Tag Archive | "coworking"
Continuing on my coworking journey through Europe in August, (this proved to be a challenging month to find Europeans working in August), I had the pleasure of visiting COWORKLISBOA. COWORKLISBOA was the very first coworking space in Portugal and opened its doors to the public in February 2010. Founder Fernando Mendes explains: “I was working [...]
This week I had the pleasure of visiting the first coworking space in Lille, France: CoworkingLille. CoworkingLille was started in February of 2011 (they’re brand new to the scene!) by two people looking to create and work in a more collaborative and flexible environment. They started a group of about 10 people who met regularly and then [...]
Hello again from Paris, France where pariSoma paid a visit to La Cantine – the very first coworking space in France! I met with Nathanael Sorin-Richez who showed me around and so kindly let me ask question after question! During my tour and visit, Nathanael explained to me that this is the original La Cantine and [...]
This weeks marks the start of what will prove to be a great coworking adventure! I, Stephanie Ng, your friendly social media manager for pariSoma, will be visiting several coworking spaces in Europe for a month. I’ll be starting in Paris, moving my way up to Lille, and then to Rome, Florence and Barcelona! However [...]
Recently OWNI, a French blog and a form of datajournalism, posted an article applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Coworking. The result was a thought provoking and buzz-worthy piece – in French. So here’s the piece translated and adapted in English. Let’s go back to high school psychology class – Remember Maslow and his Hierarchy [...]
The VidCaster team are long-time pariSoma members with Steve and Kieran joining over two years ago! Today, they’ve come a long way from the two man team. Just yesterday the team formally announced that they were joining the 500 Startups family. Meet Ray Ray grew up in Indiana. Ray’s fascination with moving pictures [...]
Let us introduce you to some of our Coworkers here at the lovely pariSoma Innovation Loft! The OTRS Team OTRS is the leading open source Help Desk and IT Service Management solution, used by over 85,000 organizations worldwide. OTRS provides ticket management, service desk, help desk and more, enabling organizations to [...]
We’ve updated our Coworking App! Earlier this year we released the first iPhone/iPod/iPad application dedicated solely to coworking – and it was about that time for an update. This update includes both bug fixes and an expanded database. Don’t have the application yet? If you’re an avid coworker and frequently find yourself on the move, [...]
If the Bay Area economy was akin to a baseball game, the technology and startup entrepreneurs are wearing their rally caps and driving in the jobs. As the startup industry grows, led by founders and powered by angel and venture funding, community has become the glue to hold it all together. Whether it’s a high-profile [...]
The results of Latitude Research and Shareable Magazine's The New Sharing Economy study released today indicate that online sharing does indeed seem to encourage people to share offline resources such as cars and bikes, largely because they are learning to trust each other online. And they're not just sharing to save money - an equal number of people say they share to make the world a better place.
