Choosing the right coworking software is hard but necessary. From creating and building the operations of our coworking space from Day 1, I know the ins and outs of the intricacies, details, multiple juggling balls and demands that are required to build a strong coworking community. And frankly, we’ve all…
Think Big Partners is thrilled to see CoJoe open its doors to the community this week. Located in historic downtown of St. Joseph, Missouri, this new coworking space will be a beating heart of entrepreneurship activity, facilitated connections and lively business network in a growing town. Involved from the beginning,…
Coworking is a key economic development tool for cities of the future. Cities not named New York or San Francisco are finally having their time in the startup spotlight. As we enter the Third Wave of the Internet (as AOL co-founder Steve Case calls it), cities like Austin, Denver, and…
Coworking has changed dramatically over the last 7 years. When we opened Think Big Coworking back in 2010, we still had to educate our Midwest market on the basics: What is coworking? What is a shared office? What do you mean you can work in a place paying by the…
Coworking spaces have members come and go every day. The daily drop-in members provide a pool of potential monthly members but their commitment to the community is limited. The monthly members in a coworking space are what keep occupancy rates high and the balance sheet in the green. Increase your…
Having recently read the Wall Street Journal’s article “Russia’s Once Budding Startup Scene Retreats” (September 9, 2014), it makes us realize a few things about work spaces, the state of entrepreneurship and good intentions. Today, it seems that many communities’ answer to economic development questions centers around entrepreneurship and supporting…
