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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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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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Startup Investing: The New Trend in Alternative Assets

Onevest

But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together. This is something that we have experience at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors. This is in contrast to going it alone in direct investments or publicly traded REITs and stocks.

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

This is going to be BIG.

VCs and fulltime angels bring a lot more than just money to the communities they invest in. You can get just about any wealthy person to part with some small portion of their wealth to put into risky investments, but these people don't contribute back to the ecosystem. On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks.

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7 Benefits of Taking a Company Retreat

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A well-constructed retreat can refresh, renew and even repair a team of coworkers. These micro-interactions can help reduce inner-office conflict and create more compassion in your employee network. Connect with Coworkers Outside of Work. Invest in Your Business. Consider consulting with a professional retreat planner.

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Stylework, India’s co-working marketplace, nabs $2m in fresh funding

AsiaTechDaily

Existing investor WFC, along with iAngels Network, Sateeq Invest, and Impactful Pitch structured syndicates, and marquee industry mix global HNIs, also participated in the round.

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Pakistani co-working startup Colabs raises $3m in seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

Register COLABS becomes Pakistan’s only venture-backed collaborative workspace by a $3 million investment. It is the first time these three leading Pakistan focused VCs are investing together in a startup. The round was led by Indus Valley Capital, Zayn Capital and Fatima Gobi Ventures.