All of the data and resources referenced in this episode can be found right here on this blog post.
Michael Youngblood, cofounder of Unsettled, asked himself a question that would change the course of the next few years of his life. "Why would I spend the winter in cold, snowy Boston?" Shortly after posing that question, he and 40 or so of his friends and their friends spent a month working remotely in a warm climate. Turns out, there are a lot of people that want to experience new cultures in beautiful cities with other location-unconstrained professionals. Michael shared his story, how the company is growing and evolving and how he leverages coworking spaces to give professionals the resources they need to run their businesses and a local community to enhance their experience.
Hector Kolonas is growing a platform that he developed to help members of shared workspaces leverage collective buying power for discounts on commonly used products and services. In turn, this platform shares part of the savings with the shared space owner, providing a diversified revenue source for space.
This episode highlights a few 2017 Coworking Predictions that I made for Work Design Magazine.