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.

Ryan Simonetti shares their 5 top predictions for 2024. In short: employees becoming members; buildings becoming brands; places swapped for networks; dictated office is out and choice is in; and fewer, bigger, "better" in-person events.

P.S. Someone really should log all of these predictions somewhere, say in a digital industry-specific newsletter, so we could, for example compare them to previous year’s predictions. Aaaand… Done.

Congrats Ryan Simonetti and team.