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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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Why coming out as a gay entrepreneur is a privilege and an investment

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Mike Stephenson, an EO Vancouver member who is co-founder and CEO of addy , which uses the principles of crowdfunding to make real estate investing accessible to everyone, including Black, indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ2S+ and other underrepresented groups. It’s about carving a path for generations to come.

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Maine’s Coworking Development Fund

EntreWorks Consulting

These powerful places can take many forms, including business offices, libraries and coworking spaces, among others. The latest example comes from Maine where the Maine Coworking Development Fund has just kicked off. The Fund provides small grants (of up to $20,000) to help communities set up and run local coworking spaces.

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 Child Care & Coworking part 3

GCUC

In every facebook group, forum, contact form and unconference- Coworking and childcare comes up. What made you want to have childcare to your coworking space? Can you tell me a little bit about how your coworking and child care is set up? We are a coffee shop, with coworking rooms, and on-site childcare. Investment?

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Will your company cut your benefits or your coworkers first?

TechCrunch

Looking at the Midwest, we talked about how LPs aren’t backing funds in the region this year despite many VCs considering it to be one of the safer areas to invest right now. We ended with notes on two geographies. Comparing the Southeast and Midwest, we spoke about how lower valuations are helping fuel both regions to have a good year.

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Startup Investing: The New Trend in Alternative Assets

Onevest

But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together. Trending Investment Strategies Global investor surveys have shown that since the crises of the early 2000s more affluent and sophisticated investors are choosing to invest in partnership with each other. That means safety in investing.

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How Employers Can Support Workplace Mental Health

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, due to the nature of conditions such as anxiety, addiction, depression and the like, problems can go undetected for lengthy periods of time, even as they damage relationships with family and coworkers. In the workplace, those people are coworkers and the employer. The first step toward healing is facing the problem.

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