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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

Small Business Labs

Coworking turned a fixed cost (long term lease) into a variable cost (month to month membership).    We've long considered the shift to variable costs to be a key megatrend of the new economy. The shift to variable costs continues to be a megatrend.   Consumers are also avoiding fixed costs

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Manufacturing Joining the On-Demand, Collaborative Economy

Small Business Labs

Companies, entrepreneurs, and inventors can rent time on nearby equipment, be it CNC milling machines, water jets, or laser cutters—any of which can cost from $50,000 to $250,000 apiece to purchase. More broadly, this is another example of shift to variable costs. For the manufacturing firms, this increases their efficiency. 

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

Success

How they innovate: One such collaboration, with Vacation Donations, helped connect guests departing from vacation rental properties with a place to leave extra food that would otherwise go in the trash. are made to order, with select products available for purchase at retailers like Target and Sephora.

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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

Workplace Insight

My research confirms that the cheaper living costs this trend has brought to those able to capitalise on it can come with a downside for others. A power imbalance Lisbon is similarly sought out for the better weather and lower living costs it offers. But as one Thai Airbnb owner told me: There needs to be a balance. What can you do?”

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Open competition launched to find design team for new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki

Workplace Insight

The competition is organized by the Real Estate Company ADM, owned by the City of Helsinki and the State of Finland and the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design, in collaboration with the City of Helsinki and the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA). Construction is timetabled to complete by 2030.

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Zoe Ellis Moore Founder of Spaces to Places | Navigating the Changing Needs of Today’s Professionals: Trends in the Flexible Workspace Industry

Allwork

So there’s a traditional model and traditionally businesses, larger businesses have leased a property or they’ve purchased it, so they have got much more longer commitment to that asset. It costs so much with some of this equipment as well. And so these niche providers of specialists are coming up as well.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

Allwork

And so success at poker was almost like do it at all costs kind of thing. So what I kind of did is I realized that I’d been in this spot before, that I knew how to collaborate and build relationships in an online capacity. So I was just really fortunate that I was able to be successful at it. And it’s massive.

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