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The Future of the Workplace is Flexible

Revolution

Pandemic-induced office closures led to nearly impossible circumstances for a startup focused on events and coworking spaces. Particularly, as employers have re-evaluated their need for serious real estate. From the outside looking in, the timing of the HBC deal couldn’t be better.

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

This is going to be BIG.

Back in the late 90's, a lot of money and real estate brokering went into trying to make it so, however. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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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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Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform

TechCrunch

When it comes to software-as-a-service companies, entrepreneurs choose to address a specific segment. Hospitality’s end goal is nothing more than a new way to generate income on real estate assets,” Petit said. Fly Ventures, an existing shareholder in the startup, invested once again.

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My Journey from GSEA Global Finalist to Digital Nomad

Entrepreneurs' Organization

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , our vision is to build the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. My motivation for becoming an entrepreneur was the ability to do anything, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. Where are you now? Tell us about your GSEA journey. GSEA is a life-changing experience.

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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. They will need a little time but real estate will continue to invest heavily in our industry. Community 2.0.

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How to Fill a Building Full of Tech and Startup People

This is going to be BIG.

There are plenty of one-off coworking spaces that people like and enjoy because of a convenient locale that people are willing to come work at. There are tons of small food entrepreneurs who can't afford a big retail space--or who would love to add on a small footprint in a high traffic area.

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