Alex Hillman
better coworking, better business, and better communities
better coworking, better business, and better communities
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I just got a pretty interesting email from a small business incubator asking, quite simply, if we keep track of how many jobs have been created by Indy Hall. Of all of the metrics that I’ve wished I could provide, this one simply hadn’t crossed my mind because it represents an...
Continue ReadingLiving in a society where we encounter different backgrounds and professions in our daily routines makes for a more tolerant society; it also makes us smarter, more original in the ideas we have – and in the companies we create. – Steven Johnson
Continue ReadingEarlier in September, the Knight Foundation announced a program to bring $9 million to Philadelphia to fund projects and ideas that fueled the arts in Philadelphia over the next 3 years. After successfully executing a similar challenge in Miami 2 years ago, Philadelphia became...
Continue ReadingThere’s a lot of reasons not to give up a slice of your passion or business to somebody else, but Tony hits a home run as to the real reason why in his reflection “Alone at NWC“.
Continue ReadingIf a “career” is the sum of the activities which make up a person’s work history and future, mine is unorthodox, to say the least.
Continue ReadingDo yourself a favor and watch these two videos ASAP:
Continue ReadingLast week, Cadu de Castro Alves of Bees Office in Rio de Janeiro (!!!) noticed that it was nearly the 5 year anniversary of when Brad Neuberg announced coworking at The Spiral Muse in San Francisco.
Continue ReadingThe power of coworking is not in the facilities, because those elements are commodities and have forever decreasing value. Scaling facility up is relatively easy…you can just throw more money at it. And despite how you might feel about funding your efforts, money is and will a...
Continue ReadingIn the last 4 years, I’ve come up with some pretty wacky ideas for how to get IndyHall into the brains of more people and, more importantly, the coworking concept into the mindshare of the ever-changing workforce.
Continue ReadingLess than one week ago, an unlikely e-mail found it’s way into my inbox. Actually, it found it’s way into 2300+ inboxes connected to the Coworking Google Group, which arguably the most active singular location to find out about coworking, share ideas about coworking, and meet ...
Continue ReadingCoworking is growing, and there’s no question about that. New spaces are opening to the tune of a few a week, and press coverage is anything but limited.
Continue ReadingThe closing of Workspace in Vancouver is really, really sad news. I only visited workspace for the first time in this past year, but it’s always been an inspiration from a space design/utilization standpoint for me. I met with Dane while I was there in February, and have the u...
Continue ReadingIf you’re renting desks via leases instead of cultivating community via memberships, it’s not coworking.
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Dave Troy, Newt Fowler, and the whole Baltimore community for what might be one of the fastest paced “call to action” to “space openings” I know about.
Continue ReadingIndyHall and a number of other (but hardly all) of the members of the fabulous geek scene we’ve been a part of over the last 2 years got a really great FRONT PAGE feature in this week’s Philadelphia Weekly.
Continue ReadingSome would say, “Tomato, Tomato, Potato, Potato, Let’s call the whole thing off”.
Continue ReadingI hate to add to the droves and droves of commentary and confusion around the fact that our economy is, well, not doing so well.
Continue ReadingRecently on the coworking list, the “what is coworking” debate has flared up again, this time comparing it to an incubator.
Continue ReadingThis past weekend we celebrated the one year anniversary of IndyHall’s grand opening. I’ve been making it a point to clearly define what we were celebrating, for a reason. At our party, I added some clarity to the point.
Continue ReadingAmazing how far we came from sitting on the floor to packing the house and tearing up the Philly Scene on a regular basis.
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