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Dan Pink on Coworking, “It’s more than simply real estate”

January 12, 2010
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I attended Town Hall Seattle tonight to listen to Dan Pink talk about “What really motivates us”. Dan’s the author a bunch of books, his latest called “Drive”. Dan focused in on three things during his presentation: 1) Autonony, 2) Mastery, and 3) Purpose. I could go into details, but, I wanted to focus in [...]

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Lessons Learned from Office Space

October 26, 2009

The fact that people are most productive when around others has been proven in more conventional ways. But, we are going to mix it up a bit and bring it right back to 1999 and the release of the movie Office Space.  If you haven’t yet seen this epic comedy, please stop reading here and [...]

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Triple digit heat brings our community together

August 3, 2009

Last week we had record heat and we also had a bunch of people come to use thinkspace for the first time due to my “beat the heat” tweet.  People came as far as Everett, Seattle, Bellevue, and Sammamish to get out of the heat and try out our coworking space.  We also got a [...]

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Beat the Heat! Free coworking this week

July 27, 2009

I left the house this morning and it was already 77 degrees.  For four years I worked at home and remember that once in a while the temperature gets so warm that it really is hard to work inside the house.
So this week, I’m opening up thinkspace for free to people looking to start their [...]

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Seattle Community: Party @OfficeNomads w/ Tara Hunt @missrogue, and BarCampSeattle #bcs09

June 15, 2009

Jacob Sayles, Susan Evans, me, Tara Hunt
This last weekend was an amazing display of what Seattle Community is like.  My weekend kicked off Friday night at Office Nomads in Seattle.  I’ve been to a few other ON gatherings and always meet some really nice people and always have a great time.
Tara Hunt (@missrogue) was a [...]

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Coworking Visa – Reciprocal Office Space

April 13, 2009

Back in October, I had a member ask us if we had space in San Francisco.  I told them that we did not, but, I did refer them to use Citizen Space.  I exchanged an email with Tara Hunt at Citizen Space and she told me that they “have a free drop-in policy…so anyone who [...]

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FastCompany.tv: Seattle green office space mashup hosts interesting startups

March 6, 2009

Robert Scoble from FastCompany toured our space and posted an article about us.  Here’s what he said:
“Want to work with a ton of cool startups like iPhone app developer Shazam? Well, then you’ll want to check out Thinkspace which is run by Peter Chee up in Redmond, WA. Right near Microsoft’s campus. Here Peter gives [...]

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Robert Scoble tours thinkspace

February 19, 2009

The Scobleizer came into thinkspace today and interviewed me as I gave him a tour of the space.  Robert tweeted us as the “coworking / office space mashup”.  Robert also had time to interview green tech startup Newline Software, who is pioneering eco-digital preservation software.  We stopped by to see Bart McCormick with Shazam, but unfortunately [...]

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Office Space 2.0 (Part 3): From seed to stem to branch & leaves

October 6, 2008

Your business goes through different stages and depending on your stage, your need for office space can have very different requirements.  Shared office space can help provide a business’s a place to go from seed to stem to branch and leaves.

Seed: Your business could be a concept that you’re trying to get started.  You might [...]

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Office Space 2.0 (Part 2): Who uses Shared Office Space & Coworking Space

October 2, 2008

We believe that because we have a dynamic mix of space, we also have a dynamic mix of companies that use our space.  There are many of types of industries and users that recognize the value of shared office space and mix of coworking space.  We are seeing our space work great for:
Industries and types [...]

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Office Space 2.0 (Part 1): Paradigm Shift in Office Space

October 2, 2008

Today, I’ve been having conversations about how unique thinkspace is compared with Bellevue shared office space companies.  I would say the things that make it different is that our space really is the next version of what is known as the “executive office suite & business center industry plus the concept of hot desking”. In [...]

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How to find shared office space in Redmond

August 6, 2008

Every day I talk with people that are looking for office space in Redmond.  I thought I would do a quick summary of the available shared office space currently for lease.  A quick way to find office space is to Google “shared office space redmond” you get a list of companies that provide office space.  Google lists [...]

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Sammamish man creates ’space’ for home business owners

June 17, 2008

Mary Decker, Reporter for The Redmond Reporter wrote an article in the June 14th newspaper about thinkspace.  “Like many of his Sammamish neighbors, entrepreneur Peter Chee thought it would be wonderful to work at home. Instead, he felt isolated. He missed the atmosphere…: Here’s a link to the article.
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Eastside Business Journal discusses how Thinkspace offers tenants the chance to “Be Green”

May 28, 2008

The Eastside Business Journal published an article about thinkspace on May 22.  The full article can be found here.  Here are a few highligts from the article.
Thanks to thinkspace, almost any small start-up company can overcome daunting obstacles, costs and compliance issues to become a certified “green” business from day one. 
“Many small businesses find it advantageous [...]

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