ECP 006 Roman Calavera Founder of CREC Coworking Barcelona
Mariana Pimenta
English - December 11, 2016 17:00 - 54 minutes - 42.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCareers Business Society & Culture Places & Travel business career coaching digital entrepreneur exciting free inspiring lifestyle nomad Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Meet Roman Calavera, Founder of CREC Coworking, one of best coworkings in Barcelona
My first interview with a local, Spanish entrepreneur, founder of CREC, the first coworking I joined in bcn and felt so welcomed by their amazing staff. With huge spaces and very cool, modern facilities in Poble Sec, one of my favorite areas in town, they even have a photo studio. Ahead of the game in terms of strategy and long term clients.
With weekly Friday “vermuts”(local drink), they gather all their coworkers to network and create! And they offer all their members help with their business plans.
I was lucky to be there the Friday Roman announced to their members the launch of their new branch in Example and I had to ask him to talk to us and share some of his story and future plans!
We talk about
3:08 the idea of a coworking space
17:41 Sharing skills
18:08 Why CREC grows so fast
23:26 Why companies prefer employees in a coworking instead of in headquarters
27:57 Why digital nomads are flocking into Barcelona
29:20 the future of digital work
39:26 Traits Ramon looks for when hiring
42:00 Future projects (craft and music communities)
44:50 Ramon's way of meditation
48:31 suggestions to young adults starting their careers
Quotes:
"Community is the best way to improve" 7:57
"Crisis pushes us to other kinds of relationship with people" 3:11
"For us is very important this kind of community, where every person is one person" 5:40
"There are 3 way of doing things: what we do, how we do, why we do" 6:53
"If you think you have to change, simply, change" 51:41
Links Mentioned:
The Golden Circle concept from the book of Simon Sinek Start with Why - https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone-ebook/dp/B005JZD3B4/
CSI Canadian Project - https://socialinnovation.org/
CREC site and address - http://crec.cc/en/
The Zero Marginal Cost Society, by Jeremy Rifkin - https://www.amazon.com.br/Zero-Marginal-Cost-Society-Collaborative/dp/1137280115
CRAC and CREAM meaning in catalan
Evernote - https://evernote.com/
Trello - https://trello.com/
Basecamp - https://basecamp.com/
TED Talks - https://www.ted.com/