Flex Uncensored - A Coworking Podcast
Giovanni Palavacini and Jamie Russo have partnered to ask industry leaders the questions that are on your mind.Giovanni Palavacini is a Real Estate Strategist focused on helping operators, landlords, and investors to make wise coworking/flexible office decisions using a…
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204. Flex Uncensored Gets Personal: Gio and Robin Share Their Wedding Story (opens the original)
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What happens when the person you've known for years suddenly becomes the person you're meant to spend your life with? For Gio and Robin Palavicini, their relationship wasn't exactly a straightforward love story. They met through boxing, became friends, went their separate ways, spent a year barely speaking, and eventually reconnected when they were both in completely different places in life. And then Gio surprised Robin with a wedding. In this episode, they sit down to tell the full story — fro
203. Chiko Abengowe of Perfect Office Solutions on the Hard Lessons Behind Growth (opens the original)
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What happens when growth starts going wrong? For Chiko Abengowe, founder and CEO of Perfect Office Solutions, the past year brought some of his biggest business challenges yet — from a location that didn't work out to a building shutdown that left his team and tenants without access, and a fire that caused more than $70,000 in damage. And this episode gets very real about what happens behind the growth. Chiko shares what he learned from those setbacks, how he approached difficult landlord situat
202. Chris Hoyt of The Pioneer Collective on Why More Revenue Streams Aren't Always Better (opens the original)
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What happens when a coworking operator decides that growth doesn't have to mean doing more? Christopher Hoyt, CEO of The Pioneer Collective, has taken a deliberately measured approach to growing his coworking business across Seattle and Tacoma — and a big part of that strategy is knowing what not to do. In this episode, Christopher shares how he and his wife Audrey bootstrapped the business, financed growth through cash flow, and used revenue-share deals with landlords to manage risk without tak
201. Jackie Latragna on Marketing Coworking Spaces (opens the original)
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What happens when a marketer steps into coworking and starts looking at the business from the outside? In our latest podcast episode, Jamie and Gio sit down with Jackie Latragna, a marketer who went from answering phones at an executive suite at 21 to becoming a fractional CMO working with coworking operators. Jackie shares some great lessons on what she's seeing across the industry, including: Why owners need to find ways to step away from day-to-day operations The importance of ruthlessly eval
200. How Isaac Esses Built TKO Suites to 24 Locations by Prioritizing Efficiency Over Hype (opens the original)
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How do you scale a coworking business to 24 locations while staying focused on efficiency? Isaac Esses, founder and CEO of TKO Suites, has built a 24-location coworking portfolio by focusing on smart growth, operational efficiency, and understanding what works in each market. In this conversation, Isaac shares how he approaches expansion, why he prioritizes minimizing risk, and how he evaluates locations, acquisitions, and opportunities across different markets. In this episode, we cover: How Is
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