That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs
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Episode 188
Season 1
Adventures in Coliving & Coworking and The Future of Hospitality with Peter Fabor (TRL 188)
Today on the podcast, Mitko (
@mitkoka) is joined by Peter Fabor (
@faborio), the founder and CEO of SurfOffice which facilitates remote working retreats for some of the top remote companies.
During this episode, Peter shared how a surf trip to Gran Canaria inspired him to start a coliving and coworking business, why coworking is a terrible way to make money, and some ideas on what the future of hospitality and workspaces could look like.
💬 Topics Discussed:
- What are some cultural differences between the US and Europe?
- Some of the challenges of working from home as a pet owner
- How did Peter start SurfOffice?
- Why doesn’t SurfOffice have its own properties for rental purposes?
- Coworking as a business model
- Using coworking spaces to build your network
- Building a community in a coworking space
- Ways of earning money in the coworking industry
- When did SurfOffice start with its first location?
- The growth of the coworking and coliving industry
- Developing and growing your ideas
- Efficiently organizing offsites with SurfOffice
- What do companies usually look for in an offsite?
- What are the red lines in terms of travel time to an offsite?
- Organizing individual flights VS Organizing flights for large groups
- What is the future of working spaces and hospitality?
- Developing solutions for digital nomads with kids
- The future of education for digital nomad kids
- Being a digital nomad together with your partner
- Can glamping be the next big thing with digital nomads?
- What’s the future of SurfOffice?
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