On the latest episode of the GCUC Podcast, Liz Elam interviews Ryan Simonetti, CEO and co-founder of Convene, to explore how coworking has evolved and how hospitality shapes lasting member experiences. Ryan opens up about his 15-year journey building Convene, sharing how the pandemic taught him key lessons on resilience, values-driven hiring, and the pursuit of higher standards in service and design.

Huge congrats to Ryan Simonetti and the whole Convene team.

In early 2020, Convene faced near collapse, dropping from $200M in revenue and 1,000 employees to almost nothing. Five years later, under CEO Ryan Simonetti’s leadership, they’ve rebounded with 37 locations, hundreds of millions in revenue, and international expansion. Tune into this episode of the Not Another CEO podcast to learn more – in particular his belief in GRIT – genuine, relentless, integrity & teamwork.

"Companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth over the last three years. They generated 874,940 jobs, $317 billion in revenue, and show where the economy is going."

Within the list are three coworking brands, COhatch (at position 820) who saw a 3-year growth of 605%, Convene at 1135th and up 450%, and Industrious at 3043rd who grew 164%.

The two-day GCUC UK conference returns to London.