Entries by Jamie Orr

Coworking with Iris interview

I was excited to join Iris Kavanagh for the first episode of her re-launched podcast series. Have a watch or listen! In the episode, Iris & I talk about my experience building a coworking community as transplants to a remote […]

What can indie coworking spaces learn from WeWork?

The big news this week in the flexible workspace industry: WeWork’s S-1 and imminent IPO. If you are an independent coworking space operator, you may be wondering what it means for you. The Movement The distributed workforce is real, and […]

Read this before you offer that free day pass

Balancing Incentives with Good Business Practices. Starting a new business is hard, it doesn’t matter what that business is. It takes a leap of faith to dedicate time and capital to something new. The process of creation, of bringing an […]

Coworking & the 3/30/300 Rule of Thumb

Coworking & flexible office spaces are quickly becoming a permanent fixture in the global office space landscape. As more and more employees utilize these spaces, the gap between coworking & the traditional corporate office will continue to narrow. It is […]

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Coworking

Coworking spaces pride themselves on offering a great workspace and communities of peers to work around. Building and maintaining a thriving coworking community requires an understanding of what members need in order to be productive. What is it that members […]

The value of time.

As a physicist, I know a thing or two about time. I have spent countless amounts of it pondering its meaning, its measurement, and our relationship with it. I have lectured on how the gravitational pull of a black hole […]

Working Remote != Working from Home

I’ve been seeing a lot of twitter threads, blog posts, and discussions online recently about working remote. Anecdotally at least, it feels like the frequency of these discussions is increasing. That increase may be related to the increase in the […]

The incredible growth of coworking

Companies that don’t recognize this movement and leverage it are at a severe disadvantage. Imagine the ability to (inexpensively) hire engineers, designers, marketing managers, and more that don’t live and breathe the SF / NYC lifestyle. Video conferencing is ubiquitous, […]