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☆ This is the No. 1 city in the world for remote work—what it's like to live there
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

April Jereza never intended to move abroad to Madrid, Spain, but now that she's been there for seven years, she thinks she'll stay for the long haul. "People in Madrid, and Spain in general, really understand that you don't live to work; you work to live," Jereza says. Other data touts the city's big benefits for professionals: Madrid is the No. 1 best city for remote work, according to a new analysis from Remote.com, a global HR platform for distributed teams. She now works as a product manager for a multinational social media agency from its Madrid office and works remotely part of the week.

Persons: Jereza, she's, she'll Organizations: CNBC Locations: Madrid, Spain, Canada, Europe, Remote.com, Spain Madeira, Portugal Toronto, Canada Auckland , New Zealand Tokyo, Japan Paris, France Portland , Maine, USA Taipei, Taiwan Stockholm, Sweden Reykjavik, Iceland

☆ 5 cities that will give you a house or land for free
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Some towns and cities want people to move there so badly that they give things away for free. Some places are offering property to free homes or land. Here's a list of cities across the country that give free property to movers. According to the latest data from the Realtors' Land Institute, sales of American land increased 1.2% from 2022 to 2023, while its cost jumped 1.9%. Perks range from $10,000 cash, like in Tulsa, to free childcare and access to coworking spaces.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Realtors, Land Institute, Business Locations: Tulsa

☆ The race for ever-cooler workplaces is leaving employees the winners
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKat Hunt never wanted to work from home. Hunt, whose job is in finance in Portland, Oregon, needed a place for some team members to gather in New York City. Hunt wanted a spot that wasn't your typical WeWork or similar. Courtesy Kat Hunt and Radious"I was allowed to work from home, but I never wanted to," Hunt said.

Persons: —, Kat Hunt, Hunt, Radious, Amina Moreau, Moreau, Combinator, Ryan Masiello, That's, Googlers, Clelia Warburg Peters, It's Organizations: Google, JPMorgan, Service, Earth Finance, San, Francisco's Pier, Ventures Locations: luxe, Portland , Oregon, New York City, Portland, Brooklyn, San Francisco, Portland , Milwaukee, San Francisco Bay, New York, Mountain View , California, Francisco's

☆ 5 US cities that will give you a free house or land
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Some cities in the US try to lure people to move there by giving away property for free. In some spots, land is given for free, but the recipient is responsible for building a home. Here's a list of cities across the country that give free property to movers. Some towns, meanwhile, are offering movers land or entire homes at low or no cost. Here are a few places across the country that are offering land or property to movers.

Persons: —, they're Organizations: Service, Realtors, Land Institute Locations: Tulsa, In Kansas, Iowa

☆ Inside Y Combinator's 60,000-square-foot, San Francisco college town
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The full-blown mania in artificial intelligence is bringing tech workers and startups back to San Francisco. Last June, the startup accelerator moved its headquarters from Mountain View into its new digs at the Pier 70 shipyard. Y Combinator partners record an episode of the Lightcone podcast in a production studio complete with professional cameras and lighting fixtures. Y CombinatorRemoving 'friction'For 17 years, Y Combinator set its base in Mountain View. The new San Francisco outpost was born from a desire to get founders in person again post-pandemic.

Persons: —, Jared Friedman, hasn't, Y Combinator Friedman, Y, Friedman, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Bart, Lindsay Amos Organizations: Service, Volkswagen, Business, Chase, San, Rail, San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area, YC Locations: San Francisco, Mountain View, San, bayside, View, Mission Bay, Bay, North Beach

☆ I thought having my own office meant I'd 'arrived,' but it was depressing. Here's why open-plan office layouts are best.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

During that time, she's worked in cubicles, open plan offices, and has had her own office spaces. There was another intern who had her own cubicle with high walls that kind of looked like a mini office. I've spent 10 years in financial services, where I worked in everything from high-walled cubicles to open office floor plans to eventually having my very own office. I also spent 10 years in B2B tech and software-as-a-service companies, where there's nothing but open office plans. Having my own office was depressing and soul-crushingHaving your own office is associated with prestige and privacy, but my first experience of this was horrible.

Persons: Jennifer Moore, she's, —, I've, Moore Organizations: Service Locations: cubicles, Salt Lake City, Wells Fargo

☆ I toured Google's new $2.1 billion office in NYC and it's like an all-inclusive wellness resort — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Madeline Park | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Madeline ParkThe natural wood yoga studio is right around the corner from the gym and has a calming glow of light. Madeline ParkThe items at the store ranged from T-shirts ($30), jackets (~$100), tumblers ($15), and children's books. Madeline ParkThe actual cafeterias at Google's new office are the ultimate benefit and charm of working here. The coworking spacesThis coworking space is called "ROYGBIV," an acronym for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The Google Office at St. John's Terminal is so big that I didn't get to explore all of it.

Persons: Madeline Park, —, Park, café, Madeline, Klara, Patricia Urquiola, there's Organizations: Google, Hudson, Service, Americano, Recreation, YouTube Locations: York City, Hudson, New York City, chai, Spanish, St

☆ I toured Google's new $2.1 billion office in NYC. Here are the 15 coolest things I saw.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Madeline Park | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Madeline ParkThe natural wood yoga studio is right around the corner from the gym and has a calming glow of light. Madeline ParkThe items at the store ranged from T-shirts ($30), jackets (~$100), tumblers ($15), and children's books. Madeline ParkThe actual cafeterias at Google's new office are the ultimate benefit and charm of working here. The coworking spacesThis coworking space is called "ROYGBIV," an acronym for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The Google office at St. John's Terminal is so big that I didn't get to explore all of it.

☆ Adam Neumann is trying to buy back WeWork
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Adam Neumann submitted a bid to buy back WeWork. The WeWork cofounder has been trying to regain control of the company since parting ways five years ago. AdvertisementWeWork cofounder Adam Neumann is trying to regain control of the bankrupt coworking company. Neumann has submitted a bid to buy WeWork for more than $500 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The move comes after an attorney for Neumann and his new real estate company Flow Global sent a letter to WeWork's lawyers detailing efforts to buy back the company last month.

Persons: Adam Neumann, —, Neumann, Dan Loeb's, hadn't, we've, it's, WeWork Organizations: Service, Street, Flow Global, Business, Wall Street, Flow, Global, Bloomberg, Board

☆ I pay $18 a month for a membership that gets me 50% off stays at new luxury hotels and a free coffee drink every day
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Sydney Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The membership comes with half-off discounts for stays at select new hotels and free coffee drinks. For $216 a year or $18 a month, members are promised deals on hotel stays, discounted meals, and free coffee at Ennismore partner brands. The membership also comes with a free barista-made drink every dayI've taken advantage of the free coffee and dining discounts offered through the membership. AdvertisementBeing able to work from a trendy spot while using my membership to get free coffee and dining discounts is pretty great. Since I live near some of the participating properties and eateries, I already feel like I'm getting a lot out of my membership.

Persons: Ennismore's, —, Ennismore, haven't, I'm, Sydney Edwards, I've, There's Organizations: Service, Hoxton Locations: Here's, Hoxton Vienna, London, Jakarta, Edinburgh, Perth, Nice, Copenhagen, Hoxton Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, Hoxton

AdvertisementNupur Dave thought her decision to retire at age 40 in 2022 was an easy one. But the reality of retiring early turned out quite different. AdvertisementSavings and financial independenceDave on her last day at a financial services company, where there is an early retirement advertisement. Nupur DaveBy retiring at 40, Dave became part of the FIRE — "Financial Independence, Retire Early" — community. Advertisement"The whole idea of FIREing was possible because I'm in India," Dave said.

Persons: Nupur Dave, wasn't, Dave, Dave Dave, FIREing, Jovan Johnson, Gwendolyn Merz, Merz, Michelle Jackson, you've Organizations: FIRE, Google, Independence, BI Locations: Bangalore, India, Atlanta, San Francisco, Illinois, Asia

☆ Ikea is betting you'll come to its coworking space in a mall, then shop at one of its stores
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ingka Group, which runs most Ikea stores, is leading the charge. One mall that Ingka recently acquired in the English city of Brighton included an Apple store and a Zara store. It added an Ikea store in the mall where a now-closed department store used to stand. The Ikea stores in these malls are often smaller than one of the brand's typical warehouses, which tend to be located in their own buildings on the outskirts of cities. In the US, Ikea has also opened some showroom-style stores built around complete setups for bedrooms, kitchens, and other rooms.

Persons: —, Hej, Cindy Andersen, Ingka's Anderson, Ikea's Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Ikea, Ingka, Apple, Business Locations: Swedish, Malls, California, San Francisco, English, Brighton, Zara, London

☆ I went to Chase's new airport lounge and couldn't believe I could get in for free without the travel credit card
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I visited the Chase Sapphire Lounge at LaGuardia Airport, which offers meals, drinks, and a spa. The lounge is free for $550-per-year Chase Sapphire Reserve cardholders. But travelers without the card can enter for free once a year with a Priority Pass membership. AdvertisementI recently went to LaGuardia Airport's Terminal B and stepped into a 21,850-square-foot space that felt like a luxury hotel lobby. It was the new Chase Sapphire Lounge , which opened in NYC's LGA and John F. Kennedy International Airports in January.

Persons: —, Chase, John F Organizations: LaGuardia Airport, Chase, Service, LaGuardia Airport's, John, Kennedy International Airports, Business Locations: LaGuardia, NYC's LGA, Boston, Hong Kong

☆ I've been living abroad since 2021. After dating in places like Spain, France, Scotland, I never want to date in the US again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Evan Lambert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In any case, lockdowns eventually ended, vaccines were finally released, and I became a digital nomad in the summer of 2021 — and then, I began to date men abroad. Here's what I learned after dating guys in Scotland, France, Spain, and Argentina. Still, the guy was more present during our relationship than any of the men I'd dated back in the US. I had to check my privilege after dating in ArgentinaWhile dating in Argentina, I faced a bit of a reality check. To acknowledge this privilege — and balance it out — I began addressing Americans' "travel privilege" in my writing and engaging more with local communities abroad.

Persons: they'd, I'm, lockdowns, —, bonnie, I'd, Evan Lambert, Michel Organizations: Service, Scotland —, Mont Saint, US, Western Unions Locations: United States, New York, Scotland, France, Spain, Argentina, Edinburgh, Scottish, America, Mont, Central Park

☆ 'Social' media is both the cause of — and solution to — our loneliness problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The report listed technology as a driver behind our isolation, fear of missing out, conflict, and reduced social interaction. Other drivers of loneliness included social policies, cultural norms, the political environment, and macroeconomic factors. In fact, most research demonstrates that loneliness increases with increased use of technology, especially social media sites." "The response is incredible," Kyle Rand, CEO and cofounder of Rendever, told BI. He added: "The trend to solve loneliness through more technology, when technology has not yet reduced the problem, seems to be going in the wrong direction."

Persons: disincentivized, Dr, Nicole Siegfried, bookending, Josh Greene, Sherita Harkness, Harkness, There's, Kyle Rand, Brooke, I've, Daniel Boscaljon, Siegfried Organizations: Service, Technology, Business, US, Tech, Meta, Behavior, Flow, National Institute, Aging, National Institutes of Health, Inc, Institute, Trauma Locations: Luka, Chicago, Inc

☆ Industrious merges subsidiary to create a new force in coworking
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A spokesman for Industrious said it would own a 40% stake in the merged subsidiary. The vacancy rate for office space nationally hit 18.6% at the end of 2023, according to data from CBRE– the highest level since 1992. About 771 million square feet, about twice the size of Manhattan's entire office market, sits empty nationally. How Industrious won the coworking warHodari has been an astute and resilient player in the coworking business. At the time, most coworking companies sought to rent space from landlords then sublease that to their clientele at a hefty markup.

Persons: WeWork, Jamie Hodari, Hodari, Deskpass, Sam Rosen, Deskpass Stephanie Bassos, CBRE, Breather, Rosen, Adam Neumann, Shlomo Silber, Silber, lockdowns, You've Organizations: Business, Deskpass, Bond Locations: New York, Chicago, Breather

☆ Startup funding is falling in most major cities. So why is Boston pulling ahead?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Melia Russell | Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe Bay Area took the lion's share of capital raised on Carta in 2023, followed by Boston, then New York. AdvertisementAccording to Carta data, select metro areas saw the total early-stage funding raised decline by at least a third from 2022 to 2023. Yet early-stage funding was only down 24% in Boston, however, the smallest decrease of the metro areas that Carta tracks. According to Carta data, about $2.6 billion of capital raised in biotech flowed to Boston startups last year. Beyond biotechThe Carta data shows Boston also had strong showings across investment in software-as-a-service and hardware.

Persons: —, Zach Weinberg, Roche, Carta, Founders, that's, Rudina Seseri, Seseri, Peter Walker, Michael Greeley, Greeley, Mark Castleman, Castleman, Clement Cazalot, Cazalot, Walker Organizations: Service, Massachusetts Turnpike, Partners, Business, Carta, Boston, East Coast, Companies, Area, Flare Capital Partners, pharma, Intel Ignite, Glasswing Ventures, Founders, Machinery, Pritzker Group, Armory Square Ventures, Way Ventures, Klaviyo's, New York Stock Exchange Locations: Boston, New York City, East, Boston , Cambridge, Newton , Massachusetts, Newark, Jersey City , New Jersey, New York, San Francisco, Bay, France, Copley

☆ A wife and mother opened her marriage after 9 years of monogamy. A 'freedom-to-do list' helped her take the first step.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

By societal standards, Winter was living a fulfilling life as a mother, career woman, and wife — and someone who almost always followed rules. I didn't do anything that had dire consequences, but I think I needed that," Winter, the author of "More: A Memoir of Open Marriage," told Business Insider. AdvertisementNow with 15 years of an open marriage under her belt, Winter's memoir chronicles her trial-and-error approach to creating the marriage and life she desired. Winter vowing to 'do dumb shit' catapulted her into an open marriageIn making her list, Winter learned how openness in a relationship is often about more than sex. Winter told BI that having sex outside her 24-year marriage over the years has also helped her feel more at peace with her life as a mother and wife.

Persons: Molly Roden Winter, —, Stewart, Winter Organizations: Service, Business Locations: New York City, Brooklyn

☆ Death of Fringe Friendships: Making Gen Z Sad, Hurting Job Prospects
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

One of the biggest reasons for our shrinking social circles is the loss of fringe friends — casual friends that you enjoy seeing occasionally. These relationships might seem trivial or inconsequential, but experts and research indicate that fringe friends are vital. But now these fringe friend groups are disappearing, and we're all worse off for it. AdvertisementGlimmers of hope for Gen ZThe decline in fringe friends has also created a generational divide when it comes to who's doing well socially. There's no real solution to the loss of fringe friends.

Persons: Nikol Moses, Moses, Gen, would've, That's, —, Gen Zers, It's, Juliana Horowitz, Daniel Cox, Cox, what's, he'd, we've, Danielle Bayard Jackson, Long, Evan Paul Cudworth, Cudworth, Anna Goldfarb, I've, he's, Pew's Horowitz, Jackson, she'd, Goldfarb, it's, — Moses Organizations: Brisbane —, IRL, Pew Research Center, Gallup, Pew, American Survey, Survey, Survey Center, American Enterprise Institute, bodega, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Facebook, Social, DMs, Pew Research, American Locations: Melbourne, Brisbane, Brooklyn, New York

☆ I moved from NYC to live in a Hawaiian penthouse with 19 strangers. Co-living helped me form adult friendships.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kaitlyn Cheung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After six months of living in NYC, the winter blues finally caught up to me and I began to seek a different way of living. I stumbled upon Surfbreak HNL, a penthouse where co-living and coworking come together for digital nomads. From application to move-in, I didn't know what to expectThe Surfbreak rooms vary in size. I loved connecting with my fellow residents, who were remarkably openI formed lifelong friendships while living in Hawaii. Although I no longer live in the house, I still have a friend group from when I did.

Persons: —, coworking, Kaitlyn Cheung, Surfbreak Organizations: Service, Business, Surfbreak HNL Locations: New York City, Honolulu, NYC, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

☆ I moved into a penthouse in Hawaii with 19 strangers. Co-living helped me form friendships as an adult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Kaitlyn Cheung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

After six months of living in NYC, the winter blues finally caught up to me and I began to seek a different way of living. I stumbled upon Surfbreak HNL, a penthouse where co-living and coworking come together for digital nomads. From application to move-in, I didn't know what to expectThe Surfbreak rooms vary in size. I loved connecting with my fellow residents, who were remarkably openI formed lifelong friendships while living in Hawaii. After all, Hawaii has a rich heritage, and temporary residents are responsible for respecting and protecting it.

Persons: —, coworking, Kaitlyn Cheung, Surfbreak Organizations: Service, Business, Surfbreak HNL Locations: New York City, Honolulu, NYC, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

☆ Yieldstreet is raising cash to shore up two Nashville deals it owns with Adam Neumann's new a16z-backed startup
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Publicly launched in 2022 but built with assets from Neumann's own family office, Flow received the largest check Silicon Valley venture capital heavyweight A16z has ever written. Yieldstreet, a crowdfunding platform that has facilitated over $4 billion in alternative investments as of the end of 2023, has already pumped tens of millions of crowdfunded cash into the Nashville deals as the majority equity owner. These two properties are facing the same squeeze as many others in commercial real estate amid sky-high interest rates and inflationary pressures. The latest fundraising effort provides a rare look at how commercial real estate investors are dealing with the challenging environment. "Both partners are funding as the JV agreement calls for and as happens in every standard real estate JV deal."

Persons: Adam Neumann, he's, Flow, A16z, Neumann Organizations: Business, Publicly, Flow, Nashville, Facebook, Twitter, BI, JV Locations: WeWork, Nashville , Tennessee, Nashville

☆ 38-year-old financial coach spends only $124 on groceries a month—her No. 1 'secret tip' for food shopping
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Between her college graduation in 2008 and her 26th birthday, she paid off $35,000 in debt and stashed more than $100,000 in investments. But as DeFelice continues to practice the budgeting methods that got her out of debt and allowed her to build wealth, the smaller numbers may be even more impressive. Consider, for instance, that in September, DeFelice spent just $123.65 on groceries. Given the current state of inflation, that's not a hard figure to reach on a single trip. "My secret tip is to always have a grocery list."

Persons: Carly DeFelice, DeFelice Organizations: CNBC Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ WeWork was doomed to fail by taking on huge buildings, rival says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

WeWork was famous for huge coworking spaces with amenities like climbing walls and swimming pools. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut the "really enormous WeWork spaces, the 300,000 to 400,000 square foot WeWorks, those are simply too large," for other companies to take on. "Lots of companies, WeWork included, made decisions that spiked revenue in the short run, but probably weren't prudent in the long run," he added. AdvertisementAdvertisementLuxurious coworking spaces may be a thing of the pastHuge coworking spaces filled with yoga rooms, beer taps, and swimming pools were the hallmark of WeWork's operation at its height. AdvertisementAdvertisementHodari told Insider that Industrious, which has over 165 coworking locations across the globe, would probably end up taking over a number of WeWork sites.

Persons: WeWork, Jamie Hodari, —, Hodari, Briggs Elwell, Adam, Neumann, Elwell Organizations: Service, RLTY

☆ The wildest moments of WeWork’s rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

And many early WeWork employees, who worked at lower salaries because they were given stock options, ended up with nothing. WeWork’s wild rise and fall is the latest high-profile incident to shatter that myth. Here is a look at four of the wildest moments from WeWork’s rise, according to the company’s statements and a best-seller about the company. (Part of WeWork’s push to appeal to millennials included free-flowing beer and open bars set up within its coworking outposts.) That pre-IPO paperworkThe beginning of the end can perhaps be traced back to WeWork’s first attempt to go public back in 2019.

Persons: New York CNN — WeWork, Adam Neumann’s, Neumann, Son, Adam Neumann, Kelly Sullivan, Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell, millennials, Darryl McDaniels, Mike Segar, ”, Rebekah, WeWork, Caitlin Ochs, WeWork’s, Neuman, Mark Lennihan, “, Tolga Akmen Organizations: New, New York CNN, WeWork, San Francisco, of Fine Arts, Gulfstream G650, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Getty, Nasdaq, City of Locations: New York, San, San Francisco , California, Israel, Manhattan , New York, WeGrow, WeLive, New York City, U.S, City, City of London, AFP

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