Ivan Brkljac at Mokrin House
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Founder’s Corner: Ivan Brkljac – Mokrin House

Ivan Brkljac, the founder of Mokrin House,  lives in a coworking colony state located in a rural surrounding. It is a very modern type of estate and consists of a complex of several buildings, in which everything is available; where the coworking space is, where the dormitories are, it's just like a minicamp. Mokrin House is located on the border between Serbia, Romania, and Hungary. They have a mix of different languages and cultures, and have been in business since…

Ann Orem at Brickyard
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FOUNDER’S CORNER: Ann Orem talks about Brickyard

Brickyard is a coworking space in Ashbourne, VA which is one of the suburbs in Washington DC. Ann Orem, founder of Brickyard, began working on it eighteen months ago, and her prior experience in commercial real estate development helped her develop the space. She began her research on the marketplace to determine whether a traditional coworking space would survive in the suburbs and soon realized there was a ‘gaping hole’ in the market for local entrepreneurs, tech startups, and small…

Lachlan Sloan speaking at the Unconference in CUAsia 2017
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CUAsia-February 2017-Chiang Mai, Thailand-Lachlan Sloan: Journey from service-office startup to coworking space

Lachlan Sloan from BizDojo spoke at the Unconference in CUAsia 2017; he shared his journey from a service-office startup to coworking space. Sloan and his wife planned to stay for two years but ended up staying there for fifteen years. During his time in Asia, he was fortunate to be part of a service office startup called Compass. Compass was launched in 2008; it grew from one location in Hong Kong to fifty locations in five years. They had 80…

Ashish Goenka hosted a special session on Fckup nights at CUAsia-17
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CUAsia-February 2017-Chiang Mai, Thailand-Ashish Goenka: F*ckUp Night – Where everyone shares their f*ckups + failures

Ashish Goenka from Bombay Connect, a coworking space in Mumbai, India; hosted a special session on ‘FuckUp Nights’ at the Unconference in CUAsia 2017. He has organized this event many times in India as well and is the local license holder. The idea of fuckup night is, to be honest, vulnerable, share failures, celebrate them a little bit and understand them for what they are; they are not a source of shame, they are almost always an excellent source of…

Melina Chan talking what is unconference in CUASIA February 2017
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CUAsia-February 2017-Chiang Mai, Thailand-Melina Chan: What is Unconference?

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,…