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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

I'll bet you don't know where the Center of NY's Tech Community and Center of Creativity is. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". Back in the late 90's, a lot of money and real estate brokering went into trying to make it so, however. So why didn't it work?

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The Future of Brick and Mortar

This is going to be BIG.

Storefront real estate's saving grace? And when we do, what happens to the real estate footprint that ATMs and bank locations take up? Perhaps the most widely known example that touches the tech community is General Assembly --almost 30,000 square feet. Left and right, small retailers are closing their doors.

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Bitwise Industries lands $80M to expand its sprawling software dev business

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. — a third-generation Mexican American and the first in her family to go to college — was working on making coding instruction available to disadvantaged members of her community. Historically, female founders have received just 12% of venture capital investment for their businesses.

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Colabs gets $3 million seed to expand across Pakistan, launch back-office SaaS solution

TechCrunch

Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. The family-owned real estate firm develops Colabs spaces.

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Unagi launches its own more exclusive version of shared micromobility

TechCrunch

Instead, the e-scooter manufacturer is launching a more exclusive version that will see its slick e-scooters available to rent at hotels, luxury apartments and coworking spaces. Unagi is a perfect fit with the culture, community, and design focus of our coworking spaces.”

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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

GCUC

As we stated in our Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2019 , the sleeping giant is definitely awake. The real estate industry has finally figured out that coworking is not a fad or a little blip. We talked briefly about coworking nomenclature and I have since had an epiphany about it. Community 2.0.

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GCUC Podcast: Craig Baute

GCUC

In this episode, long-time friends Craig Baute and Liz Elam talk about the breakout demand of coworking spaces in neighborhood spots and what the. The post GCUC Podcast: Craig Baute appeared first on GCUC Community.