From Phoenix to Lagos… coworking is a global movement
How cowork spaces are developing around the world is of course of major interest to The Workspace. So we were intrigued to discover some new trends coming out of the global movement.
Every budding entrepreneur with a fantastic startup idea in mind will tell you that funding is the very first stop in his or her journey. And they’ll tell you it was pretty hard to source.
It’s a pretty tough environment out there, especially where funding is concerned. As Dale Chang says – he’s the vice president of portfolio operations at Scale Venture Partners so he should know) – “Tech investing isn’t what it used to be, even compared to six months ago. Investors are applying greater scrutiny to deals.”
Are you looking for clients for your business? Kalido is a free, locally developed app that can help you connect with both clients and working professionals.
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Are you in business if nobody knows you are? Marketing will take care of that – and it doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Itai Eluzir, COO at Inbound Junction, has written a really useful piece on how emerging, small and medium businesses can access online tools to help build their online presence.
Read on for his advice on DIY marketing…
Group brainstorming is out, they say. Jake Knapp, design partner at GV and author of Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, certainly thinks so. When he worked at Google, he ran many group workshops. And then he thought about them.
The first year as an entrepreneur is pretty tough. CEO and founder of Simple Mills in the US, Katlin Smith says if anyone had told her four years ago that her company would become the second largest natural baking mix operation, she would have laughed. Now she is sharing the lessons learnt with others, what she believes matters, and what does not.
What your competitors are up to is vital business intelligence. But how do you dig a little deeper than what you can Google? Dr Greg Fisher, an Assistant Professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, has some ideas.
Change your scenery, and you change your outlook. Networking requires you step outside your comfort zone.
On the 23rd of January, The Workspace had the pleasure of hosting the master mind behind Nexudus the white label co-working software that The Workspace has now partnered with. Nexudus is loaded with tools to help you make the most of your time and grow our community.
The journey of an ‘appreneur’ starts with an idea. But how to get those ideas coming? Rahul Varshneya, co-founder of Arkenea, writing in Entrepreneur, says, “In this article, we will look at some of the ways that we teach at Appreneurship Academy to find a profitable mobile app idea. These are tried and tested and drawn from some of the most successful apps that you can find in the app store”.
Understanding that your sales prospects really don’t care about your product or service is what will help you moves from the bottom of the sales ladder the top, says Marc Wayshak, a sales strategist and author.