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SF Bay Area Commuters: Time to Telecommute / Telework
Is This Fun? This is 2012…. There are any number of jobs that can use any number of remote access technologies (from ubiquitous high-speed Internet access to document application sharing to video...
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COWORKING ROCKS: According to Forbes
I was surfing the Internet today and spotted this very interesting article on how coworking is better than working virtually....
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Suite 205 AltamontCowork
Short History: AltamontCowork started in Suite 203 on May 1, 2009. The membership grew slowly, but, at times, the functions we needed to support (DonutUp’s, Pizza parties, Tweetups, Rotary club...
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Working at Starbucks versus Coworking
If you are a start-up or a small independent business (or telecommuter), you might not have the resources to rent a traditional (or virtual) office. If that is true, you may choose to work at home...
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Coworking for Telecommuters
Telecommuting has been around for a very long time. I know, I co-wrote the first (and as far I I know the only) telecommuting plan at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1990 (or so, I forget)....
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Coworking is….
Over the past three years that we have been in business…..many of these words are used to describe coworking. For a proposal we recently submitted to the City of Tracy (CA), AltamontCowork member...
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Coworking: A State of Mind
I started AltamontCowork on May 1, 2009. Since then, I have gotten quite good at judging (within the first 5 seconds) whether a person walking in the door is going to thrive in a coworking...
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Yahoo Bans Telecommuting
OFB of Yahoo My Definition: OFB= An OLD FASHIONED BOSS who needs to get out of the way and let the “kids” of today take over and change the world. Who thought my reviled OFB (see all my articles on...
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Coworking and Google Voice
Most very small businesses (micro-business) or start-ups cannot afford to buy a land line for telephone service. Not only that, most people (is that an understatement?) already have cell phones....
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Coworking: Changing the Concept of Office Space
I was surfing the Internet recently and found this VERY interesting article describing how the world of work, and office space, is moving toward an open, collaborative, environment. Large companies...
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Lunch & Learn with Leon Churchill, Tracy City Manager
The Lunch & Learn discussion today was amazing. A small group of people, but, one that was very interactive asked the hard questions. Leon answered those questions and clearly stated his vision...
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Telecommuting: Remote Work is Your Future
Is This Fun? Or Productive? Also published in the Tracy Press. Despite what Yahoo seems to think….remote work is a good thing. Check that…..remote work is a GREAT thing. Assuming you have a career that...
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Telecommuting: Start Your Engines
Start Your Engines–Or Not Is This Fun? This was also published in the Tracy Press. Just coming off a wonderfully cool week in the ForCarol.com fireworks booth, my mind is still not all here, so here is...
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Coworking vs an Office with Doors
What is the first thing you do when you start a small business? Among other things…….you look for an office. Right? Private Office Your vision of this really cool office with windows, a sweet desk,...
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Starting a Small Business
At AltamontCowork over the past 5 years, I have seen all sorts of small business owners / wannabes come and go. Very few succeed, some struggle like crazy, most, however, just don’t put in any...
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Lunch & Learn: “Effective Marketing for Small Business”
April 23, 2014 Lunch & Learn at AltamontCowork was AWESOME!!!! COWORKING ROCKS! 12 attendees learned more about marketing their small business from Nate McBride. The meeting participants were VERY...
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Lunch & Learn: Social Media for Small Business
On May 14, 2014 we held another free Lunch & Learn seminar at AltamontCowork. The difference this time being: I gave the lecture! I have been learning, and applying, “Social Media” since opening...
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High Tech Start-Up in Tracy, CA
The vision I had 5 years ago when I opened AltamontCowork (or Tracy Virtual Office as it was known then) was as a high-tech office space for individuals starting companies close to Silicon Valley....
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A Beautiful Private Office…..Or Not?
COWORKING is what you make of it. It’s all about perspective. Filed under: AltamontCowork, Coworking, Office Space, Small Business Tagged: AltamontCowork, Coworking, office space, small business,...
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Working at Home vs Coworking: LIFE BALANCE
In 1990, I was one of two people responsible for writing the “Telecommuting Plan” at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Little did I know then how much “telecommuting” would change my life. In...
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