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

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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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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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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years.

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Remote Work, Not Taxes, Threatens Cities: Why That Threat has Peaked but Others Remain

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The wealthy are also more likely to own mortgaged real estate—so they get tax write-offs on their interest payments and real estate taxes that renters do not, additionally padding their bottom line. The other major factor in what it costs to live in NYC is the opportunity cost of physical space.

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Why Coworking Will Thrive Post-WeWork

GCUC

I consider it part of my job at GCUC to identify and highlight up-and-coming coworking brands and leaders. He agreed and came to Link Coworking (my brand, which I have since sold) in Austin. I sat in his office while he negotiated a real estate deal. WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE COWORKING? Coworking is that disruption.

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Meetings in the Metaverse: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Virtual Office

StartupNation

But, apart from online leisure activities , the metaverse also offers a game-changing opportunity to hold meetings and collaborate with remote teams in a whole new way. Virtual reality offers the opportunity to set an immersive meeting experience with virtual workstations that are fully interactive.

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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.