{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Coworking Values Podcast","title":"Why Glasgow's First Coworking Space Stayed All-Subscription with Teresa Jackson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1597,"description":"“I found myself with a building, a smaller building than the one I’m in now, with the bills to pay, and was a bit like, Oh, dear, I’m going to have to do something about this.”—Teresa JacksonThe journey continues - May 19th On May 19th at Space4, the Unreasonable Connection Goes Live! The London Coworking Assembly Forum is back for part two.A one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sector allies working to help them thrive.Episode Summary Teresa Jackson didn’t set out to become a coworking pioneer.She was working from a flat in Glasgow’s city centre, bouncing between her dining table and a sofa three feet away. You know that feeling—laptop balanced on your knees, no separation between work and life, the walls closing in a bit more each day.She’d been running a networking organisation called 4 Networking—23 groups across Scotland in the first year—and knew plenty of freelancers and small business owners in the same boat.So she asked a few of them: what if we rented an office together?A few people said yes. Then she signed the lease on an attic space on John Street. No lift. Tiny kitchen. A proper commitment.Then, as often happens when it’s time to actually pay, some of those people vanished into the sunset.She was left holding the keys to a building she couldn’t afford alone.That moment—being stuck with the bills and no plan—is where Collabor8te actually began.Teresa applied the membership model she knew from networking to the space. Monthly subscription. No long-term commitment. Book what you need when you need it. She started with a 32-hour membership, then added a 12-hour “now and then” option when people said they liked the idea but weren’t sure they’d use it that much.That was 2014. By 2016, they’d moved to 22 Montrose Street—a Victorian sandstone building in the Merchant City with 40 desks, 9 meeting rooms, and room for about 100 people at any one time.Today, Collabor8te has 350 members. It’s...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WIBJeL0fXbpb8oNZHEtSu5qeC3870OdCYV3XNCIVY1M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZTBm/NGQ1N2YzYTcyNmE3/NTc2ZmU5NTBlYmNj/OTEwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}