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Coffee with an expert

October 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

And now, for our latest interview. For this installment, a virtual chat with Carolynnn Duncan, founder of CoffeeWithAnExpert, an online/offline way for entrepreneurs to find the right person with a skill that can solve a micro-problem in their business. Duncan has been partnering with coworking spaces to offer her program.
Spike Gillespie: What exactly is Coffee [...]

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Creative Space — a chat with Cody Marx Bailey

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Time for another profile in our ongoing series of chatting with folks who are spreading the coworking word and movement around the country (and the world). This time out, I did an email interview with Cody Marx Bailey, who was the catalyst for The Creative Space, a coworking space in Bryan, TX. Cody is also [...]

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A League of their own

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I just love what Tim and Karrie League have done for Austin. Though it wasn’t that long ago that they opened their first Alamo Drafthouse, the place (and it’s subsequent sister locations) have had such an impact that already the Alamo is an institution, a must-do for locals as well as visitors to the city, [...]

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An interview with Dusty Reagan

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Dusty Reagan founded Austin’s Jelly community in 2007. Last month, he and three partners opened Conjuctured, a coworking space in Austin that so far has seen members coming from across many disciplines including: developers, writers, social media consultants, and designers. LaunchPad Coworking is a big fan of Dusty and all the work he’s done to [...]

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We just made a sweet deal

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Some days, my job is just so rough. Today, for example, I was forced to visit with Soraiya Nagree who, along with her husband Azim, co-owns two interlocking businesses, both food focused. What this meant, among other things, is that I wasn’t allowed to leave without taking some brownies with me. (I know, I know, [...]

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Categories: Food & Drink · People

Goodbye Mr. Chips

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

I love obituaries. Clarification: I don’t love the part of an obit that means that somebody, somewhere, is grieving the loss of a loved one. But you sure can learn a lot about a person, especially when an entire exciting life is crammed into a couple newspaper columns.
Such is the case with the recent obituary [...]

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