I listened to episode 1 of GCUC Radio where the host, Tony Bacigalupo, kicked off the series with an introduction to coworking. Here is what I got out of the podcast. Coworking How it Started Coworking is taking the world on by storm. It started in 2005 in one small community in San Francisco to 780,000 in 2015. The idea of coworking started by a few people with the same desire to get out of the house and be…
Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) 2017 was all about digging deep into the heart of coworking and its extraordinary power to connect people, and transform communities. The first day of the conference included a session with Amrit Dhir from Google for Entrepreneurs, who presented ‘What Google has learned from building hubs for Entrepreneurs across the globe.' In the session, Amrit began with the notion that coworking spaces harbor people with different backgrounds and experiences. Sharing of these experiences and the…
On the second day of GCUC USA 2017, Frank Cottle of Alliance Business Centers Network and Martin Senn of Davinci Virtual Office Solutions engaged themselves in a spontaneous conversation with the audience. They shared various experiences and strategies regarding different models of growing and expanding a business in the coworking industry. Felina Hanson of Hera Hub explained how her company got the money from SBA’s business acceleration fund. She decided to invest it into a coworking space for special programming,…
The second day of the three-day-long annual GCUC USA'17 had an unconference with a renowned name in the coworking industry - Ashley Proctor. She is the founder of Creative Blueprint, co-founder of Coworking Toronto and Coworking Ontario. She is also the executive director of 312 Main Project in Vancouver and GCUC Canada. The session began with the audience introducing themselves citing own name, place of origin and current activities regarding coworking. Megan Johnson of Social House raised a question about how can…
One of the driving forces behind coworking industry - Global Coworking Unconference or GCUC, arranged a 3-day long conference in the USA this May. It gave all the newbies in the industry an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge from the best in the business. During a session called “Ask Us Anything” held on day one, four workplace industry icons came together to share their insights about coworking workspaces and more. The session started with moderator Mark Gilbreath, Founder, and…
