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Week 30: Sonder Coworking, AI Bundles, Childcare, and Selling Memberships with Blaize Randell
· 33 min
Episode Week 30: Sonder Coworking, AI Bundles, Childcare, and Selling Memberships with Blaize Randell
Host Hector Kolonas welcomes Blaize Randall to the This Week In Coworking podcast to discuss her transition from operator to owner with the launch of Sonder Coworking and Events, focused on management service agreements and events, starting August 1 in Kingston, Ontario with plans to expand across Canada.
They highlight the support Blaize found through the Future Leaders of Coworking (FLOC) network and promote TWIC’s global coworking tenure survey, sharing that results will begin releasing next week from 314 locations across five countries.
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The episode also covers news from Nigeria where Cafe One bundles AI tool access into memberships, debates using AI for hospitality without eroding trust, explores why coworking sells memberships rather than square footage, revisits challenges and demand for coworking with childcare, and discusses creators choosing coworking over hype houses and the boundaries needed for content creation in shared spaces.
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00:00 Welcome and Agenda
01:17 Sonder Launch Story
02:23 From Operator to Owner
04:19 FLOC and Community Support
06:22 Coworking Tenure Survey
08:35 AI Bundled Memberships
14:20 Selling Membership Value
20:10 Coworking With Childcare
25:20 Creators vs Hype Houses
30:50 Wrap Up and Where to Connect
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