Founders of The Cowork Space - Wilna Beukes and Pauline Hawthorne
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Coworker’s Corner: The Cowork Space Pinelands

The Cowork Space in Pinelands Cape Town is known for its aesthetic and intimate feel. Pinelands is a close-knit community which made it the perfect setting when Wilna Beukes and Pauline Hawthorne decided to start The Cowork Space in October of 2015. After running their own businesses from home for several years they felt that they needed human interaction, working from home was great but it gets lonely after a while. Pauline decided to look for a coworking space first…

Adrian Marnewick member of The Cowork Space
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Adrian Marnewick And The Coworking Experience

We recently chatted to Adrian Marnewick about his coworking experience and the impact this has had on his businesses. Adrian is the Co-founder and Managing Director of WorksheetCloud and Learning Lab Apps. Learning Lab Apps develops educational web and mobile applications for Primary and High School students. The apps are curriculum based, giving students the assistance they need to excel at school. The apps also focus on students specific needs, lending a helping hand in the specific areas they struggle…

Erik Brits and Rudelee at Greenpoint Coworking
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Coworker’s Corner: Greenpoint Coworking

Greenpoint Coworking is a coworking space based in Greenpoint South Africa and was founded in July of 2016 by Erik Brits and his wife Rudelee. Together they have given the coworking space a fresh approach. Erik is very educated, having attained degrees in Physics, Astrophysics and Economics. After completing his studies, he entered a startup competition where he did fantastically and won! He spent a year chasing this dream, but decided to call it quits and focus his attention elsewhere.…

Moar Founders. Nahid Sharmin and Nabila Nowrin
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Coworker’s Corner: Moar

Back in 2015, the entire concept of coworking was alien to the majority of the Bangladeshi startups. ‘Some people came in, thinking that it was a restaurant!’ said Nahid Sharmin, one of the co-owners of Moar. Amidst their hectic schedules, the owners of Moar, Nahid Sharmin and Nabila Nowrin graciously made time to sit with us for a candid interview on their experiences in coworking. The word Moar is a Bengali word meaning ‘turning point.’ With that thought in mind,…

Jobaerul Kaes of Scout Solutions
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A Conversation With Scout Solutions

  Tell us something about your firm’s service, Mr. Jobaerul Kaes.   We are a technology startup specializing in Wordpress. We provide two types of services. One is the Wordpress Tech Support. Basically there are some companies who do not need dedicated Wordpress developers but at times they need updates and also some development works on their sites. So they need someone who can spare probably around 5 to 10 hours per month for this work. So we provide a…