Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
When I started coworking and created the term I very consciously dropped the hyphen. My intention is for coworking to be closer to the word collaboration, which does not have a hyphen, rather than co-worker. I also wanted the term to feel informal, and a dash in coworking fe...
Continue ReadingIn the last few weeks, there’s been announcements of coworking spaces closing. First C4 in San Antonio, then ConvergeNJ. Todd from C4 was an active member of the coworking google group over the years, and I advised Steve from Converge early in his process of getting his effort...
Continue ReadingThis post is part 5 of a 5 part series exploring the 5 core values of coworking: Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
Continue ReadingAs Indy Hall crests 150 members, I wondered – what is growth in terms of a coworking space, a workplace, or even a community in Philadelphia? Is it enough to measure concurrent member count, or should we be looking at something else?
Continue ReadingThe person who wrote this asked me to stay anonymous, but this story was too good to keep to myself.
Continue ReadingOne of the most common recurring questions that shows up in my inbox from prospective coworking space catalysts is rarely asked directly.
Continue ReadingIn early summer of 2007, Indy Hall wasn’t a place, but it was a nomadic tribe. We were moving from bar to cafe to restaurant to living room – anywhere with wifi – in the pursuit of a better working experience than working alone in our apartments.
Continue Reading“the long term relationships that lasted was with a network of people – much larger than those in your current company”This quote comes from a history lesson by Steve Blank about how Silicon Valley came to be what it is.
Continue ReadingI wasn’t in the room for the conversation and breakout groups, but PSL held it’s reboot “fishbowl” last night.
Continue ReadingJoe Petrucci has taken a snapshot of the state of tech startups in Philly as this week’s feature on Flying Kite. He titles it an “underdog” story, an apt reference to a part of the Philly attitude that we know so well from our history.
Continue ReadingDeskMag is doing a series on “The Future of Coworking”. I generally am uninterested in these discussions since they’re so theoretical, compared to the vast amount of exploration of TODAY we could be doing. The closing note by Araceli Camargo from The Cube in London captures th...
Continue ReadingJust one more moment of brilliance from Indy hall members:
Continue ReadingIf I had to pick the lead-in to be used on every piece of press I get from today until the day I die, it’d be the lead-in that Chris Wink wrote for my Q&A on this past Friday’s edition of Technically Philly.
Continue ReadingBart had just handed me the telephone.
Continue ReadingReading this old letter (circa 2005) from prolific but otherwise anonymous writer/programmer/artist Why the Lucky Stiff, I’m reminded of the simplicity and playfulness that’s always driven me.
Continue ReadingThis is reposted from the Coworking Google Group.
Continue ReadingThis post is part 4 of a 5 part series exploring the 5 core values of coworking: Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
Continue ReadingThis post is part 3 of a 5 part series exploring the 5 core values of coworking: Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
Continue ReadingThis post is part 2 of a 5 part series exploring the 5 core values of coworking: Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
Continue ReadingAfter sharing recent growth stats and some specifics about our basic membership, I was asked:
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