GCUC

AUGUST 8, 2019

*note: I received so much good feedback from the spaces and women I spoke with that this will be a multi part series so it didn’t end up being the length of a short novel. Space: Work and Play NJ. What made you want to have childcare to your coworking space? Space: InnovateCommunicate (in process of opening).

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Meet Kansas City entrepreneur and ecosystem builder Gerald Smith. Gerald and his wife Dianna co-founded Plexpod, a coworking space where they champion entrepreneurs and the power of community to achieve success. This interview is part of the “Ecosystem Builders” series. That is why we launched Plexpod.

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GCUC

OCTOBER 23, 2019

I also feel a deep sense of community when I am at my coworking space, often when I am walking in and everyone says “hello” as I settle in. What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you? Know “why” you are opening a coworking space. Just go for it.

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GCUC

JULY 23, 2019

What advice would you give to someone thinking of becoming an entrepreneur? It’s a predictable answer, but I’m proud of the coworking space I built. Four years after we closed our doors, I am still encountering people who tell me new stories about the positive impact the space had on their lives.

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GCUC

OCTOBER 1, 2019

My current coworking space is the physical manifestation of that community, but our connection is bigger than one workspace, it’s about changing the world and saving the humans and other vulnerable species. What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you?

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GCUC

AUGUST 6, 2019

Professionally, I’ll always be the proudest of creating my coworking space Cohere. Coworking is “Rat Park” for people at work. What advice would you give to someone thinking of becoming an entrepreneur? It’s hard work creating great human beings. That is all you need to know.

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GCUC

MARCH 3, 2020

The Detroit-based, serial entrepreneur has a passion for helping other budding entrepreneurs. I would say my side-hustle coworking space. The space was open between 6pm – midnight for people who worked during the day. What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you?

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GCUC

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But also with members of my coworking space, my neighborhood, and the community of Austin. The backbone of my coworking space is relationships – between members, coworkers, and myself and our broader community. The connections between all of these people is what makes coworking so exciting.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Having worked in entrepreneurial ecosystem building ourselves, we were not surprised that the main challenges in our field arise around a typical old-school mindset and a severe lack of equal opportunities for entrepreneurs of ALL ethnicities, backgrounds and gender. My biggest frustration I encounter is silos in ecosystems. Clark Rinehart.

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GCUC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The coffee shop, the elementary school, the coworking spaces in my neighborhood. It’s like hiring the contractor who lives on your street – there is another level of trust and engagement when you share space and cultural/social networks in real time day to day physical space.

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GCUC

AUGUST 20, 2019

This month we decided to take our interview to Australia to chat with Carl Sullivan of Your Desk, a handful of family owned and operated coworking spaces! What is one piece of advice you give everyone that works with and/or for you? I don’t have one piece of advice that I apply to everybody, people are all so different.

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GCUC

AUGUST 14, 2019

Jeff got his start in the industry while working at steelcase- he is now in the process of opening his own coworking space in a mixed use complex in Denver Colorado. Since “at a coworking space” seems a little on the nose, for me, it’s on the mountain. On to Jeff…. Name: Jeff Joerling. Stay tuned….

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