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Stories, tips, and insights from Gwinnett's original coworking community.
Member Spotlight: Larissa D. Jean of The Gift Center Leadership Academy
Meet Larissa D. Jean, CEO & Founder of The Gift Center Leadership Academy At Cornerstone, we love celebrating the entrepreneurs, leaders, and changemakers who…
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Storytelling
Stop Selling Statistics. Start Telling Stories. Think of a specific moment you remember about a brand. Maybe it was a founder sharing why they started the…
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Sustainable Strategies
Sustainable Strategies for Your Q4 Fundraising End-of-year fundraising always feels like a sprint. By the time you tally your final donation, your team is…
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Beating Burnout
Do you wake up on Monday morning overwhelmed with dread because of your to-do list? Do you feel the “Sunday Scaries” hit as the sun starts to go down on your…
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Why Coworking Works: The Psychology Behind Third Spaces
You’ve been working from home for months now. While you love trading in the long commute for cozy mornings at home, it’s becoming harder and harder to stay…
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Local Favorites Near the Square
As the weather warms up, there’s no better time to step outside your routine and enjoy a refreshing coffee or lunch break in the heart of Lawrenceville.…
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Remote Work Best Practices
Gone are the days when every team member is a cubicle away. Today, your IT technician might be in Atlanta, your marketing consultant in Dalton and your sales…
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April Showers
There’s something quietly beautiful about a rainy day—the steady rhythm of drops on the window, the softened light, the invitation to slow down. Instead of…
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The New Nonprofit’s Guide to Growth
Good news! Your nonprofit has outgrown your home office. But as you celebrate this milestone, you’re faced with a financial dilemma. A fixed annual lease just…
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The power of a Coffee Bar Chat
The Power of the “Coffee Bar” Chat Remote work has gifted workers a host of new benefits: an easy commute from the bed to the home office, a fridge stocked…
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Where Business Meets Connection: Client Meetings at Cornerstone Coworking
Hosting a client meeting can feel like a big moment, whether you have known your client for years or you are meeting them for the first time. These…
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New Years Resolutions: Coworking Edition
Oh, New Year’s Resolutions! We start the year with hope and optimism, and by February, many of us have forgotten about our resolutions or just can’t quite…
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Catching up with Kaylee
Hey Everyone! My name is Kaylee Crawford. First of all, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve recently joined the wonderful team at Cornerstone, and I couldn’t be…
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Building Connections in a Coworking Space
When you first join a coworking community, it’s easy to just be a face in the crowd. You might recognize faces or remember a few names, but even after a few…
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Combat the “Winter Blues” with Your Coworking Community
Let’s face it. Now that cooler weather is here to stay, some of us are starting to lose our excitement for sweater weather, pumpkin spice lattes and fall…
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Why Lifelong Learning is Key to Career Growth
We spend a lot of time thinking about our jobs, including what we do every day, how we show up for our teams, and where we want to go next. But here’s…
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Connect, Collaborate and Grow Your Small Business — All in One Place!
Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County are home to many flourishing small businesses — but it’s no secret that keeping a small business thriving instead of…
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Fun Fall Family Activities Around Gwinnett County, GA
Fall in Gwinnett County offers so many chances to get outside, try something new, and make memories as a family. Whether you are looking for pumpkin patches…
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Social Media, Emails, Events — Oh My!: Finding The Balance For Your Brand Strategy
So you’ve nailed down your brand identity. Congratulations — that’s a big accomplishment! You’ve spent the last several weeks, months or maybe even years…
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Why Cowork?
In-person. Remote. Hybrid. The return to the office in the years following the pandemic has highlighted for many of us the pros and cons of different working…
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Member Spotlight: Dan Williams
We all know sports can teach you teamwork, discipline, and perseverance. But for Dan Williams, founder of Sports Serve, the real victory is shaping who you…
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The Art of Connecting: Crafting a Networking Strategy that Fits YOU!
Networking. Some of us thrive while networking. For others, well, it’s a bit more of a struggle! Whether you fall on either side of the networking ditch or…
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Member Spotlight: Emily Hayes
Meet Emily Hayes, Senior Editor of Credit Cards at U.S. News & World Report and a valued member of the Cornerstone community. Emily plays a key role in…
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Does AI Deserve a Seat at the Marketing Table?
Does AI Deserve a Seat at the Marketing Table? A potentially controversial take on the tech takeover Be honest: When you read the title, did you think…
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Member Spotlight: Carlie McMann
Purpose in Nonprofit Marketing If you step into Cornerstone Coworking on a Tuesday or Thursday, you might spot Carlie and her team designing a compelling…
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Marketing 101: Where to Start When You Have No Budget
We get it — marketing might feel out of reach when your nonprofit or small business runs on a shoestring budget. But don’t worry, you don’t need a big bank…
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Coworking Perks + Amenitites: Why Do They Matter?
What makes Cornerstone different from other coworking spaces? That’s a great question and we’re so glad you asked! 😉 First and foremost, Cornerstone has been…
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Networking Confidence: Go from Awkward to Amazing
Networking can be a daunting experience, especially if you’re naturally shy or uncomfortable in social settings. However, with a few strategies and mindset…
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Remote Work 101: Managing Time + Tasks
Remote work isn’t for the faint of heart. It involves balancing the comfort of home with the challenges of avoiding distractions like honey-do lists and…
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Why Coworking?
It’s so funny how Coworking is now a household term – thanks Covid! When Cornerstone started, it was to fit a need in the community. A need that stemmed from…
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Love Languages in the Workplace
We love seeing our members day in and day out. We feel like you are our actual coworkers! We hope this gives you the sense of belonging in our community that…
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How does email help a small business grow?
Are you collecting the email addresses of your customers or clients? Are you offering something of value on your website in exchange for an email address? Are…
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Member Spotlight: Joel Jones
Joel’s upbringing, education, career, hobbies, and lifestyle all share a similar trait: being consistently nomadic. Joel was raised in a Navy family, so while…
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Member Spotlight: Gus Ruballo
We are thrilled to introduce to you a new member of the Cornerstone family – Gus Ruballo! Gus joined Cornerstone in July as a part of the Gate City Church…
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5 Ted Talks for the Remote Worker
There has been a shift in the working world over the past few years. We have gone from a world that’s on a 8-5 schedule, sitting in offices, doing your job…
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“Relationshipping” – The New Networking
How do you genuinely feel about networking? The suits, the business cards, the sales pitch – it’s all a bit exhausting, don’t you think? Networking feels so…
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Daily Habits to Start your day off right!
Does anyone else feel like they have a thousand things to do in a day just so everything doesn’t blow up in your face? The simple things are often the ones…
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Make Remote Working Work
Written by Samantha Proctor The biggest question of this year is “how do I make this work.” With curveball after curveball thrown at us, all we’re able to do…
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SMART Assessment: Reclaim Your Business Goals
June has come to a close and the year is still as interesting as it was a few months ago. Although Covid-19 may have thrown off some of your goals for the…
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Private Offices Available
We love any opportunity to grow the Cornerstone family and we have a wonderful chance for this right now. Two of our private offices are available for you, or…
Read More »Balancing Life & Working Remote
Articles on work-life balance may seem like white noise to most at this point, but it’s important not to lose focus! As I was sitting at home yesterday, I…
Read More »Maintaining Work Culture in Uncertain Times
No matter what role we play in our respective business or workplace, we are all shaping our work environment and culture. Because we are living in a primarily…
Read More »Supporting Small Businesses in the Midst of Covid-19
Written by Skyy DeAngelo As we have all been affected by COVID -19, it is important to maintain a sense of community through supporting and uplifting our…
Read More »Motivation Tips When Working from Home
We can’t operate the office as normal, but we can still work together in figuring out how to work from home! Some of my days are intensely productive; while…
Read More »Get the Most Out of Cornerstone Coworking in 2020
Starting a new decade brings lots of excitement and a new energy to resolutions and business goals. We want this year to be a major one for each of our…
Read More »Member Highlight: Drew Mosely + Pete Wosnik
Written by Drew Mosely Driving in Gwinnett is dangerous. In 2017, there were 39,970 crashes in Gwinnett. According to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety…
Read More »Member Spotlight: Harrison + Luke
Once members sign up, it’s hard to imagine them not in our space. When Harrison and Luke signed on, we knew they would pour into our sense of community. They…
Read More »Preparing Your Work Life for Maternity Leave
Getting your life baby ready is already intense, but adding work responsibilities takes the intensity up a notch. If you’re a remote employee or freelancer…
Read More »Coworking as a Parent
Written by Charity Estes Being a parent is my greatest joy and purpose, but adding work to the mix brings in new challenges. If you’re reading this, you…
Read More »The 411 on Working from Home with Kids
At some point while you’re child-rearing and working, you’ll have to bring your kid(s) to work. For someone working from home or at a coworking space, your…
Read More »Why Cornerstone Coworking Should be Your Home this Summer
You don’t want to fill your summer with work, but as an adult you don’t really have a choice in the matter. But you do have a choice in where you work! When…
Read More »Summer Team Building Activities
Summer is full of distractions. Between work and personal vacations, you may notice a disconnect with your team. For a successful team, communication and…
Read More »Skills to Learn This Summer
For many of us, the era of summer break is a thing of the past. I sometimes miss lazy summer days and the two-month break from reality but there’s so much…
Read More »Productivity Secrets to Live By: Implementing Work Sprints Into Your Day
Written by Samantha Proctor What does productivity look like? It probably looks different to you than it does to me. To share a little story–on so many…
Read More »Why You Need to Take More Work Breaks
I’m definitely someone who doesn’t believe in traditional breaks. The thought of cutting one hour out of my day for lunch or running an errand doesn’t work in…
Read More »Time Management Tips For When You Work Alone
If you read our blog post last week, you learned how working around people (like in our Coworking space!) helps your brain focus better. It’s scientifically…
Read More »How Coworking Helps You Stay on Task
Exiling yourself in a room isn’t a great way to actually finish your work. If you think eliminating distractions will help you focus more, then think again.…
Read More »Redefining Your Work Break: The Benefits of Working Outside
Written by Samantha Proctor Can we just talk about the beautiful weather we’ve had lately? There is something about a beautiful day that makes me feel happy…
Read More »How To Use Social Media for Customer Engagement
Part of refreshing your business is taking another look at your social media strategy. It’s not enough to have a profile on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter…
Read More »How Our Coworking Space Refreshes Your Business
Spring is a fun season for many reasons: it’s starting to warm up, flowers are blooming, and everyone’s a little happier. As you stare out your office window…
Read More »Day Job to Day Dreamer: Margaret Grove
Written by Jayne Madigan The woman who inspired me the most is my aunt, Margaret Grove. In her late 40’s, after raising four children and going through a…
Read More »A ‘Difference Maker’: The Story of Marlene Taylor-Crawford
As an advocate for our community, it’s no surprise Jen Young, executive director of Impact46 knows powerful women in Lawrenceville. She recently had the…
Read More »Change Your Scenery: 5 Places to Meet in Lawrenceville
We know you love working at Cornerstone and using our space to allow your creative juices to flow, but sometimes you need to step away and have a change of…
Read More »Nonprofits at Cornerstone Coworking
We’re honored to have members using our space to instill change in our community. Part of Cornerstone’s mission is to be a space where people not only create…
Read More »Cornerstone Reads: Books on Leadership
In this season of leadership at Cornerstone, we are learning that you keep wanting more! More information, more trainings, and continued growth with your…
Read More »From Work to Home: How to Lead in All Areas of Life
This season at Cornerstone we are focused on Leadership, in all aspects. While we pour most of our energy into our workplace, it’s critical not to forget what…
Read More »Develop Your Leadership Skills
Every person has their own mode of leadership and different backgrounds in gaining their skills. Sometimes your skills work wonders and sometimes there’s room…
Read More »Tips to Keep a Schedule While Working Remote
Whitson Gordon, with The New York Times, shares a few tips with us on how to be successful working from home, or anywhere remote for that matter. She shares…
Read More »Waking Up and Starting Your Day on Time
Googling “how to wake up on time” is like searching for ways to lose weight without exercising. You’ll find all these bullet points to list out exactly how to…
Read More »Create a Money-Making Marketing Strategy
Whether you are starting a new business or updating your current one, a marketing strategy is a great way to visualize how you are reaching customers. A study…
Read More »Where to Spend and Save: Managing Money for Your Small Business
Revitalizing a business may take more than sprucing up little areas here and there. Sometimes it requires a complete adjustment of how you are investing in…
Read More »Building Effective Relationships at Work
We spend the majority of our lives working. With school then real world jobs, a lot of our time involves interactions with numerous people and hours working…
Read More »Ted Talks for Business Leaders
When you own a business, you’re not just leading the way for your company, but you’re also seeking leaders to stand with along the way. Not everyone will…
Read More »Rebranding 101
When you think of good branding, your mind most likely shoots to Nike, Apple, and/or Starbucks. These brands understand the power of a logo and they’ve become…
Read More »Turning Off When You Work from Home
When your office is physically away from your home, it’s easy to mentally separate the two, but when your office is your home, you may find the separation a…
Read More »The Keys To A Healthy Work-Life Balance
Are you living to work or working to live? Sometimes balancing work and all the other aspects of life seems impossible. Life can get so busy that it’s easy to…
Read More »Our Common Space
The common space is the heart of our facility. It’s a place to collaborate, work, grow, and where many of our members spend the majority of their time. From…
Read More »Coworking Isn’t Going Anywhere
Coworking is quickly becoming the new normal and is expected to continue growing at rapid rates. It is projected that in a 5-10 years traditional offices…
Read More »Working From Cornerstone > Working From Home
Working from home can be great for many reasons- like getting to stay home in your pajamas and watching Netflix in between work tasks!? But let face it…
Read More »Cornerstone Highlight: Our Conference Rooms
At Cornerstone, we have six unique conference rooms that are perfect for meetings, presentations and for when you just need a moment to yourself to really…
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What Separates Us From Other Coworking Spaces
It seems like coworking spaces are popping up everywhere. From large companies to smaller companies there are tons of coworking options. We believe that there…
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Coworking 101: How To Maximize Your Cornerstone Experience
You have probably noticed a few key differences between working at Cornerstone Coworking compared to working at home, out of a coffee shop, or out of a…
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How To Appreciate The Slow Seasons Of Business
Summer is right around the corner, which means if you’re like a lot of businesses, you are probably approaching a slow season. Even though slow seasons get a…
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Stop Living For The Weekend: Appreciating Your 9-5
Counting down the days until Friday, living it up during the weekend, dreading Monday morning, then repeating the same vicious cycle. Most likely this sounds…
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The 5 Employee Appreciation Languages
Did you know that everyone receives appreciation, gratitude, and praise differently? According to Gary Chapman, the successful author who wrote “The Five Love…
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Employee Recognition & How It Can Grow Your Business
Have you ever completed a task that you felt like you did a great job on, but your boss didn’t recognize or acknowledge all of your hard work? We’ve all been…
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Treat Yourself: Self-care Tips for The Busy Entrepreneur
This month we’re talking all about appreciation. We’ll be covering everything from how to appreciate your employees, customers, and coworkers! Sometimes…
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Learning To Love Your Job
The average American spends at least 40 hours a week at work, yet a reported 75% of them hate their jobs. Do you fit into this category? Maybe you don’t hate…
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Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace – Tolu Akande
Workplace conflict can be some of the most difficult because of the circumstances. Work is the place you spend the most time. You spend more time with your…
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Morning Routines and How They Increase Productivity
Sometimes mornings get a bad wrap, but they actually have so much potential! Think of mornings as a fresh start, maybe a new sale or a new relationship is on…
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Working From Home Productivity Hacks
Working home definitely has its pros and cons. It takes a lot of discipline to be able to work from home. With constant distractions, chores, and simply…
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Member Spotlight: Tolu Akande
Every few weeks, we pick a Cornerstone member to sit down with to get a better insight of who they are and what they do. We were honored to have the chance to…
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Reigniting the Passion in your Career
Passion. I love this word, especially around valentine’s day. It seems that this time of year our passion for everything is intensified. Passion for our…
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Hacking Your Todo List
The dreaded to-do list… We all hate it. Let’s be honest. It’s a list of things that we have to do eventually, but it just seems to get longer and longer. It’s…
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Productivity Hacks
New years day is essentially the ultimate refresh button. We take the bad habits and mistakes from the past year and dump them in the trash. As we look back…
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Staying Productive when we “Fall-Back”
It’s so beautiful this time of year. One of our favorite things about fall is the ‘fall back’ Saturday in November. We all love that extra hour of sleep…
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Member Spotlight: Kelly Goldson
Every few weeks, we like to sit down with one of our Cornerstone members to get to know them better. We like to learn about what they do for a living, why…
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Work-Life Balance: Are We Missing the Point?
If you are fortunate enough to wake up and rise from your bed each morning to begin processing and planning the many various personal and work related…
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Juggling Work + Home
Do you ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the week? We have all been there. Sometimes we get so caught up in work or life that…
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Cornerstone Member Spotlight: Addison Williams
Our members at Cornerstone are one of the many reasons why we love our job so much. Each of you have such unique stories and backgrounds. We love to know why…
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Cornerstone Team Member Spotlight: Samantha Doty
Please join us in welcoming our newest employee, Samantha. Samantha has been with us for three weeks now, and she fits right in with our team! Sam enjoys…
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You Have 53 Mondays in a Year. Here’s How Top Entrepreneurs Use Them
What do Elon Musk, Sheryl Sandberg, and Arianna Huffington all have in common? They use Mondays to work on the business rather than in the business.…
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9 Time Management Apps to Organize Your Life and Keep You on Track
Do you need more time? No matter who you are, you probably don’t have enough of it. Time is a limited resource and it’s constantly running on empty. You can’t…
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8 iPhone Apps To Plan Your Workday
You probably juggle dozens of tasks each day just to keep it all going. With so many responsibilities, a pen and paper with to-do’s scribbled here and there…
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34 Time Management Tips for Busy Entrepreneurs (by Experts)
Effective time management is important for anyone but is absolutely crucial for entrepreneurs. Because entrepreneurs are ultimately responsible for every…
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7 Ways Careful Event Planning Can Benefit Your Small Business
Are you wanting to host an amazing event to promote your business? Have you ever stopped to consider the very real business benefits you can unleash, by…
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Member Spotlight | Keeyawna Porche
Keeyawna Porche, the owner of Porche Weddings and Special Events, started her business in 2008. She found her love to planning events while she was planning…
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10 Things Every Small Business Needs To Do
Don’t you wish you have all the answers right in front of you for starting a small business? Well, we don’t have ALL the answers, but we do have a few. Here…
Read More »Cornerstone Coworking > Coffee Shop
Ready to ditch the coffee shop? Join us here at Cornerstone! You can sign up here. Shoot us an email hello@cancollab.com or give us a call (770) 609-2323…
Read More »6 Simple Tricks That Will Make You Way More Productive
Do you want to be more productive? Do you have a hard time knowing where to start? These are a few simple tricks to help. Read the quick list here or see the…
Read More »Making the daily switch from work to home
This articles provides insight on how to balance work and home by identifying what your children need, how work affects your time at home, and how to make a…
Read More »Why People Thrive in Coworking Spaces
Research shows that members of a coworking space are more likely to thrive than employees in a traditional business setting because of the laid-back…
Read More »Why Choose Co-Working?
Why Choose Co-working? By: Alex Smith Sure, the commute is great, and you’ve worn the same outfit to work for the past three days, but sometimes working from…
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