[Coworking] Re: Niche coworking spaces

Allwork has an article covering 15 niche coworking spaces . We cover some other niche spaces in this article on our blog

Re: [Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

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[Coworking] Coworking and Shared Space Survey - Please Take:)

Instant Offices and HLW International are doing a survey on the future of Flexible Workspaces and coworking . Pete Bacevice is the researcher behind the survey. For those who don't know Pete, he's affiliated with the

[Coworking] Re: Coworking 2.0, SPaaS and the Future of Coworking

This thread, to me, reflects the continuing evolution of the coworking ecosystem. Coworking has been expanding, evolving and hybridizing since its beginnings. This has led to a growing variety in space types and services offered. In most cases, this is driven by customers who are looking for

[Coworking] Great Description of the Trends Driving Coworking

The Back Channel article The Work From Home Dream Doesn't Work is one of the best descriptions of the drivers of coworking I've read. Everyone interested in shared workspaces should read it. -- Visit this

[Coworking] Our coworking forecast - 3.8 million members and 26,000 spaces by 2020

We released our 2016 global coworking forecast today . As I point out in the post, the coworking industry has become a complex and difficult industry to keep up with. You guys are simply growing, mutating,

[Coworking] Fascinating Academic Paper on Coworking

The Social Economy of Coworking Spaces: A Focal Point Model of Coordination suggest that coworking facilities provide "a focal (Schelling) point for finding people, ideas and other resources when you lack the information necessary

[Coworking] Coworking in Italy in the 15th Century

HBR's The Innovative Coworking Spaces of 15th-Century Italy covers the “bottegas” of that era. These were the "workshops of 15th-century Florence, in which master artists were committed to teaching new artists,

[Coworking] HBR on working together, coworking

There's nothing in HBR's If Work is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office? that everyone in this group doesn't already know. But it's nicely written and having HBR say it's so is always useful. -- Visit this

[Coworking] Re: Deloitte's Swiss Workplace of the Future Report Stresses Role of Coworking Spaces

My partner noticed the report has "cowering space" instead of "coworking space" in one instance. We've all been there. Those darn spell checkers:). On Friday, February 19, 2016 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, Steve King wrote: > > Interesting report. > <http://www2.d

[Coworking] Deloitte's Swiss Workplace of the Future Report Stresses Role of Coworking Spaces

Interesting report. I didn't know Switzerland had 50 coworking spaces. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[Coworking] Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview - Interesting Academic Study on Coworking

Coworking: A Transdisciplinary Overview is a very thorough and interesting academic study on coworking. Kudos to the authors. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you

[Coworking] HBR's Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive sounds like Coworking

I was catching up on my reading and came across Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive on the Harvard Business Review site. The focus of the article is on how bosses and big companies can create

[Coworking] Grind and Verizon Partner on Space

Congratulations to Grind on their deal with Verizon . As analysts looking at the industry from the outside, we think this is a very big deal. Corporations and commercial building

[Coworking] WeWork Opening 3100 Member Space in London

They're going to need a lot of ping pong tables. The article is here. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[Coworking] Coke Covers Coworking

Coca Cola's online lifestyle magazine has an article on coworking http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/office-evolution-the-new-age-of-coworking-spaces. I think this is both fun and interesting. I also had no idea Coke had their own online magazine. -- Visit this forum on the web at

[Coworking] Take the European Coworking Survey on Coworking space partnering

Interesting survey on coworking space events and partnering https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/cwecommunities - important topics that have not gotten a lot of attention research wise ( I wish I'd thought of this survey:)). Please take if you are a space owner or manager. It's short and the

[Coworking] Johnson Controls study says almost everyone will be coworking in 2040

Johnson Controls Smart Workplace 2040 study http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/content/us/en/products/globalworkplacesolutions/gwi/projects_workplace_innovation/workplace2040.html basically forecasts most everyone will work part-time in coworking spaces by then. They also forecast that humans with

[Coworking] Re: Road Warrior Voices from USA Today on Coworking Vacations

I was focused more USA Today deciding coworking was a good topic to cover than on their coverage itself. Besides, I was distracted by their hard hitting story Why Hotel Sex is Better Than at Home http://roadwarriorvoices.com/2015/05/21/hotel-sex-poll/?:). -- Visit this forum on the web at

[Coworking] Road Warrior Voices from USA Today on Coworking Vacations

USA Today's Road Warrior Voices http://www.usatoday.com/travel/roadwarriors/ is part of the USA Today travel section and targeted at business travelers. Their article The Ultimate Guide to Taking A Coworking Vacation in Tel Aviv

[Coworking] Re: Brazil 2015 Coworking Census!

Great infographic and information! I'm just back from India and it's clear from that trip and the data you've provided on Brazil that coworking is likely growing faster on a global level than I thought (and I thought it was growing really, really fast). Thanks for sharing this information.

[Coworking] Re: Brazil 2015 Coworking Census!

Great infographic and information! I'm just back from India and it's clear from that trip and the data you've provided on Brazil that coworking is likely growing faster on a global level than I thought - and I thought it was growing really, really fast. Thanks for sharing this information.

[Coworking] Met our Respondent Target for the Coworking Survey

Thanks to all of your help, we've met our respondent target for the coworking survey. We will keep the survey live http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv in case other folks want to take it - it never hurts to have more respondents - but we consider it closed. We'll be

[Coworking] WestField Opening Large Coworking Space in SF Mall

Westfield, the large mall management company, is opening a 40,000 foot innovation center in it's SF mall called Bespoke http://www.bespokesf.co/. It combines coworking, event and demo spaces. JWT intelligence has more info on it.

[Coworking] Last push on the Coworking Survey

Thanks to your help we are close to our targeted number of respondents for the coworking survey we're conducting with the folks from GCUC. We could still use more, so consider this our last appeal for your support (well, our last appeal for your support this time:)). So if you know anyone who

[Coworking] Re: Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

Matt: We'll have the results in May and they will be made public, so you will be able to use them as you see fit. Steve -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To

[Coworking] Re: Update on the Coworking Survey

Ramon: That would be great. Send it to me at sk...@emergentresearch.com. Thanks, Steve -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[Coworking] Update on the Coworking Survey

Thanks to your support in just one week we've gotten to more than half the number of respondents we need for our coworking survey http://sncr.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6mQVbZM8fd6Efbv. Please continue to help us by encouraging your members to take the survey. The results are looking quite

[Coworking] Are Restaurants Becoming Coworking Spaces?

The article In First, American Spent More in Restaurants Than Grocery Stores https://www.yahoo.com/food/for-the-first-time-ever-americans-spent-more-in-112803758886.html is interesting on several levels. But this quote really caught my eye: Weinberg also noted that nearby companies have begun

[Coworking] Re: Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

Everyone: Thanks for the help. Will: Happy to have anyone, anywhere in the world who is a coworking member respond. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe

[Coworking] Help Us With Our Survey on Coworking and Networking

Emergent Research and the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) are partnering on a survey looking at how people work in coworking spaces and the roles networks and networking play in the coworking experience. The results will be made public and released at the GCUC conference in

[Coworking] Re: Infuriating article on the high premiums charged by coworking spaces in Bloomberg

The reality of business press coverage is sometimes you lose - and this was one of those times. It was clear while I was being interviewed the reporter had a negative point of view about coworking and considered it very expensive. I tried to move him off of this and suggested to talk to others

[Coworking] Re: Book on coworking and other forms of loosely organized work

Clay: I've ordered the book and looking forward to reading it. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

[Coworking] NBC TV Pilot Sharing About Coworking

Variety has an article http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nbc-orders-comedy-pilots-from-monica-potter-jimmy-fallon-1201415703/ about NBC ordering a pilot of a TV show called Sharing, which it describes as: “Sharing” is a single-camera http://variety411.com/us/new-york/camera-sound-equipment/

[Coworking] Re: My morbid curiosity with Coworking Space Closings

We haven't looked at coworking facility failure rates lately. When we last looked, back in 2010, the failure rate seemed to be around 30%-40% within 2-3 years of opening. This is higher than the average failure rate for small businesses, but not by much. I'll hunt around a bit and

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

WeWork may be expanding into residential co-living http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2014/12/16/office-sharing-phenom-wework-eyes-expansion-into-apartments/ according to the Wall Street Journal. I -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

Commercial real estate is a huge industry and its business practices and models are substantially the same as they were decades ago. From the point of view of venture investors, it's an industry ripe for disruptive change. WeWork has shown it has a business model that's disruptive and, at least

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

Wall Street Journal reports http://www.wsj.com/articles/wework-now-a-5-billion-real-estate-sartup-1418690163WeWork just raised $355 million and is now valued at $5+ billion. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are

[Coworking] US Coworking Space Survey Results from Share Your Office

Share Your Office http://www.shareyouroffice.com/recently released the results of a survey of US coworking spaces http://www.shareyouroffice.com/blog-syo/us-coworking-survey/. I had a chance to interview Connor Provines from Share Your Office today and came away very impressed by this work.

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

I agree that WeWork is more of a competitor for Regus and other exec suites/office business centers. I also agree there's plenty of room for independent coworking spaces. But WeWork's success is going to impact the coworking and office as a service industry beyond simply being a competitor.

[Coworking] Re: Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

Tim: I did a blog post on this http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2014/11/the-rise-of-wework-coworking.html today. Our view is overall this is very good news for the entire coworking industry. WeWork is showing coworking is rapidly becoming a mainstream workplace alternative for startups,

[Coworking] Inside The Phenomenal Rise Of WeWork

Fascinating - and eye popping - numbers on WeWork in the Forbes article Inside the Phenomenal Rise of WeWork http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2014/11/05/the-rise-of-wework/ -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are

Re: [Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

I like the list as well as Alex's add on open membership decision-making. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

[Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

Alex: For the purposes of our coworking definition open means the coworking facility will consider anyone within their target segment as a member, make it easy for anyone within that segment to apply and has a membership process such that anyone within the target segment could potentially be

[Coworking] Re: Basic elements for a definition of coworking

Great discussion and I really like the restaurant analogy. We use the following criteria to identify a space as a coworking space: - self-identifies as providing coworking space or uses language close to this. - offers a range of membership options such as daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

[Coworking] Re: Sharing some essays on the independent / freelance economy

Excellent set of essays (and we read them prior to this posting:)). -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from

[Coworking] Please Take the Freelancers Union Survey

We'd like your help on a survey we're doing with the Freelancers Union. The focus of the survey is a combination of how freelancers network as well as looking at how they look at their work and lives as freelancers. We're trying to get coworking members who are freelancers (for purposes of

[Coworking] Re: Number of coworking spaces in the world 2007 / 2008 /2009

I think I may know, but I'm not positive:). Here's some history. Our firm (Emergent Research) started do a U.S. coworking survey starting in 2008 with an estimate for 2007. Our counts for the U.S. for 2007 to 2010 can be found at:

[Coworking] The Existential Anxiety of Freelancing

How's that for a topic title:)? It comes from a fascinating Forbes article - What Musicians Teach Us About the Challenges of Being Your Own Bosshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthblatt/2014/01/17/what-musicians-teach-us-about-the-challenges-of-being-your-own-boss/ . I won't try to summarize it,

Re: [Coworking] The Existential Anxiety of Freelancing

Alex: Based on our research of independent workers, we summarize the reasons they like being independent as autonomy, freedom and flexibility. These are, obviously, very close to Dan Pink's operating system trio. In our case autonomy means pretty much the same as Pink's version. The other

[Coworking] Re: New book on Collaborative Consumption (including Coworking!)

The new book looks quite interesting and I just ordered it. I'm looking forward to reading it. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Coworking group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[Coworking] 2013 State of Independence Report Released

The 2013 MBO Partners State of Independence report was released this week. It has a lot of information and data on freelancers, the self-employed, etc. The landing page for the report is herehttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/independent-workforce-index.html . For those

[Coworking] Re: Regus Connect

Sounds really interesting on multiple levels. Clearly anything that helps freelancers and interns find work is a good thing. It's also a good opportunity for small businesses to discover and use on demand, flexible talent. There's been some recent stats that support this idea. oDesk

[Coworking] Tweet Chat on The Future of Workspaces

Talent Culture has a weekly radio show and tweet chat on topics related to the future of work. They are quite good. This week they're focused on workspaces. See this article for the detailshttp://www.talentculture.com/tchat-previews/if-these-workspace-walls-could-talk-tchat-preview/on their

[Coworking] Re: SBA won't fund coworking??

As David pointed out below, the SBA rep at GCUC said they had funded several coworking spaces. Having said that, keep in mind the SBA provides loan guarentees and the actual loan comes from an SBA approved lender. It's quite possible the lender involved is not willing to lend to a coworking

[Coworking] Re: Startups are upset with Coworking spaces around NYC!

This is another sign coworking is growing up. Very early adopters tend to be very forgiving customers who don't complain much. They're just happy to have access to the new product or service. Because the product/service is new and customers are so happy, press at this industry stage tends

[Coworking] Re: Looking for data on the growth of independent work

Alex and Julianne: Thanks for referencing our work. Sam: Interesting topic. I'd be happy to discuss this with you. Historical data on independent work is more than a bit messy, but I can take through the various govt. and other sources. Send me an email (sk...@emergentresearch.com) and we

[Coworking] Re: Launching 'Hire' as a gig portal for coworking members.

The single biggest business issue facing independent workers and micro businesses (less than 5 employees) is demand generation. Because of this, we've long thought acting as a talent agency of some sort makes a lot of sense for coworking spaces. We're looking forward to following your

[Coworking] Re: Regus doth protest too much, me thinks...

One of the first forms of coworking may have been the chambers used by English barristers, a system that started in the 13th century and still exists today. According to Wikipedia: Barristers are not employed in a law firm but associate fraternally with each other, sharing the burden of

[Coworking] Clark Kent Goes Freelance

In the latest issue of the Superman comic Kent quits his job to become a freelance bloggerhttp://www.cnn.com/2012/10/24/showbiz/superman-quits-job/index.html. The focus of most of the coverage of this event is on the decline of the news media. But I find it interesting he's decided to become

[Coworking] When Success is Born Out of Serendipity - HBR article

When Success is Born Out of Serendipity can be found herehttp://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/when_success_is_born_out_of_serendipity.html. It's written by the author of The Medici Effecthttp://www.amazon.com/Medici-Effect-Elephants-Epidemics-Innovation/dp/1422102823, a pretty good book on the

[Coworking] Serendipity, Weak Ties and Collisions

The Startup Revolution Starts With Youhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/kauffman/2012/10/09/the-startup-revolution-starts-with-you/is an interesting article that sort of reviews a new book - Startup Communitieshttp://www.amazon.com/Startup-Communities-Building-Entrepreneurial-Ecosystem/dp/1118441540-

[Coworking] What Grownups Want From Coworking

Every so often we come across a study that really makes us jealous because we wish we had done it:). What Grownups Want From Coworkinghttp://www.serendipitylabs.com/what-grownups-want-from-coworking/, from Serendipity Labs, describes the results of really cool study of corporate workers. It

[Coworking] A New Journal on Work Place

Work Place is a new journal http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=otherpnum=refresh=7Cy01n6FK41rEID=d2bdf86e-720e-449f-8e87-fdfbaa02ec3bskip=on, well, work and place. I just finished reading the first issue and was very impressed. In particular I liked the article

[Coworking] Re: Global Workspace Association

I was at the Global Workspace Association Annual Conference two weeks ago in Baltimore. It was quite good. I wrote a blog post on what I felt were the key learnings. It's at: http://www.smallbizlabs.com/2012/09/learnings-from-the-global-workspace-association-conference.html The coworking

[Coworking] Re: State of Independence Report Released - Profile of US freelancers, etc.

For those who want to see the 2011 State of Independence report, click herehttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/docs/MBO-Partners-Independent-Workforce-Index-2011.pdf. The 2012 data is mostly consistent with 2011, which is good. Labor markets don't tend to significantly shift

[Coworking] State of Independence Report Released - Profile of US freelancers, etc.

We just released the 2012 MBO Partners State of Independenchttp://www.mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/docs/2012-MBO_Partners_State_of_Independence_Report.pdfe report. This study profiles US independent workers (freelancers, temps, etc.). Our firm, Emergent Research, worked with MBO

Re: [Coworking] Re: Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

Will: We're still estimating this year's number, but it will be a bit higher than last year's 16 million. But if 1.7% of the 16 million worked at a coworking space, the total number of U.S. independent workers who work at a coworking facility would be around 272,000. This is a lot relative

[Coworking] Re: Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

Will: We were concerned about this. To try and get around this, our coworking option for our where do you work question was: In a coworking facility or some other membership-based collaborative workspace. Based on our question testing this more or less eliminated respondents from thinking

[Coworking] Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

Just got the raw data back from a national survey of independent workers (freelancers, consultants, temps, etc.). 2% (actually 1.7%) of the respondents reported they worked in coworking facilities on a regular basis. We've been asking about coworking facility use in our national surveys for

Re: [Coworking] Coworking Blips on Our Survey of Independent Workers

We will be releasing a report on this, probably in early september On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:16:11 AM UTC-7, Tony Bacigalupo wrote: Awesome Steve! Will you be publishing more of the information publicly in the near future? On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Steve King sk

[Coworking] Flurry of Coliving articles - Is this starting to gain traction?

I've noticed an uptick in the number of articles related to coliving - combining housing and work spaces. The two most recent I've seen are Shareable's Coliving Reinvents the Commune for the Network

[Coworking] Re: My monthly newsletter

I liked the newsletter. I think your focus on info on entrepreneurship in small towns is a great idea. There isn't as much on this topic as there should be. After Beck McCray and her Small Biz Survival blog, quality information on this topic tends to thin. Steve On Wednesday, April 11,

[Coworking] Re: Stories of Coworking

Susan: I think the NPR story is in part a function of the amount of press coworking has been getting. As a topic gets more coverage (and coworking's gotten a lot of coverage over the last 6 months), reporters and editors start to look for new angles and hooks to cover. This is due to

[Coworking] Re: 42Floors Coworking

Interesting company and another example of growing VC interest in the space. They've got a solid group of investors - Andresson Horowitz and some well known Angels. They are well worth watching and it will be interesting to see how serious they are about coworking and shared spaces. On

[Coworking] Forbes on Industrial Coworking Crowdfunding

Good article in Forbes on how small manufacturers and Makers are using crowdfunding and coworkinghttp://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2012/03/23/metal-fabricator-and-small-urban-manufacturer-makes-outdoor-backpacking-gear/. More good examples of coworking moving beyond offices. -- You

[Coworking] The Relationship School - Coworking for Education?

Interesting Op-Ed in the NY Times on The New American Academy ( http://thenewamericanacademy.org/), a school in Brooklyn that mostly serves poor kids. It sounds very much like coworking for education. The article is at: