Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
Looking for coworking best practices from one of the oldest coworking spaces in the world? You’re in the right place!
This collection includes my full back-catalog of articles for coworking founders, staff and even coworking members!
Enjoy sneak preview in advance of Town Hall this Thursday! Hope to see you there!
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 ReadingI don’t have a problem with rules, I have a problem with creating an environment that creates rule-following machines.
Continue ReadingFridayAugust19th
Continue ReadingThe biggest question of the summer around Indy Hall is…when exactly are we moving? To be perfectly honest, it’s been tough on me and the team to keep giving vague answers like “in August…”
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 ReadingLet me save you from a hard-earned lesson in being helpful
Continue ReadingHowdy, friends!
Continue ReadingDozens of emails pour into my inbox every week from around the world, people eager to start a coworking space in their city. Some are simply introducing themselves, others have questions or seek advice for a specific problem.
Continue ReadingEmail and texts and chat. Skype and Google Hangouts. Apple’s FaceTime works even if I’m not connected to wifi. Technology does seem to be everywhere, and helping us “be” in more places.
Continue ReadingFrom my inbox:
Continue ReadingEver wonder what it looks like when a coworking space is just getting started?
Continue ReadingIt’s a real challenge to tell people what something is that they’ve never seen before.
Continue ReadingJust a couple of months ago, my lovely team and I were having a conversation about what our “ideal” coworking conference would be. The event that __we dreamed of going to.
Continue ReadingLike many of you who read this site, I live and breathe coworking and business in general. I absolutely LOVE this shit. It’s hard to not talk about all day long, with anyone who will listen, right? I think that’s a big part of why we love our conferences so much (and more on t...
Continue ReadingI hope you’re ready because in this epic two part show Adam and I grab a park bench near Indy Hall and talk about what REALLY happens when things suddenly aren’t going according to plan.
Continue ReadingThis past Friday evening I had to run upstairs to grab something from the kitchen at Indy Hall and when I walked back downstairs, I glanced towards the bustle of our annual pot-luck holiday party.
Continue ReadingOur first Town Hall you can join from Anywhere!
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