Hollywood Hill Vineyards incorporates sustainable business practices

Hollywood Hill Vineyards was the wine sponsor for the Sustainable Art + Wine event at thinkspace on October 29, 2008. It was a great match where both of our companies operate using sustainable business practices. Hollywood Hill Vineyards grows many of their grapes here in Woodinville. They have approximately 2,200 vines. Their [...]

A fun evening of Art + Wine

Andrea Becker, Yellowbook & Mary Benz, thinkspace
We had a successful event last night and had nearly 70 people inside our space.  I want to say thank you to everyone that attended.  Great tasting food was provided by Grand Peking and splendid wine provided by Hollywood Hill Vineyards.  We had all kinds of tasty Chinese food [...]

The Writing Doctors are In

Event: October 14, 2008 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm.
Register: The Writing Doctors are In.
In a world of Web sites, blogs, e-mail, electronic records and written proposals, the written word has become just as important as prototype design, contract negotiations or the first handshake. But how do you know your writing is snappy, substantive and spotless?
Enter the [...]

Office Space 2.0 (Part 3): From seed to stem to branch & leaves

Your business goes through different stages and depending on your stage, your need for office space can have very different requirements.  Shared office space can help provide a business’s a place to go from seed to stem to branch and leaves.

Seed: Your business could be a concept that you’re trying to get started.  You might [...]

Office Space 2.0 (Part 2): Who uses Shared Office Space & Coworking Space

We believe that because we have a dynamic mix of space, we also have a dynamic mix of companies that use our space.  There are many of types of industries and users that recognize the value of shared office space and mix of coworking space.  We are seeing our space work great for:
Industries and types [...]

Office Space 2.0 (Part 1): Paradigm Shift in Office Space

Today, I’ve been having conversations about how unique thinkspace is compared with Bellevue shared office space companies.  I would say the things that make it different is that our space really is the next version of what is known as the “executive office suite & business center industry plus the concept of hot desking”. In [...]

Redmond Chamber of Commerce Breakfast: Using Social Media for your Business

Thinkspace co-hosted its first event with the Redmond Chamber of Commerce on September 26, 2008. The event was a breakfast meeting in which Steve Broback and Jason Preston of the Parnassus Group discussed what is Social Media and how it can be used to help a business improve their online presence.
There was a heavy emphasis [...]

Team thinkspace plays in Redmond Chamber Golf Tournament

Today we sponsored a team made up of clients from our space.  The team consisted of Justin Pino, United Energy Trading; Jeff Jackson, Starrent Networks; Dane Halvorson, DT Motors; and myself.  We had a great time at this event.  The weather could not have been any better and the Bear Creek Country Club was beautiful. [...]

How to find funding for a startup: Coffee with an Expert

Carolynn Duncan will be holding a Coffee with an Expert Clinic inside thinkspace on September 18 between 8:30am and 8:00pm. Carolynn works with FundingUniverse.com and Epic Ventures and has a background in venture capital, angel investing, and high-tech entrepreneurship. Carolynn will be holding a free Group Q&A event between 8:45am and 9:30am with time for [...]

Redmond Chamber & thinkspace host discussion on Social Media Strategy 101

People are blogging about your business, and Google is listening. Are you ready? Today customers are tweeting about your products on Twitter and ganging up you on social networking sites like Facebook. These are all elements of the social media phenomenon and the opportunities for businesses to utilize the force of customers connecting to their [...]

Shared office space: attractive lease rates thanks to lowering our energy consumption by over 40%

Being in “green” shared office space can help keep your companies operating costs down.  Yes, it does cost more to go green, but the payback begins right away.  thinkspace has the ability to offer shared office space in a class A shared building and keep the lease rates reasonable.  One of the big ways we’re able [...]

Thinkspace a place of building connections and strengthening our community

On June 30, 2008, Thinkspace had it’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.  Thinkspace broke new ground by being the first building in the Puget Sound Region to market pre-certified, “green” LEED-compliant executive office suites with a carbon neutral option. The 25,000 square feet of executive office suites is located at 8201 164th Avenue in downtown Redmond. According [...]

Sammamish man creates ’space’ for home business owners

Mary Decker, Reporter for The Redmond Reporter wrote an article in the June 14th newspaper about thinkspace.  “Like many of his Sammamish neighbors, entrepreneur Peter Chee thought it would be wonderful to work at home. Instead, he felt isolated. He missed the atmosphere…: Here’s a link to the article.