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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. That's what I fear when I see places like Berlin, Chicago, and Toronto putting on startup events--not enough anchors to make the whole thing stick and to turn the excitement into real opportunity.

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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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Thynk wants to upgrade hotel stays with a vertical software platform

TechCrunch

Hospitality’s end goal is nothing more than a new way to generate income on real estate assets,” Petit said. In addition to hotel rooms, many hotels now have fancy restaurants, sophisticated cocktail bars, conference centers, coworking spaces, spas and various paid experiences.

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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.

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Why Coworking Will Thrive Post-WeWork

GCUC

He agreed and came to Link Coworking (my brand, which I have since sold) in Austin. We looked at some real estate together, spent time in Austin, and they flew me up to New York to explore working for WeWork and selling them my brand and conference. I sat in his office while he negotiated a real estate deal.

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My Journey from GSEA Global Finalist to Digital Nomad

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Technically, I am unemployed and homeless, working on my next business from a coworking space in Bali. Away Agents is a short-term rental management company helping homeowners and real-estate investors earn higher incomes. What is the coolest thing you’ve experienced as a result of being an entrepreneur? Yes, absolutely!

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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

Ecosystem Builder Hub

I come to this work from spending over 17 years in Big 4 management consulting leadership roles and my hypothesis is that there is a space for a professional services firm with ecosystem building as it’s core service offering that can help grow the field and deliver on multiple projects across the country, if not the globe. See igniteT2.inncuvate.com