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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. These are people whose business it is to support startups. It's not quite the same when you're putting government money to work supporting new companies. I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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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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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

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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Sustainable Work: ESHIP Goal 7

Ecosystem Builder Hub

In this void, they must often rely on their instincts, personal support systems, and ad hoc revenue streams. To sustain the work of ecosystem building, we must equip our practitioners for the long haul with a professional job description, training programs, ongoing peer support, and sustainable funding models.

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GCUC UK Recap!

GCUC

Tours of local coworking spaces (even some award winners). Heard at GCUC UK: What makes a coworking space profitable according to Instant and Deskmag. Heard at GCUC UK: What makes a coworking space profitable according to Instant and Deskmag. Traditional real estate is not designed to support new work.

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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.