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Episode 164: 158 FS Coworking and Collaboration with Alex Hillman
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01:56 - Alex Hillman Introduction
- Blog
- The Coworking Weekly Show
- Indy Hall
- Amy Hoy
- 30x500: Build and Launch a Profitable Product Business Without Venture Capital
02:57 - Collaboration and Coworking Spaces
08:34 - Nights and Weekends? (After Hours/Night Owl Working)
13:05 - Coworking is NOT a Talent Agency
15:02 - Isn’t Coworking Distractive?
- Choice Architecture
- Full-Time / Flex-Member Separation = Bad
22:33 - Forming Relationships for Collaboration
- Examples:
35:13 - Interns
36:54 - Collaboration vs Cooperation
- Choice vs Forced Collaboration
- “Half Baked Ideas”
45:20 - Committing to a Coworking Space
49:39 - Should You Cowork?
- Self-Management
- Confidence: “If I can do it, you can do it.”
- Honest Exposure
01:03:58 - Starting a Coworking Space
- Core, Committed People
- Resources:
Picks
The Tim Ferriss Show - Lazy: A Manifesto (Eric)
Kai Davis: How to Hire a Part-Time Employee (Jonathan)
Working Podcast (Reuven)
Startup Podcast (Reuven)
Fundraising While Female (Reuven)
CodeNewbie Podcast (Chuck)
Ask Me Another Podcast (Chuck)
Ruby Remote Conf (Chuck)
Reply All Podcast (Alex)
Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone by Mark Goulston M.D. (Alex)