by Barbara Sprenger | Nov 1, 2022 | Business Tips, From the Founder
Commercial real estate companies (CREs) are looking more and more at what’s happening in the flex space industry. Understandable, and of course you are! I should explain that I have a lot of hats in this industry. We have run coworking spaces since 2009 (before I knew...
by Barbara Sprenger | Jun 8, 2022 | Community, Coworking, From the Founder
It was amazing to see old friends and new at the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) in Seattle a few weeks ago. I’m still marveling over the industry changes since the last time we could see each other in person. The coworking industry is exploding –...
by Barbara Sprenger | Jul 7, 2021 | Business Tips, Coworking, Coworking Software, From the Founder, Technology
Once we figured out how to do coworking, it turned into a pretty stable (and personally rewarding!) business for many of us. Until March of 2020. My brother (who works in a related industry) said to me once, “We all thought we were so smart. We weren’t so smart. It...
by Barbara Sprenger | Jun 7, 2021 | From the Founder
Who knew that “hybrid” had so many meanings and uses? The one we can’t get away from right now, though, relates to how in the world we’re going to bring people back to work: in person sometimes and remote sometimes. Hence, hybrid. There are so many pieces of this, so...
by Barbara Sprenger | May 4, 2021 | Business Tips, Community, Coworking, Coworking Software, From the Founder, Technology
As people move back out into the work world, take a step back and notice the everyday changes in people’s perspectives. They’re significant. I just got off the phone with an old friend/former employee who now works for a very large enterprise. She said all of...
by Barbara Sprenger | Apr 5, 2021 | Business Tips, Community, Coworking, Coworking Software, From the Founder
Are you seeing a pickup of people coming back into your coworking space? Maybe it’s a little slower than you hoped, but it’s certainly happening. It feels, though, a little like the Munchkins coming out after Dorothy’s house fell on the Wicked Witch of the West. Your...
