Surviving & Thriving in the Gig Economy
Working remotely can seem too good to be true. How Coworking Saved My Life tells the story of how one man went from barelysurviving to thriving in the gig economy.
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70% of professionals work remotely at least one day a week. In the US alone, the last ten years have seen a 115% increase of workers who report they spend half their time "telecommuting". Growing even faster is the number of people who are choosing to become contingent workers (dependent solely on themselves for income, rather than a full time job). While this is what the “Future of Work” looks like, not everyone is pre-wired for remote work or a natural born business owner.
While technology enables us to work remotely either from home or while traveling, we as humans aren't all quite as ready. Why is it that even though workers are more “plugged in” than ever, that reports show an increase in disconnection and isolation?
Learn from Mike’s journey leaving a cushy, yet unfulfilling corporate gig to becoming his own boss: from struggling to build a business and having to move back in with his parents to working for organizations like Google, the Smithsonian and Marriott. Mike shares how he first discovered coworking and all the ways joining a coworking space can help your personal and professional life.
By integrating coworking into his routine - no different than a gym for physical fitness - not only did Mike become more productive, but he was able to turn around a struggling business. Thanks to the multitude of tangible and intangible benefits of coworking, he grew his business while overcoming severe depression, anxiety and substance abuse.
Whether you feel in a rut, need help growing your business or idea or just need to get some space out of the house to be productive, Mike’s anecdotes and stories are sure to ring true.
Anyone who is thinking about becoming their own boss, or quitting their job to redesign their lifestyle to reflect living to work, rather than working to live.
"After the Nomad Summit conference in January, when asked 'What were your favorite talk(s) this year?' over 60% of you answered 'Mike LaRosa'! Mike's talk addresses about a common and almost inevitable digital nomad problem: loneliness and burnout. But being a digital nomad doesn't have to be lonely. He emphasizes the importance of coworking spaces, not only because of the great wifi and focus, but because of the community and networking aspect so many of us lack as we don't have a workplace."
- Johnny FD, Founder of Nomad Summit
“He is truly passionate about coworking. It’s most clear in his ability to bring communities together to collectively propel the industry forward.”
- Bernhard Mehl, Most Influential People in Coworking List: 2016-2018
“There is only one Mike LaRosa. He’s a rare blend of passion and drive paired with being the type of human that you generally like to be around.
Mike has been a champion for the coworking movement from the moment he found it. He has as deep of an understanding of it as nearly anyone I know.”
- Sam Rosen, Founder of Deskpass
In 2012, after paying his dues to Corporate America, Mike launched Wayfarer Advisory Group, offering media sales, sponsorship and experiential marketing consulting to companies such as Google, LivingSocial and Smithsonian Enterprises. With over 10 years of experience in creating award programs, producing events and interactive marketing campaigns, he has sold, serviced or managed over $5 M in sponsorships and advertising revenue.
By the end of 2013, he'd become a wayfarer (literally) living on the road, while producing events around the country. With a distributed team and constant travel, he was always working out of noisy cafes or hotel lobbies in search for space to be productive. Until, of course, he discovered the many benefits of coworking.
Fascinated by “the future of work”, he’s traveled the world, researching, studying and visiting an array of shared workspaces: over 500 locations in 31 countries. Since then, clients such as CBRE, Deskpass, Coworker.com, Marriott, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, The Second City and JLL have turned to him to provide expert industry knowledge and know how from design to operations, staffing/recruitment and marketing.
500 copies • Partial manuscript • Looking for business, self-help/business, technology, and politics, especially those focused on diversity and inclusion, leadership, and systems reform.
Berrett-Koehler is nonfiction, mission-based publisher active in the areas of business, personal growth, and current affairs. We are a California Benefit Corporation and B Corporation. Our mission is "connecting people and ideas to create a world that works for all."
500 copies • Partial manuscript • Looking for fiction, memoir, and narrative non-fiction, as well as novelty and picture books from Aus/NZ authors only.
Odyssey Books is committed to publishing engaging and beautifully written books. Books that stretch the imagination, challenge pre-existing attitudes and beliefs, or take readers to far-flung climes. Books are always a journey. And as our name suggests, we invest in epic journeys, adventurous voyages and intellectual or spiritual quests. Readers are sure to find a book within our range of titles to challenge, inspire, and entertain. Odyssey titles are distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Novella Distribution, and worldwide via Ingram.
250 copies • Completed manuscript.
Atlantic Publishing has been providing millions of readers information to jumpstart their careers, start businesses, manage employees, invest, plan for retirement, learn technologies, build relationships, and live rewarding, fulfilling lives. Our award-winning authors and publication staff strive to make our products the best and most up-to-date available. We go further than most publishers to get our customers the best products.
250 copies • Partial manuscript.
Ballast Books is a full-service hybrid publisher that handles all aspects of book creation, design, publishing, marketing, distribution, and platform building. We help our authors sell more books, secure more keynotes, do more consulting, earn more customers, and book more media appearances.
We want to work with the best of the best: Former Special Operations Forces, CEOs, big thinkers, industry-leading experts. Top-performing people with experiences worth sharing and skills that translate into a larger message and goal.
We've seen particular success with military memoirs, but we've also recently hired a children's book specialist, so we run the spectrum of genres. We're a small but growing team and take pride in dedicating more time and energy to all our authors than traditional publishers.
500 copies • Complete manuscript.
Blooming Twig is an award-winning boutique publishing house, media company, and thought leadership marketing agency. Based in New York City and Tulsa, we have represented and re-branded hundreds of thought leaders, published more than 400 titles in all genres, and built up a like-minded following for authors, speakers, trainers, and organizations with our bleeding-edge marketing strategies. Blooming Twig is about giving the people with something to say (“thought leaders”) a platform, walking its clients up to their own influencer pulpit, and making sure there is a like-minded crowd assembled to hear the meaningful message.
250 copies • Completed manuscript.
Boyle & Dalton was founded in 2014 and publishes works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The world of publishing is changing, we're changing with it. Our founder Brad Pauquette, conceptualized a hybrid model that balances the financial and rights model of self-publishing with the quality controls and production excellence of a traditional publisher. Our designers and editors produce exceptional books that are distributed in both print and digital formats to all major retailers, including Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Boyle & Dalton carefully consider all submissions for publication, based on manuscript quality. We do not accept erotica or children's books.
250 copies • Partial manuscript.
Cranthorpe Millner operates a hybrid publishing model. This means, should an author pass our editors’ strict filtering system, we can offer different kinds of agreements depending on the author and the manuscript. With some authors, we work under a ‘traditional’ model, whereby we cover the full cost of publication and the author is offered industry-standard royalties (8-10%). To some authors, we offer what we call a partnership or contributory agreement, whereby the author is asked for a financial contribution so that we may share the risk and enter into a partnership together to publish the author’s book. In this case, the author receives around 60-75% royalties.
Elite Online Publishing is based in Utah & Texas, and will help put your self-published book out into the world to grow, become a #1 bestseller, and give you a foundation of credibility, powerful marketing appeal, and new contacts. We have been in business for over 6 years and have helped over 150 authors become bestsellers.
500 copies • Completed manuscript.
Emerald Lake Books is a hybrid publishing company that provides a unique blend of business coaching with publishing to help its authors succeed, whether it’s their first book or their fiftieth! Emerald Lake Books specializes in working with positive people who have an engaging, exciting, or entertaining message to share with the world. Using a unique, goal-oriented approach to publishing, we combine our business and publishing knowledge to help our authors set and attain goals for their readers, their brands, and their books. And many of those books have gone on to win international awards and recognition.
250 copies • Partial manuscript.
Hybrid Global Publishing is a full service Hybrid Publishing Company dedicated to helping authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs get their message out by writing and publishing a book. We offer developmental editing, publishing, distribution, and marketing services for independent authors who are interested in speaking on stage, becoming more visible in the media, and establishing more credibility. The team has a combined 80 years of experience in publishing and has held editorial, management and marketing positions at major publishing houses, including The Free Press, Crown, Random House, and Avon.
250 copies • Completed manuscript.
Koehler Books is an Indie publisher based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Our team of dedicated professionals promises you a holistic publishing experience where you'll receive our full attention, collaboration, and coaching every step of the way. We offer two publishing models: a traditional non-fee model for the highest quality work, as well as a co-publishing model that includes creative development fees for emerging authors. Our titles are broad-based and include nearly every major non-fiction and fiction genre.
Looking for entrepreneurship, business, self-help, and personal growth books.
Morgan James Publishing has revolutionized book publishing—from the author’s standpoint, earning 29 NY Times and over 100 USA Today and Wall Street Journal best sellers. We teach authors strategies to leverage their books and grow their businesses—adding value while staying out of the way. Evidenced by more Major Media best sellers than most publishers our size. Regularly ranked by Publishers Weekly as the most recognized and one of the fastest-growing publishers in the nation, Morgan James is reported to be “the future of publishing.”
250 copies • Completed manuscript.
SOOP is a small virtual publishing company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, with a core team based in the US and additional contractors around the world. SOOP currently focuses on curating a small number of volumes for publication each year to enable its team to dedicate a great deal of time to working with its authors directly - not just on the manuscript, but also on platform-building and promotion.
Dear Author,
You worked hard to write your manuscript; finally, it's ready to release. You know that expert assistance is needed, but perhaps you didn’t realize that working with a publisher is no longer necessary—especially publishers who charge fees to produce your book upfront and "share" more of your revenue whenever a book is sold.
1106 Design is an author services company. We offer all the editorial and design services you’d expect from a publisher, transforming your manuscript into a market-ready book. But here's the difference: we help you secure print-on-demand printing and worldwide distribution in your name. This means you earn several dollars more for every book sold instead of a meager “royalty.”
We understand that your book is not just a passion project but also a potential source of income. That's why we offer a range of services tailored to your needs at affordable prices. Depending on your manuscript's word count and complexity, our packages range from $4,000 to $10,000. And here's the best part: after this one-time investment, every penny of net revenue from book sales goes directly to you, never to us.
If this sounds like a better way to publish your book, I invite you to browse our services, design samples, no-surprises pricing, outstanding customer reviews, and educational articles at https://1106design.com. You can download a free PDF of my book, "Publish Like the Pros: A Brief Guide to Quality Self-Publishing and an Insider's Look at a Misunderstood Industry," and request a free, no-obligation consultation.
1106 Design has been in business since 2001 and is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau. We are a “Highly Recommended Expert” at IngramSpark.com and rated "Excellent" at Alli, The Alliance for Independent Authors, at SelfPublishingAdvice.org, where you can find a "watchdog list" of the best and worst publishing services companies.
How can we serve you today?
Sincerely,
Michele DeFilippo, owner
250 copies • Partial manuscript.
Atmosphere Press is an independent publisher dedicated to author rights. We publish in all genres and have an exceptional editorial, design, and promotional staff. We stand for Honesty, Transparency, Professionalism, and Kindness. We want our authors and their readers to be blown away when they first hold that book in their hands. It needs to look good inside and out, and feel good to the touch. And, of course, the words need to be top-notch, and our editors are devoted to making that the case.
250 copies • Partial manuscript.
Authors Unite helps you become a profitable author and make an impact. We take care of printing and distribution through major online retailers, developmental editing, and proofreading with unlimited revisions. We take care of the entire process for you from book cover design all the way to set up your backend so all your book royalties go straight to your bank account. We can also help with ghostwriting if you prefer not to have to figure out all the steps on how to write a book yourself.
With our book marketing services, you don’t need to worry about figuring out all the steps on how to market a book or how to become a bestselling author. We’ve helped hundreds of authors become bestselling authors on Amazon, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. We take care of the entire book launch process for you to help you sell thousands of copies of your book and become a bestselling author.
View case studies here: https://authorsunite.com
Looking for all types of books, including fiction, children's books, health, memoir, business books, and cookbooks
Bright Communications LLC is a woman- and veteran-owned custom publisher in Hellertown, PA. Founding CEO Jennifer Bright is a Book Doula, whose passion is helping authors bring their books to life. Our team of expert editorial, design, and marketing pros help authors go from idea to completed books and retain 100% of the rights to their work. We also offer four custom publishing packages and a $1900 self-publishing assist program.
100 copies • Completed manuscript.
eBooks2go, Inc. was founded in 2011 to provide the missing link for all your publishing needs. Our end-to-end solutions provide the guidance and support that enable publishers and independent authors to pursue their passions. To date, we have helped more than 750 authors and 100 publishers worldwide. We offer an array of simple and affordable solutions to assist self-publishing authors at every stage of the book publishing process. Our comprehensive service offering includes editing, print and eBook production, book marketing, cover designs, ISBN registration, and even website designs. We are a single source for all of your publishing needs.
100 copies • Completed manuscript.
Happy Self Publishing has helped 500+ authors to get their books self-published, hit the #1 position in the Amazon bestseller charts, and also establish their author website & brand to grow their business. And the best thing is, we do all this without taking away your rights and royalties. Let's schedule a call to discuss the next steps in your book project: www.meetme.so/jyotsnaramachandran
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$20
52 readers
This package is for anyone who works remotely and is looking to be more productive, creative and engaged in their work.
1 printed copy
1 free ebook
Invitation to private Coworkaholics Facebook Group
Coworkaholic Sticker
50% off your first month of Deskpass
$5 Shipping
Includes:
$50
7 readers
This package is for anyone who has experienced the magic of “accelerated serendipity” and coworking and wants to share the love!
2 printed copies, one for you and one for a friend.
2 free ebooks
Invitation to private Coworkaholics Facebook Group
One free month of Deskpass for you and your friend
2 Coworkaholic Stickers
$5 shipping
Includes:
$500
4 readers
This package is for anyone who runs a coworking space and wishes they could “pick the brain” of Mike the Coworkaholic.
25 printed copies
50 free ebooks
Invitation to private Coworkaholics Facebook Group
90 minute consulting session with Mike the Coworkaholic for coworking space owner: “Ask Me Anything”
25 Coworkaholic Stickers
Free shipping
Includes:
$1000
2 readers
This is a great bonus for regional coworking/shared workspace organizations to share with their stakeholders (space members, owners & operators) for sales use or added value. You’ll receive:
50 printed copies
50 free ebooks
2 hour online consulting session on how to leverage the power of your combined communities to help grow your local industry
Your organization’s name mentioned in the book as a sponsor
Free shipping
Includes:
$2500
2 readers
A bonus focused on coworking space owners and operators. You’ll receive:
120 printed copies
Half day consulting session with Mike the Coworkaholic for one coworking space management team to focus on sales, marketing and best practices on how to use the book as a sales tool (travel included)
Free shipping
Includes:
$6000
0 readers
This is a customized bonus designed for a sponsor. They will receive:
300 printed copies autographed
Opportunity to have Mike the Coworkaholic attend sponsor's community building events to have a book signing/meet & greet (max. 5 events)
Sponsor mentioned in the book - Co-Founders have opportunity to write forward
Access to private Facebook group
Sponsor mentioned in the book on the front page
Free shipping
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