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The state of coworking in Belgium, with the updated data from Coworking Belgium Unconference's map of belgian coworking spaces and the elements of a definition for coworking spaces
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State of Coworking in BelgiumBOBCA 2014
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Index
1. Who is Ramon Suarez?2. What is coworking?3. Can coworking make money? 4. The coworking business model5. The pioneer: The Hub Brussels6. Timeline of current coworking spaces in Belgium 7. Coworking Belgium map8. Q&A
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Who is Ramon Suarez?
● Founder of Betacowork Coworking Brussels
● Author The Coworking Handbook
● Board Member Startup Europe Coworking Assembly
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What is NOT coworking?
● An open space● Flexy desk / hot desk space● Cafeteria● Library● Most business centers
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What is coworking? (WIP)● Calls itself a coworking space. ● Has a fully dedicated space for coworking (not just a few hours or a cafeteria
shared with patrons). ● Has an active community of members, not just clients. ● Has a facilitator dedicated to connect the members and build trust among
them, engaging in activities to build the coworking community. ● Treats coworkers as 1st class clients. ● Promotes and encourages collaboration, interaction and serendipity.● Offers one or many kinds of membership (full or part time) ● Open decision-making: sets explicit, transparent, public limits on who can be a
member and how they can participate; does not have implicit or hidden rules or processes for determining or excluding potential members.
Participate in the conversation: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/coworking/Tvf2gg-WZ5w
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Can coworking make money?
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Can coworking make money?
YES!
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The Coworking Business Model
http://coworkinghandbook.com/coworking-business-model-canvas/
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The pioneer: The Hub Brussels
● 08/07/2008 to 17/12/2012 (source data.be)● Why it closed: Bankruptcy● Read this article by Anis Bedda:
http://anisb.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/why-the-hub-brussels-is-no-more)
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Timeline of Current Coworking Spaces in Belgium
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Coworking Belgium Map
http://coworkingbelgium.be/belgium-coworking-spaces-map
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Q&A
Time for your challenging questions!
Contact: @[email protected]/in/ramonsuarez
