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…
How would you go about designing a coworking space? With so many ideas out there, Mr. Sombat Ngamschlermsak , an interior designer from Bangkok has decided to shed some light into the design aspects of coworking, with the insights he gathered through his journey from a corporate world to a startup business. Mr. Sombat operates two spaces in Bangkok, Paperspace, and KliqueDesk. He has been working in work-class design for the last seventeen years; his career started in a company…
Coworking Alliance Asia Pacific (CAAP) presented a live webinar on April 19, 2017 on how coworking spaces can harness the power of events to enrich their communities. The guest speaker, Kyrie Melnyck, is a freelance event consultant and the founder of 7in7, a global conference targeting digital nomads. Events being one of the mainstays of a coworking space, this session successfully addressed common questions in this regard. Coworking spaces are all about the community and value creation. While we all…
Coworking Alliance Asia Pacific (CAAP) held a live webinar with the Christoph Fahle, founder of Europe’s biggest and most influential coworking space, Betahaus, on 12th April 2017. The discussion stressed the importance of partnerships between coworking spaces while protecting the unique identity of every coworking space. Coworking was born out of the need for synergy between individuals, community, and productivity. This can only be maximized by collaboration and mutual efforts. Betahaus, as Christoph explained, attained its massive status and recognition…
Coworking Alliance Asia Pacific (CAAP) presented a live webinar on community building in the coworking sector on March 29, 2017, with Tony Bacigalupo as the speaker. Tony, with years of experience in helping coworking communities grow across the world through his group, New Work Cities, shared interesting insight on what is a community really and how to build just the right kind. Coworking grew from the idea of the modern workforce’s need to gather in a physical location who wouldn’t…
