The first speaker of the Unconference at CUAsia 2017 was Juliette Morgan, who spoke on the ‘sex of real estate.’ She is a partner in the London market for Cushman & Wakefield, where she runs their futures group and a property accelerator. Juliette began her talk with what she referred to as ‘35,000-foot money’ which is a global investment into real estate that is driving inequality in cities and forcing those who can’t afford to stay out of the cities.…
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,…
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…
The aim was to start CUAsia 2017 with a bang, and they did just that by having two pioneers from the coworking field; Alex Hillman and Adam Teterus, as their guest speaker for the first session. They operate a space called Indy Hall in Philadelphia; in addition to being the founder of Indy Hall, Alex also runs a podcast called ‘Coworking Weekly,’ where he loves to focus on topics that revolve around coworking, cooperation, and people. They decided to frame…
Mike LaRosa, the founder of Coworkaholic, shared tips on how to secure sponsorships and partnerships without selling your space’s soul, in CUAsia 2017. Sponsorship is a unique type of advertising marketing campaign. It could be an opportunity for your space as it could minimize hard costs of product and services, or you could just get some hard cash. The experiences he accumulated as a prior seller of sponsorships revealed four criteria for a successful sponsorship. The sponsor needs some degree…
