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Over the years I’ve made many mistakes, and that's why it’s easy for me to spot them now. Through listening to the stories of other coliving founders and observing their businesses, I thought it might be beneficial to write these mistakes down and share them here.
You’ll find them listed below in order of importance from greatest to least.
Nobody is perfect and you will surely make some of these mistakes yourself even after reading this article. Remember, mistakes can be amended and you can be still successful, however, some of them are critical and can change the destiny of your venture. Good luck!
This article is part of the guide where I'm sharing tips on starting a coliving business.
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I have created a marketplace for business group travel. It's called Surf Office.
We help companies to organize offsites, we help hotels to bring group bookings. Almost 1000 hoteliers are subscribed to our Hotel Nuggets newsletter.
Before that, I created the first coworking and coliving space for digital nomads. It went well until it didn't.
Around 2019 I started to play with the idea of building a coworking cabin.
It was my inspiration for Epic Monday - a site full of resources for people who are planning to start a cabin business.
Once I'm passionate about something, I deep dive into the topic, run tons of experiments, and sometimes come up with monetization ideas.
Hoodpicker started as a simple survey, then I created a comparison of neighborhoods in Lisbon, and now it's a set of tools for people who want to invest in real estate in Portugal.
With my latest project, I'm trying to redefine the experience of buying a small hotel in Portugal.
I have a small team researching ideas that combine hospitality, real estate, and tech. Some of these ideas I share on this blog.
But I share all of them in my personal newsletter. You can subscribe here:
"Your newsletter is the only one I read end to end. You just create no-BS, valuable content. Amazing." - Gui Perdrix
Are you building something in niche hospitality?
I would love to be involved. I'm mainly interested in:
I can help you with funding and distribution.
Happy to discuss your project over Linkedin or Twitter chat. If you live in Amsterdam, we can meet at the next hospitality coworking day.
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