Events
Coworks CEO DeShawn Brown selected to present at Venture Connect
Coworks CEO Deshawn Brown will join an international lineup of early stage founders at the upcoming event.
The Coworks Blog: Thinking, talking, and writing about the world of coworking and flex space
Coworking research
Funding ideas to open a new coworking space with grants
By researching national and local grant programs for new coworking spaces, you can find funding that is best for you and your vision.
Maker spaces
How to choose the best management software for makerspaces
See how Coworks offers the right functions and community features for makerspace operations
Coworking Software
11 functions your coworking space booking software needs
Coworking and community managers want robust yet easy-to-use booking management software. Here are the reasons why.
Coworking Influencer
What does a coworking space member experience director do?
Sam Poler knows how to grow vibrant communities — and flourishing gardens. But how do they do it at a coworking space?
coworking managers
Notes from Coworking Convos: Marketing Automations for Space Operators
3 experts share tips and best practices in this month’s Coworking Convo with Cat Johnson
Coworking Software
Coworks software and Quickbooks Online adds up for operators
Integrate Coworks space management software and Quickbooks Online accounting to manage money in and money out!
Coworking Software
Coworks software now works with Brivo access control
Use Coworks and Brivo to manage who comes and goes from your space while streamlining your admin work. See how we make it easy.
Coworking Software
Deliver a delightful coworking check-in experience
From a friendly face to seamless software, you have a variety of options for cowork check-in systems.
Community
Q&A with William Edmundson of Global Workspace Association
As the Executive Director and a board member for the Global Workspace Association, William Edmundson talked through all the reasons to join and what...
Coworking Software
How do coworking operators streamline safety? With Coworks and Salto.
With Coworks space management software plus Salto Access Control Systems, managers are able to increase work space efficiency across the board.
Community
Notes from Coworking Convos: Community Building Strategies for Space Operators
Coworking is community. But how do you create, curate, and cultivate it? Real coworking owners and operators shared their tips and best practices in...
Community
What introverts and extroverts need in your coworking space
Creating a coworking space that is welcoming for both introverts and extroverts can a challenge. How do you demonstrate emotional intelligence with...
Community
Ideas for public events at your coworking space
What are popular types of events that can be held at your coworking space? Let's take a look, as well as how to plan and promote them.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Why community managers matter IRL and online
Catherine Hover of Palette Community talks best practices for blending in personal and virtual culture.
Coworking Software
3 must-haves for coworking space management software
Choosing a management software solution for your space can be overwhelming. Look for these factors to find a solution that makes your life easier!
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Delmar DivINe carries a tradition of caring with coworking
Learn how this once abandoned eyesore become a bustling hub of community, business, outreach, innovation and more.
Coworking Influencer
Q&A with Michael Abrams of Flexspace Advisors
How landlords, operators, and enterprises all need to embrace a flex mindset to grow and thrive in the next year.
Coworking Influencer
Past, present, and future of makerspaces
Q&A with Dorothy Jones-Davis, Executive Director of Nation of Makers
Coworking Influencer
Email marketing for coworking spaces
Jake Bolling of CoworkingSEO.com outlines strategies and best practices get the right message to the right person at the right time.
Community
Small Business Saturday ideas for coworking spaces
The post-Black Friday tradition of shopping local can work for coworking and flex office spaces, too! Here’s how.
Coworking Software
Why Coworks was named Best Software for New Coworking Spaces
Coworks was awarded Best Software for New Coworking Spaces by Coworking Insights. Here, we look at what goes into that and what it means for your new...
Events
Coworks to host top entrepreneurship centers for webinar
Join our webinar for academic entrepreneurship, innovation, incubation and accelerator programs to help manage rooms, relationships, and resources.
Events
Coworks joins the coworking industry at GWA
At the Global Workspace Association FlexForward event, Coworks took the stage to celebrate Community Managers
Coworking Influencer
Digital advertising for coworking spaces
Jake Bolling of CoworkingSEO.com knows his way around digital ad campaigns for coworking spaces. Here, he shares his insights.
Flex space
Sound proofing tools for your coworking space
More than just sound dampeners in coworking spaces, various interior fixtures are a chance to lean into the design aesthetic of your flex space.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Vanessa Terry puts her stamp on coworking
Entrepreneur Vanessa Terry is way more than a notary and her Business Center is much more than a coworking space.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Blush Cowork and the serious business of working parents
Women-focused, family-centric, and all business. Meet Alison Rogers at Blush Cowork & Childcare, as she blazes a path for the new #futureofwork.
How to use Coworks Software
Why offer day passes to your coworking space?
Day passes might not make the most financial sense for coworking spaces, but with the right coworking software, they can help you deliver exactly...
Coworking Influencer
Q&A with Cat Johnson of Coworking Convos
We asked the marketing maven 7 questions, and she did not disappoint with her answers about coworking, new marketing tactics, and the exciting future...
Events
Announcing Coworking Community Manager of the Year 2022
At the GWA conference in Frisco, Texas, Coworks CEO DeShawn Brown will celebrate the finalists and announce this year’s winner
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Past meets future at LIME TREE WORK SHOP coworking
What do you get when an interior designer and an events planner decide to launch a business? You get a stunningly beautiful place to work, meet and...
Coworking Influencer
SEO basics for coworking spaces
Meet Jake Bolling of CoworkingSEO, helping operators expand their reach and drive leads to fill their space.
Community
All Good Work helps coworking spaces serve nonprofits
This turnkey solution and consulting team can help integrate social responsibility into your coworking and flex space operation.
Coworking Software
Quick Guide: Choosing the best coworking management software for your community
Working with coworking spaces all over, Coworks has helped space owners and operators navigate the ins and outs of choosing a software management...
5 steps to take before you open a new coworking space
There are a lot of considerations business owners face in creating a viable space for freelance and hybrid workers. Here’s a quick guide with key...
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Co.co.haus and the hurricane
When the power went out and the winds died down, this coworking space in San Juan, Puerto Rico stepped up to serve the community.
How to use Coworks Software
Coworks coworking software connects to 5000+ apps with Zapier
Coworks is specially built to work with all the tools you know and love already! Unlock automation, engagement, and integration with Zapier.
Coworking
Make your coworking space more accessible
One realization from the pandemic was how many jobs can be completed at home, opening up more opportunities to workers who have additional needs for...
Events
TMC: Coworks is the operating system for the future of work
In June 2022, Coworks CEO DeShawn Brown joined TMC CEO Rich Tehrani for an interview during the Future of Work showcase at IT EXPO in Fort...
Coworking research
Creative and free marketing hacks for your coworking space
Marketing usually take 2 forms: organic or paid. Here are ideas for organic promotion of your coworking space that only cost a bit of time and effort.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Convergence JAX Coworking helps folks connect and collaborate
Small businesses in Jacksonville, Florida now have a dedicated space to work without having to commit to permanent office space.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Ignite Labs to help catalyze growth in Western New York
The Exchange at Beverly Gray serves black and brown entrepreneurs. Ignite Labs will be the newest addition to provide one of the first...
Coworking Software
4 key amenities for any coworking space
Because we provide coworking management software for so many spaces, we’re familiar with some of the amenities that provide the most value for...
Coworking Influencer
Coworks announces new partnership with Cat Johnson and Coworking Convos
We're thrilled to announce a new relationship with one of the industry's most creative thinkers... and a way we can provide more value for our users.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Small town Skowhegan goes big for small business
Main Street Skowhegan Entrepreneurship Center serves Maine's small businesses and founders as they innovate and launch new businesses.
Coworking research
An old building for a new coworking space? Do this first.
Former manufacturing and warehouse locations are particular favorites for coworking operations. But keep this guidance in mind for your industrial...
Coworking Influencer
What’s a coworking alliance?
Craig Baute and Katharine Chestnut are two coworking operators in different cities who did the same thing: they started coworking alliances.
Coworking Software
5 reasons to use coworking management software for your facility
Here’s a breakdown of some of the key benefits of using specially designed coworking management software to better serve your members.
Events
Coworks to sponsor Fundamentals of Flex at GCUC 2022
Coworks will sponsor the Fundamentals of Flex content track at GCUC in May 2022. Come find us as our booth!
How to use Coworks Software
Automate these 3 tasks for your coworking space
Repeatable tasks should be automated, giving coworking space operators and managers valuable time back in their day. We’ll look at three such tasks.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
ProducKIDvity is a one-stop shop for working parents
At ProducKIDvity, the vision doesn’t stop at creating a coworking environment for working parents and a safe, nurturing environment for their...
Community
5 hacks for your coworking space
Sometimes inspiration comes in surprising places. Here is a quick list of things we’ve seen around the coworking world and wanted to share.
Coworks Case Studies
Birch Road and the art of gathering
Birch Road isn’t your typical coworking space. It’s a neighborhood social club, where coworking is just one of the options.
Onboard new members to your coworking space
Onboarding is a critical part of your coworking member experience and can set the tone for the relationship going forward. Here's how to make it a...
Flex space
Which plants are best for your coworking space?
Plants are a big part of the experience of any space. There is science around it: our quality of life can be enriched by plants. So which ones do you...
Coworking Influencer
Coworking and childcare isn’t the future. It’s now.
Iris Kavanagh firmly believes that the future of coworking means meeting working families where they are and serving them in the best way possible:...
Coworking Influencer
5 coworking space blogs to follow
Here are 5 of our favorite coworking space blogs, communities, groups, and newsletters to make it that much easier to grow your coworking business.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
At Provident1898, membership is activism
The Provident1898 community draws members that align with the mission of being black-centric, though not black-exclusive.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Humility, collaboration, and growth at Refinery46
Refinery46 is a unique coworking space in Indianapolis, established to support small business owners and entrepreneurs in the home services trades.
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
A coworking and creative playground at Guild Row
Guild Row uses Coworks to manage 12,000 sq. ft. of space, communicate with over 450 members, and promote their eclectic and dynamic schedule of...
Flex space
9 office pods for coworking spaces
Coworking and flex space operators can provide more enclosed spaces use. And rather than build offices, you can buy pre-made booths, pods, or...
Coworks Case Studies
Hot desks to hot stoves: coworking and kitchens
Jason Johnson and HUBB Kitchens serve restaurant owners, chefs, food trucks, farmers, bakers, instructors, and culinary arts classes and workshops.
Coworking Influencer
Spacefully delivers coworking leads everyday
Spacefully helps coworking space streamline their digital marketing and optimize their web sites to drive leads and convert prospects into members.
Coworking
4 new year’s resolutions for your coworking space
Coworking space owners and operators are set to serve remote workers and companies in 2022. Here are 4 goals for growth and performance to help your...
Coworks helps city workers leverage local coworking spaces
Coworks and Innovate Durham helped social workers leverage coworking spaces as an alternative to going back to the office in between field visits.
Be inspired by these coworking space design interiors
Coworks users aren’t unique in having a specific design approach, but we love to celebrate the coworking operations that use our platform to manage...
How to use Coworks Software
Rent your coworking space to external public groups
Rent your coworking space to external groups. It's one of the best ways to add revenue streams, broaden your reach, and attract new members
Coworks Case Studies
Local is more than location for Good Space coworking
David and Ashley Brown are the co-founders of Good Space, and David took time to talk with us at Coworks about their vision, execution, and the...
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
The Lola: for and by womxn
At The Lola, the culture drives the choices that the founders made, from the space to the types of members who join.
Coworking Software
How to select the best coworking space management software
You want to give your members the best experience in your coworking space. For that, you need the right software. Selecting the best management...
Coworks Case Studies
The art of beneficial collisions
The Entrepreneurship Garage at North Carolina State University is a venture creation and prototyping space designed for student entrepreneurs. And...
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
CoworkHERS: busting more than glass ceilings
CoworkHERS opened in Portland, Maine in 2017. The zeitgeist of the moment aligned with the mission: the potential for the country’s first female...
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
Lessons learned and shared at The Wright Village
Mel Wright is part of an entrepreneurial tradition. As a US veteran with a history of small businesses behind her that include retail and tax...
How to use Coworks Software
How visitors can self check-in to your coworking space
The ability to self check-in sends the message that your coworking space employs technology that can help streamline activities and create a...
Flex space
Grow your coworking business with data
DenSwap isn’t even 3 years old yet, but Driftmier and his partner Craig Baute have decades of combined coworking experience. All this means they have...
Coworks Case Studies
Nexus Co-Work & Event Space
A nexus is a connection or series of connections linking two or more things. Which is why it’s the perfect name for Nexus Co-Work & Event Space.
CRE
What is Space-as-a-Service?
Space-as-a-service combines aspects of hospitality, retail, and commercial real estate into a friendly, affordable and flexible package that allows a...
Coworking Influencer
DenSwap helps close the gap with CRE
DenSwap provides coworking operators with tools such as a Valuation Calculator, a Property Planning Tool, and Coworking Heatmap powered by real time...
How to use Coworks Software
How to use a Day Pass as lead generation for your coworking space
Gyms and other fitness centers do the same thing. Often they’ll offer a 7-day pass, which is also something you could consider for your coworking...
How to use Coworks Software
Use Occupancy to measure your coworking space performance
One important metric is occupancy. And rather than force you to run complex calculations of occupied versus unoccupied space, Coworks coworking space...
Coworks Case Studies
A wave of collaboration powers Blue Mind Coworking
With its walls in various hues of blue and panoramic paintings of serene ocean swells, Blue Mind Coworking puts members in the right frame of mind...
Coworking Influencer
How to attract and serve business travelers in your coworking space
We talked with Mike LaRosa, the Coworkaholic and seasoned digital nomad, who has seen coworking evolve through the years.
Coworking Influencer
Create a mentally healthy coworking space
Laura Shook Guzman is a marriage and family therapist, somatic psychotherapist, coworking space founder in Austin, Texas, and co-founder of Women Who...
Cool Coworking Space Spotlight
How SheSpace cultivates a culture of support
Stephanie and Katie Tsuru designed a women-centric space in Houston, Texas to address a need they felt: a welcoming space to network and get work...
Coworking
Reopening your coworking space? How to encourage people to come back
Over the past year, many businesses had to close down for the sake of public safety. Now, things are beginning to open up again. While that is a...
Coworks Updates
What maker spaces need from their management software
We help top university student maker spaces like NCSU Garage and renowned Life Science shared lab spaces like Biolabs. Here’s how you can use Coworks...
Community
Back to the future… of work!
Some new studies of people that worked from home (WFH) validated why coworking is back and more relevant than ever. Here’s what that means for...
Coworks Updates
Coworks announces successful funding round
Leading coworking software platform Coworks announced it has closed a successful funding round led by VentureSouth, with strategic participation by...
In Other News
Women Who Code interview with Coworks CEO DeShawn Brown
Women Who Code is an international non-profit organization that provides services for women pursuing technology careers and a job board for companies...
Coworking
Improve your coworking operation with software
How does software help coworking spaces compete? We break down the features you need to empower your community operators and managers to make the...
Other Category
The Challenges of Remote Work and How to Overcome Them
Working remotely has become part of the new normal. However, there are a lot of bumps in the road when it comes to adjusting to this new style of...
Uncategorized
How You Can Build Company Culture During a Pandemic
There has been an increasing degree of importance placed on company culture by employees. Many businesses have responded, but the current pandemic...
Community
Coworking Battles COVID
While it’s great that people are staying safe at home, unfortunately, this has a trickle-down effect. Many, if not most small businesses—including...
Coworking
5 ways to gain revenue from your coworking space
Coworking spaces, like other businesses operating on margins, usually start operations “in the red.” It then becomes vital for the health and...
Coworking
Global Coworking: Cities of Growth, Sweeping the Nation
Coworking Industry There is no doubt that coworking has become a fast growing industry across the globe. The statistics say it all and quite...
Coworking
10 Questions to Ask Before Joining a Coworking Space
Considering branching out from your home office or cubicle and into a coworking space? Wondering what you should know before you make the plunge?...
Community Spotlight
Mojo Coworking: Asheville’s Magic Sauce
Who is Mojo We asked Ian McAnsh, Community Manager of Mojo Coworking, “How did your space get the name Mojo,” to which he responded, “Oh Mojo, you...
Community Spotlight
The Launch Factory: Launchpad to Success
Launching Forward Where is the prime location to both launch your business and create community in your work environment? If you find yourself in...
Coworking
Top 10 Cities for Coworking in the U.S.
It’s no longer a secret, the workplace is drastically changing. The coworking industry is revolutionizing the workforce by replacing cubicle farms...
Coworking
How to Explain Coworking: A Meme Guide
You’re sitting around the dinner table ranting to your family about how cool and modern your new office is, “They even have beer on tap!” you tell...
Community Spotlight
Advent: Authentic Innovative Coworking
Next up in our Community Spotlight is Advent Coworking! Located in the heart of the Queen City, Advent opened in 2015 and has since grown to over...
Coworking
What is Coworking? Digital Workforce Revolution
Usually when you’re sharing something— your sandwich, your apartment, your toothbrush— it’s not pleasant. So sharing your workspace may seem...
Coworking
Top 5 Coworking Community Manager Problems
Top 5 Coworking Community Manager Problems Many entrepreneurs and established professionals thrive in coworking spaces due to their flexibility and...
Community Spotlight
Community Spotlight: Coworx Wilmington
Coworx This week, we are welcoming Coworx to Coworks! (yes, we’re homophone buddies!) Although Coworx relocated to Queen St in the Cargo District...
Community Spotlight
Community Spotlight: HQ Raleigh
This week, we welcome HQ Raleigh to Coworks! HQ Raleigh is an innovative space, started in 2012, in downtown Raleigh that has been at the forefront...
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