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Speaker Schedule for BizCamp at the Taylor Institute
Here’s the final Schedule for BizCamp Speakers. We are very excited by the great group of presenters speaking August 19-20, next week (yikes! it came up quick didn’t it?) Thanks to support from Sanctuary Media Group, registration is now only $25. Right now we have 50+ attendees joining us, we hope you can find something that [… Read More]
The Importance of Defining A Successful Outcome
Ours is a world where people don’t know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it. -Donald Marquis I’m what Marcus Buckingham would call an ‘Achiever’. What gets me jazzed more than anything? Getting stuff done. Ticking stuff off my list. That’s what gives me a sense of accomplishment. It’s [… Read More]
Building a Foundation: Developing Customer Profiles
Customers are your greatest business asset, plain and simple. Without customers, you have just products and services. Cultivating customer relationships should be your most important business activity. In fact, one of the most overlooked sources of profitable revenue growth is your company’s customer base. While many companies talk about the importance of developing a customer [… Read More]
Coworking Reviewed by the Wall Street Journal’s Cranky Consumer
The Wall Street Journal’s ‘Cranky Consumer’ recently gave coworking try sharing their experience in a great article. As sited in the article there are over 9 million self-employed individuals and 33.7 million telecommuters working in the U.S. today. As we’ve noted since launching our first Office Space Coworking location in Akron…the dynamics of the independent/ [… Read More]
Nice Piece from NPR on Coworking
Congratulations to Tony Bacigalupo?Ǭ†& New Work City on their recent interview on NPR. It’s a great piece highlighting the pros (& cons) of coworking and noting the growth of the movement and the trend of shared office space. Tony’s quoted: “I think we’ll be seeing in this century, we’re going to be moving away from [… Read More]
My 14 Favorite Business Books….(and the Launch of Office Space Coworking’s Lending Library)
As we come to the end of the year, it’s a time for reflection. It’s only natural to start looking ahead. Trying to figure out what we’ll do to make this year better than the last. What lessons have we learned? What would we change? What will we try to repeat? This is where I [… Read More]
See? I knew it! Coworking is going mainstream…
Susan Evans, co-founder of Office Nomads in Seattle, was just featured in a nice, splashy piece on the merits of coworking in this month’s Entrepreneur Magazine. The article focuses on coworking’s rapid growth both internationally (and in your backyard). Susan was actually the first person I ever spoke with about co-working. In fact, I interviewed her [… Read More]
Coworking is Coming To Cuyahoga Falls
Office Space Coworking is hosting this event to celebrate the opening of our 2nd location in Cuyahoga Falls. We provide shared office and meeting space for independent workers, telecommuters and solo entrepreneurs. Office Space Coworking is a refuge from the isolation of working at home and the restriction of working in busy coffee shops. Members [… Read More]
Memo to Office Space Coworking Members!
I’ve tried to touch base with each of our members the last few weeks to let everyone know about our recent move to the 3rd floor of the Selle Bulding. I didn’t get to everyone, so this email is make sure we’re all on the same page. While any change has its trade offs between [… Read More]
8 Ways To Avoid Resenting Work (While Working At Home)
If you work out of your home, like I do…err did, separating your work life from your life-life can be a problem. Of course, to be completely self-serving I’d love to have you join Office Space Coworking. But hey – that good things in time right. Meanwhile – you gotta do what you gotta do. [… Read More]