Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 20, 2021 We expect the year’s coworking trends to cater to the evolving “new normal.” Shortly after the pandemic hit, there were a lot of mixed messages and uncertainty regarding the state of coworking spaces. Could they survive the lockdowns? Would they later thrive as remote workers escape their home office? Nearly
Written by melanie.marconiNovember 11, 2020 Think of VIDA’s Business Services as Your Own Virtual Personal Assistant One of the strangest things about life in the pandemic is how distorted time feels. March seems like it took place about, oh…three lifetimes ago. Yet even as the months crawl by, days can feel more frantic than before
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 22, 2020 The Portland coworking scene is quickly growing. Here are the shared office spaces that stand apart. We can’t sugarcoat it. The pandemic has been tough for coworking. Shops of all kinds, from international chains to the little indies have been scrambling to weather the storm. VIDA Coworking and other local workspaces
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 15, 2020 Remote work has long been touted as a panacea for the many challenges parents and caretakers face at work. (At least for the privileged subset whose jobs could conceivably be done remotely in the first place.) By working from home, the idea goes, parents—especially women—can better balance the competing demands
Written by melanie.marconiJuly 31, 2019 In 2017, there were 57.3 million freelancers in the United States—a whopping 36% of the workforce. If that trajectory continues, more than half of the American workforce will be freelancers by 2027. With numbers like that, the proliferation of tech tools designed to make freelance workers’ lives easier, more efficient,
Written by melanie.marconiJune 10, 2019 One of the most valuable skills for any entrepreneur (or, who are we kidding, human being) is the ability to ask for help. There’s a hard limit to what we can accomplish alone, and none of us are good at everything. But asking for help can be uncomfortable, especially if
Written by melanie.marconiJune 3, 2019 Modern life is exhilarating and full of possibilities, but it can also be downright stressful. When lengthy to-do lists, client meetings, or the kids’ soccer schedules get you down, try these speedy science-backed tactics for stressing less and boosting happiness. Sing your favorite song It turns out that Snow White
Written by melanie.marconiApril 24, 2019 Behind every successful woman is an organized to-do list – or at least that’s how the story goes. Creatives have developed countless apps, bullet journals, schedulers, and cloud-linked notebooks to free us from from seas of post-it notes, and to make conquering all of those tasks just a little bit
Written by melanie.marconiMarch 27, 2019 Launching a business opens up a whole new world of milestones: There’s the grand opening event, the framed $10 bill behind the counter of your favorite takeout joint, the first piece of national press, and the first successful de-escalation of a client conflict that would have given you heart palpitations
Written by melanie.marconiFebruary 27, 2019 If there’s one thing that unites entrepreneurs and business owners of all kinds, it’s this: We could all use a little help. VIDA gets it. That’s why we’re so excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Personal and Professional Development Coach Sydney Labadie to provide coaching services to all our