Bernie Mitchell
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Bernie J Mitchell shared notes from the gathering of members of the European Coworking Assembly in Portugal. They discussed what actually makes coworking spaces work.
Key takeaways: your email list beats social media for building real community, and coworking alone rarely covers the bills so most operators run a second business to stay afloat.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 2 days ago · 📩 Week 23, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
While business rates were the biggest pain to UK operators in the room, the workshops provided food for thought. Jane Robathan from Nexudus attended her first Unreasonable Connection and thanks by Bernie Mitchell for bringing impactful routes to the good kinds of growth.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 9 days ago · 📩 Week 22, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
Most conversations about AI in coworking are either evangelical or dismissive, but Carlos Almansa Ballesteros, co-founder of Nexudus and author of the Coworkings AI newsletter, tells Bernie Mitchell why he isn’t interested in either.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 37 days ago · 📩 Week 18, 2026 · 🎙 Discussions
Koder tells Bernie Mitchell about bringing music to the neighborhood, running Undeniable Studios, a music production conglomerate built from youth clubs, pirate radio, and 10,000 hours of free studio time in Brockley.
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 51 days ago · 📩 Week 16, 2026 · 🎙 Discussions
When you operate a neighbourhood third space, your members walk outside and buy lunch from the independent café next door. They hire the local accountant sitting at the hot desk opposite them. They collaborate on design projects that service the local council.
In this post Bernie Mitchell explores when a coworking space is, and isn’t, a third place and how "Good vibes do not pay the tripled electricity bill."
💬 Discuss this · 🔗 Direct Link · ⏱️ 51 days ago · 📩 Week 16, 2026 · 📰 News & Views
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Work was never supposed to be this lonely.
Coworking — real coworking — is how we take it back.
Maybe you’ve felt it too.
That ‘gut pull’ that asks, “Could work be more than this?”
And:
Are there still places where people look up and support each other?
I felt it for the first time in 2008.
I found a random online meetup about coworking that was happening in New York City.
It was a group of people who had created a workspace together.
In the end, it was one of the first coworking spaces in New York City.
It was not about an “office” or “flex” space.
It was about not having to do life alone.
In 2010, I got my first coworking role at the opening of a space in Smithfield’s Market in the City of London.
It was scrappy. Messy. Full of people figuring it out on the fly.
I loved it.
Since then, I’ve hosted over 1,000 events, meetups, and workshops, mostly in London coworking spaces.
I’ve produced over 1,000 podcasts across various projects, mostly about microbusiness and being a freelancer or creator.
I like places where connection isn’t a perk — it’s survival.
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- 🎙️ Appearing on Podcasts, 📝 Consulting/Freelancing, 💡 Delivering Keynotes, 🛋️ Speaking on Panels
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