Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
Some say I have a unique perspective on business. It’s served me well, and many seem to find it both useful and refreshing!
This collection includes my full back catalog of articles about business, marketing, money, funding, scaling, and more.
Hey there. If you want to jump to the punchline of this piece, my original 10k Independents manifesto is now an organization, with a leader who isn’t me, and a real plan for the next 18 months.
Continue ReadingI wanted to provide as much transparency as possible into why this role and why now, and where my head is big picture, so this “job post” is a little strange and longer than I would normally consider.
Continue ReadingDespite being in business for 15 years, and loving communities, I’ve never felt like I “belonged” in most business communities.
Continue ReadingThis one is for my high-performance type-A friends who are feeling helpless, like every day is a fight to be even a little bit productive.
Continue ReadingI’ve written THOUSANDS of words across dozens of emails to our members since making the decision to close our coworking space during the COVID19 outbreak, most of which has been met with resounding affirmations and appreciation for how we’re handling things.
Continue ReadingEach spring I guest lecture students at a business school on the topic of business ethics.
Continue ReadingSo now, in addition to coworking and community building, there’s another thing that you have in common with me and the thousands of people who get my emails.
Continue ReadingIf you run a solo service business or hire consultants/contractors to help with your business, I’m working on an event designed just for you.
Continue ReadingI’ve been where you are.
Continue ReadingHiring sucks. Finding great people for your team is tough in any industry, but staffing your coworking space is extra tricky.
Continue ReadingThis video is from a sit down conversation with my buddy Ryan Chatterton during a visit to Malaysia for my favorite coworking conference, CUAsia .
Continue ReadingIf you’ve ever been a part of a construction or renovation project, you know that there’s an “arc” of how things appear to be going.
Continue ReadingAs a rule I try not to link to FastCo and instead to the original research that they synthesize.
Continue ReadingEven though we’ve been working on this move for over a year, and even though construction has been going on for a couple of months, it didn’t really feel real until we put together this calendar to help us keep track of the next few weeks.
Continue ReadingFridayAugust19th
Continue ReadingThere’s this amazing video from Indy Hall’s 5 year anniversary party. People are reveling and reflecting. Some of them may have had a few drinks before the camera turned on. But I love it because it’s so honest, and a beautiful snapshot of what a coworking community can mean ...
Continue ReadingMy buddy Sean Fioritto has been craving a community of likeminded people in Chicago for a while, and he’s been struggling to find it.
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia is home to one of the largest internet providers in the country. So it’s not without irony – or controversy – that we don’t get any hometown love from our hometown provider.
Continue ReadingLet me save you from a hard-earned lesson in being helpful
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