Event Details

Wednesday, August 4 from 9am to 12pm.

About the topic:

Company Culture – sound like a topic for a big company or at least one with deep pockets? Not true, you are creating a company culture even before you hire your first employee. It starts with your customers, develops with your first hires and can evolve and strengthen as you grow. We will be discuss the ways to identify the culture you want and need in order to have your business succeed as well as the traps to avoid that can lead to customer and employee issues and ultimately reduced profitability. Think Zappos and Google versus BP and a host of others.

About the Speaker:

Caroline Valentine, President, ValentineHR

It isn’t always possible or necessary for a business to employ their own Human Resources staff, yet the critical functions are indispensable. We provide on demand and retainer based HR consulting services to ensure your organization runs smoothly.

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The schedule for this event will be as follows:

9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Caroline Valentine
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.

Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.

Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.

About Cospace

Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.

‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.

Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at kirtus@cospaceatx.com.

Event Details

Wednesday, July 21 from 9am to 12pm.

About the topic:

Other than adding up their own costs and adding a % margin on top of that, most businesses have little knowledge of how to price their products. We are going to look at a few of the best tricks and tips for developing your pricing model for your business. Whether you are trying to build a SAS subscription model or running a retail store and fighting prices on commodities, we’ll identify some of the key considerations to know when pricing your products.

About the Speaker:

Christopher has studied at both the Acton School of Business and the London School of Economics, building expertise in both entrepreneurship and international development. He is the founder of two startups, one focused on providing CPAs with the tools they need to counsel entrepreneurs (including on topics of pricing) and the other focused on location analysis for economic development. Despite having written textbook chapters on entrepreneurship and run budgets of 150MM+ supply chain projects, he is never happier than when working one on one with entrepreneurs to improve their businesses.

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The schedule for this event will be as follows:

9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Christopher Hastings
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.

Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.

Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.

About Cospace

Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.

‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.

Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at kirtus@cospaceatx.com.

Hope to Meet you Here!

Event Details

Wednesday, June 23 from 9am to 12pm.

Donna Fox is a business coach and educator based in Austin. A UT MBA with marketing and strategy experience in large corporations, Donna personally led her last company from $1M in revenue to nearly $10M in annual revenue.

She works with companies from just prior to launch until they reach $5M in annual revenue. She is presently serving as the director of WEC University, and is the CEO and co-founder of the Business Growth Lab.

RSVP for the Event

The schedule for this event will be as follows:

9:00 – 9:30 – Networking
9:30 – 10:00 – Speaker: Donna Fox, CEO, Business Growth Lab
10:00 – 12:00 – Guests are encouraged to continue their networking conversations and stick around Cospace to try out 2 free hours of coworking in our community space.

Cospace will be hosting ‘Meet Here Mornings’ in our Boardroom. In order to maintain a collaborative and networking-friendly environment, the events will be limited to 20 people. This is a free event. You do not have to be a Cospace member to attend.

Bring something to write on, plenty of business cards and your laptop or work supplies if you plan on coworking after the networking and speaker sessions. Coffee and water will be provided. You are welcome to bring a snack.

About Cospace

Cospace is the intersection of people, space and resources. Cospace promotes coworking, but looks to go beyond it. One of the ways we will do so is by providing resources that support entrepreneurship and business growth in Austin.

‘Meet Here Mornings’ is an event series designed to connect entrepreneurs and small business owners with the industry experts and resources that they need to grow their business or turn their idea into reality. The series is designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. This event will consist of a networking session, a hands on learning session and an opportunity to kick off a productive day with some free coworking time at Cospace.

Please visit our site for more information about coworking in Austin, meeting space rental or ‘Meet Here Mornings‘. If you’d like to suggest a topic for our next event, or if you are looking to meet a specific type of contact at this event, please email me directly at kirtus@cospaceatx.com.

Hope to Meet you Here!

This month, our guest speaker is Eve Richter of the City of Austin’s Economic Development office. She will be speaking on how the City is focused on assisting local entrepreneurs and small business owners.

The Central Austin Business Owners Lecture Series is a monthly meeting focused on providing information from SMEs on small business issues as well as networking amongst members located in the Central Austin area.

Formerly known as the Thirsty Thursday monthly get together, we have added a 20-30 minute presentation/lecture to the meeting to provide important information on operations, marketing, sales, finance and other issues for the small business owner in the Central Austin area.

Registration is available at Eventbrite.