other’s houses to work on their individual projects separately but in each other’s company. She realized that while she was attending school there was great, supportive community around her with people that had similar interests and views.…

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Susan King Glosby and Nora FitzGerald: Women-Owned WorkAway Solutions

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Susan King Glosby and Nora FitzGerald were interviewed about WorkAway Solutions on May 31, 2018 by Sajid Islam. Background Susan and Nora knew each other as friends.  They depended on one another to take care of each other’s children and support one another’s work.  They would occasionally cowork at each other’s houses but primarily worked from home. However, one day in June of 2017, the two went to a cafe for a change of scenery.  There, they spent $40 on…

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Jessica: Nest – Coworking in Dubai

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On May 9, 2018, Sajid Islam interviewed Jessica Edwards.  Below is the summary of the conversation. Background Jessica Edwards comes from Buffalo, NY where she had her first coworking experience.  There, she contributed to the redevelopment of the area and got selected to be curator of design innovation garage (dig).  Dig coworking space was inside a 4-story business incubator on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, which has been the economic hub for Buffalo over the past decade.  Jessica opened and…

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Shahzad Bhatti : Dubai’s Coworking Pop-Up

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On May 10, 2018, Sajid Islam interviewed Shahzad Bhatti and below is the summary of the conversation. From Recession to Future Vision Shahzad Bhatti comes from a real estate background and worked in commercial real estate during the recession both in London and Dubai.  Shahzad moved to Dubai nine years ago. Dubai was impacted significantly when the recession hit.   With one client, Shahzad launched a business center but quickly learned that the business center model was becoming redundant. As…