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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

GCUC

by Liz Elam, founder of GCUC, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference. As founder of GCUC, the world’s largest coworking conference series, I travel the world learning about coworking. At the end of each year, I look ahead to where the coworking world is going and share my predictions for the coming year.

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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. Planned national expansion.

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

TechCrunch

Olguin and Soberal’s latest venture through Bitwise is commercial real estate — the two develop and turn previously blighted buildings into coworking spaces, restaurants, theaters and more. Historically, female founders have received just 12% of venture capital investment for their businesses.

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Impact Hub Recife leaves global network

Impact Hub

After six years of collaboration, the global Impact Hub Network and Impact Hub Recife are now parting ways. The entrepreneurial community and coworking space of Impact Hub Recife, embarks this month on a new vision. Moving forward, the local team is setting up a new infrastructure that takes on an independent direction.

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Companies will be more sustainable after COVID-19 I

Impact Hub

Taking advantage of the international and collaborative nature of our network, we have made a virtual trip around the world based on the experiences of the Impact Hubs in Boston, FlorianĂłpolis, Taipei, Shanghai, Bamako, Lisbon, Vienna, and Madrid. Communication, bonding, and collaboration skyrocketed in Spanish organizations.

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Proptech, AI and the Future of the Workspace Sector: a Q&A with Antony Slumbers

GCUC

The keynote presenter at the upcoming GCUC UK coworking conference in London, Slumbers was kind enough to chat with me about the future of tech as it relates to the workspace industry. We touched on the evolving ethos and aesthetic of coworking, the automation of tasks rather than jobs, and how the way people work is becoming more human.

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Meetings in the Metaverse: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Virtual Office

StartupNation

But, apart from online leisure activities , the metaverse also offers a game-changing opportunity to hold meetings and collaborate with remote teams in a whole new way. You’ll then need to host it on a server so your coworkers can access the platform remotely. Option #1: Build your own virtual world.