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After serving at Agora for nearly two years as coworking and in-house operations manager, my residency has come to an end. Here's the story.

Today, Sun Mee and I stopped by to get some coffee at a new café and record store in Neukölln. Nice light coffee, and a super friendly owner. Doron Eisenberg, had always liked house and techno music (17 years producing/DJing) and would throw rooftop techno and house parties spinning all vinyl in Tel Aviv under his record label Legotek.  But the scene for quality house and techno was not quite enough for Doron, so he

At Agora, we get many requests for renting desks.  Currently, our focus is on individuals and small teams of 3-5 people.  For larger spaces, I always have a few ‘go to’ sources that I refer people to. Creative Space Explorer It’s a crowdsourced map of coworking, hacker and other spaces where people can create, collaborate and work.  Super useful, nice design + really interesting interviews with mana

Agora is pretty excited to be collaborating with OuiShare Berlin for their annual summit – this time held in Berlin! Agora, like Ouishare, is interested in developing collaborative practices (through our AFFECT program), sharing knowledge and working towards more collaborative cities. In light of this, I found a handy PDF (download) on organizing participatory events from Aspiration Tech. Key take aways for me

On March 8th, Agora convened staff, coworkers, fellow space operators and other members from our community to discuss how Agora could ‘decentralize’ some of our operations and provide more opportunities for us to connect to new members and each other throughout the day and space. It was a really good experience and we now have *6 new projects* we are working on as a Collective.   AGORA COMMUNITY COOK

It can be tough when you move to a new city to try a new venture – finding a place to live, a pleasant environment to work in and community to feel a part of – are all essential things when moving to a new city. Agora can help with some of the above, but as far as the mechanics of a new business – taxes, funding, training – there’s the Berlin Business Support Guide. It’s highly use