Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
Joe 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:
Continue ReadingThis post is part 1 of a 5 part series exploring the 5 core values of coworking: Collaboration, Openness, Community, Accessibility, and Sustainability.
Continue ReadingCoworking. Cohousing.
Continue ReadingTraditionally, society forces us to choose between working at home for ourselves or working at an office for a company. If we work at a traditional 9 to 5 company job, we get community and structure, but lose freedom and the ability to control our own lives. If we work for o...
Continue ReadingInterested in trying out a coworking space and seeing if it’s for you?
Continue ReadingI haven’t really had a chance to talk much about Code for America since the team was in Philly. I won’t go into what the program is or how it works, because frankly I don’t think I can do a better job than their about page. But I really enjoyed having the CFA fellows in town e...
Continue ReadingRisk taking means different things to different people.
Continue ReadingI really do enjoy answering coworking questions that find their way into my inbox, and the best questions are the ones that are discreet and to the point. I recently was emailing with Joshua Hill, the director of a new coworking effort in Bozeman, Montana.
Continue ReadingAfter nearly 4 years of working on making the best place in the world to work, we turned to our members to find out exactly what they thought about the experience. In their own words.
Continue ReadingYesterday I shared my opinion that professional & personal relationships – not jobs – are the key to student retention in Philadelphia.
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