Tony Bacigalupo spoke with Brad Krauskopf of Hub Australia. About Hub Australia With about 1,000 members across three locations, one with 40,000, one with 12,000 and one with 8,000 square feet, Hub Australia has become one of the most successful coworking spaces. Brad tries to provide value to members that goes beyond the physical space. In fact, many of Hub Australia’s members job because of the strong network it provides, not for the office space. Hub Australia focuses on…
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…
Tony Bacigalupo interviewed Matias Vazquez of Sharing E.C. in Saõ Paolo, Brazil for episode three of GCUC Radio. Matias views his space as a center of commerce for his neighborhood, not just a workspace. He is a leader of the CoLatAm effort which seeks to unite leaders of coworking spaces across Latin and South America. He is leading the effort with Manu Vega who was interviewed in the last episode. They hope to recruit others to join their alliance and…
In episode two of GCUC Radio, host, Tony Bacigalupo, talked to Manu Vega, the founder of Cuenca Coworking in Ecuador. Here are were my main takeaways from the conversation. About Cuenca Coworking Cuenca Coworking has grown from a 1970s townhouse to eight locations across the country since 2014. Manu is also personally invested in helping local projects meet success and often provides his own resources to help them get started. Manu sees coworking as an essential path to diversifying the…
On June 4, 2018, Sajid Islam interviewed France Hoang and Tom Craig of Chisel. Chisel is a slang term for lawyers. Accordingly, Chisel is a coworking space specifically for lawyers built within a law firm, FH+H. Finding a Niche France and Tom were partners together on the law firm, FH+H. Fh+H is a very entrepreneurial law firm. Part of what differentiates FH+H from other firms is that the Lawyers are also entrepreneurial. The firm itself is always looking for…
