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🎉 Coworking celebrations.
🎂 betahaus Hamburg turns 14! #
betahaus Hamburg celebrates 14 years of coworking, as well as 10 years of Eifflerstraße where they restarted in 2014.
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✊ Coworking impact.
🧻 How a local network’s culture impacted their… toilets. #
Freddie Fforde shares how feedback mechanisms and hiring lead Patch to having a ‘culture of care’. He demonstrates how this manifests in real life, with an example from how they approach period care in their locations’ toilets.
I love the sign btw. "If toilet paper is free, so too should period products". Yes!
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📰 Coworking news & views.
🤯 50% of Dell employees choose remote work over a promotion #
After introducing a new policy under which remote workers would no longer be promoted or moved to new roles, data shows that half of Dell’s employees chose to give up career advancement in exchange for workspace flexibility. Alberto Di Risio from Archie comments on why flexible work matters and what went wrong in this case.
If they don’t want promotions, I guarantee they still want somewhere awesome to work wherever they’re based, that’s where you come in friends.
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🇳🇱 Crowdfunding update: StartDock at 83% raised #
The team at StartDock shared an update that they’ve raised €1,082,250 of their €1.3M crowdfunding target.
With a respectable P&L showing 7% – 13% in EBITDA% from 2021 to 2023, I’m curious how quickly they’ll hit their target. The round would give the firm a post-money valuation of €6.2M.
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💻 Coworking technology.
⚡ Platform introduces coworking space automation suite. #
In this article, Optix explain what coworking space automation software is, and the journey they took from manual space management software to space automation software.
I love that more software companies in coworking are exploring at what comes next, and how they can contribute to freeing flex space team members from being stuck at their desks all day.
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🤖 A few AI Agents already being worked on for workspace cos #
Marley Fabisiewicz shares a few examples of AI agents that Equiem is building with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. These agents are being designed to one-day provide 24/7 personalized experiences for tenants and building/space operating teams.
Some of the examples shared are Agents for Workspace Design, Facility Management, IoT, Personal Assistance, ESG reporting, Property Management and a Concierge. Marley rightly notes that to scale such products, operators need to start making a bunch of strategic data decisions.
P.S. From my day job, many of the most forward-thinking brands are already making moves around preparing their data to become a competitive asset in a future of agents and interface-less experiences. Don’t miss this boat!
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📈 Coworking data.
👏 Can we reduce loneliness & boost employee engagement? #
Kane Willmott from iQ Offices summarized Gallup’s recent State of the Global Workplace report, noting that "This report suggests in-person interactions at work provide significant advantages for both employees and employers. From an employer’s perspective, engaging workspaces accommodating various work styles can provide an essential competitive edge. Coworking spaces are uniquely positioned to do this, offering fully activated and curated environments that reduce loneliness and drive engagement."
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💭 Who’s actually making those meeting bookings? #
Elena Beloshapkova shares some interesting data from inspace, looking at what percentage of meeting bookings are made by different roles.
Takeaways: Executives and Senior Vice Presidents make the most bookings at 23% and 20% respectively. Administrators came in as the third named role at 13%.
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🇩🇪 A snapshot of the German coworking market #
The team at Spacebring share a data snapshot and infographic on coworking in Germany.
Key data takeaways: the country boasts 978 spaces, with the 5 largest operators being WeWork, Spaces (by IWG), Design Offices, Friends Factory (by Rent24) and Rent24.
The piece also digs into challenges and tactics from local operators like Christian Cordes, Jonte Schlagner, Dr. Alexandra Bernhardt, Karen Klauke, Vicki Janssen, Dörte Schabsky and Andrea Buehler.
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🤝 Coworking market moves.
🇸🇬 Work Boulevard announced 3rd location. #
Gaurav Joshi annoucned The Work Boulevard‘s third location, by rolling a pineapple for good luck.
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🇩🇪 Small and mid-sized space operator passes 20th location #
Coworking Europe shared that German network worqs Coworking opened a new location in the small city of Herford. This pushes their total number of locations over 20.
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🇦🇺 JustCo expands further into Australia with 7th hub #
JustCo officially opened their seventh center in Australia, at Emporium Melbourne.
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🇬🇧 Yorkshire-based operator signs 4th location #
Gal Leslie shares that 2-Work have just signed their 4th location.
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🇿🇦 Neighbourgood Workclub gets a new location #
Murray Clark shares that Neighbourgood‘s Workclub members are getting access to a new location. The monthly or annual hot-desk, or monthly dedicated desk, memberships come with free coffee and access to all work clubs.
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🇬🇧 Techspace opening 80k more flex space in Clerkenwell #
Techspace has partnered with Capreon to deliver 80,000 sq ft of flexible workspace at 132 Goswell Road in Clerkenwell.
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🇬🇧 Runway East’s new Birmingham location is now open #
Natasha Guerra shares that Runway East‘s new location in Birmingham is now officially open, ready to host businesses and teams of 4 to 100.
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🇬🇧 Local network officially opens Borough location. #
Work.Life share that their Borough location is now officially open for business. ICYMI, this is their 13th location.
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🇬🇧 Coworking-offering members’ club launches 4th London hub #
Pavilion Club‘s 4th location is launching in Fulham, and joins existing hubs at Knightsbridge, City of London and Kensington.
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🇳🇱 infinitSpace launches 3rd Amsterdam-based flex space #
infinitSpace share that they’ll be launching a third beyond branded space through a management agreement with Nuveen Real Estate.
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🎙 Coworking conversations.
Meagan Slavin, COO of 25N Coworking discusses management agreements on the Flex Uncensored podcast.
Shlomo Silber discusses his new venture, The Kodokan Group, on the Flex Uncensored podcast.
Philip Freeman discusses the opportunity of co-warehousing in small markets on the Flex Uncensored podcast.