“What’s a coworking?”: Thoughts from a panelist at StepNW’s Spotlight on Startups for the Eastside
“…Is this thing on?” At StepNW’s event in Bellevue on Tuesday night, I had the opportunity to sit on a panel in the company of fellow coworking representatives from Orange Studios, extraSlice, and Impact Hub. Picture a room full of entrepreneurs, executives looking to find their perfect startup match, community representatives, creatives, and resident experts on […]
Welcome to the Team Kim & Nikki!
This spring has been an exciting time for the thinkspace team, and we are delighted to introduce our most recent additions: Nikki Barron, Marketing Manager and Kim Pua, Member Coordinator. Here is your chance to get to know them a little better! Favorite weekday lunch spot? KIM: Sip Thai Bistro. Everything I’ve had […]
My Mental Time Travel Trip Landed Me in Austin
As an entrepreneur it’s important to be forward thinking. One of my main goals was to do mental time travel for the future of thinkspace. That’s hard to do when you’re constantly working inside the business, knee deep in day-to-day activities, and can’t see the forest for the trees. Get out and travel Nothing opens […]
How Do I Get Started Growth Hacking My Startup?
I recently had the opportunity to attend a General Assembly Seattle presentation on growth hacking tech startups by growth hacking pioneer Nik Badminton. Nik is a self-described “recovering management consultant, ad man” author, futurist and the current Regional Director at Freelancer, the world’s largest freelancing, outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace. Freelancer was founded in 2004 and is […]
Re-hiring an Employee That Quit Your Startup
What I’m about to write is NOT going to resonate with the millennial Gen-Y crowd and that’s ok. This post is written for the startup founder, entrepreneur, and small company CEO. This topic is looking through the lens of the person that created the company, started the company with their own money, and pretty much […]
A Roadmap to Develop Leaders With Both Heart & Horsepower
I’ve been running my company for six years and it still feels like a startup. I’ve had bits and parts of a leadership team in the past but it never matured into a leadership team that was able to scale and grow to reach the next level. We’re already in the top 4% of all […]
Campfire Show & Tell | Showcasing Mobisante
A wise food blogger once wrote, “Valentine’s Day will be over soon, but chocolate is forever.” So take those words to heart, and join us for some cocoa confections as we showcase thinkspace member Mobisante at our monthly Campfire Show & Tell event! It’s all taking place in the second floor lobby at our Redmond location […]
Campfire Show & Tell | Join us for s'mores!
Come join us around our imaginary campfire as we kick off our 2015 Campfire Show & Tell event series with some good, old-fashioned s’mores. The event will take place in the second floor lobby of our Redmond location on Wednesday, January 21 at 1:00 pm. Campfire Show & Tell is an ongoing monthly event that allows […]
Campfire Show & Tell | Showcasing Tagboard
It’s that time again! Join us in the second floor lobby at our Redmond location on Wednesday, December 10 at 4:00 pm for our monthly Campfire Show & Tell event! This month, new thinkspace member Tagboard will be joining us for some Christmas cookies and craft brews at our Holiday Happy Hour. Tagboard offers hashtag-based […]
Seattle Startup Week | Angel investor Andy Liu illustrates the importance of building rhythms
By 1:00 pm on October 23, the day of his Seattle Startup Week presentation, Andy Liu, local dream investor and CEO of BuddyTV, had already been in contact with four prospective customers. According to Andy, his number one job is to sell. “You know what? As CEO, sales is actually my number one job. Sales to […]