Live via Google Hangouts from a snowy Philly, I did this Q&A first Coworking Asia Unconference.

I really wanted to go to this event in person. I was still considering it as recently as the beginning of January…but nursing with an injury in the beginning of January and a full dance card working on the new version of 30×500 made taking a couple of weeks to adventure to Bali start to seem like an unwise choice.

Thankfully, co-organizer Steve Munroe agreed with my suggestion to do a virtual session via Google Hangouts. Given the time zone shift, my Friday night outpost at Indy Hall transported me to a session titled “Breakfast with Alex” (a perfectly casual title) in one of the most BEAUTIFUL locations I’ve ever seen.

It took a couple of questions before the crowd warmed up – funny, considering the climate – but once they did I got some GREAT questions. I recorded the session and posted the audio below, along with some photos and tweets from the attendees of the session. Pay no attention to the giant head on the screen – look at all of those beautiful coworking people and the Green School venue. Just wow.

Thanks for inviting me to visit – next year I’ll be there in person!

Listen to the Q&A

Answers include:

• My #1 trick to get the most out of ANY unconference.
• How to avoid burnout in your team members. (Note: many coworking space community mangers seem to crash after about a year)
• Why coworking space acquisitions are rare, and consistently fail
• One of my favorite examples of using lessons learned in coworking to create new successful ventures
• What NOT to do when building your community

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Relive the event vicariously with these tweets and photos

Seriously the coolest venue I’ve ever presented in, virtual or otherwise! Thanks to everyone who helped share the experience.