Ryan Gill, the co-founder of progressive agency Cult Collective and The Gathering conference, is on a mission to provide freelancers a new model for working and financial opportunity.
Communo offers a combination of coworking offices and a membership community that provides access to numerous collaboration opportunities.
Gill said that Communo was originally created as a marketing agency for Cult Collective, but soon realized it had the potential to offer a new business model that other professionals could benefit from.
Communoโs model works by giving members access to a vetted โManaged Marketplaceโ of professionals. Clients are not allowed to access the network, but must run all resourcing requests through a member.
Although Gill saw that the Communoโs โcompoundsโ (its version of coworking spaces) as an extra source of income, its success have made it a vital component of the company.
โLike in professional sportsโsure, thereโs fierce competitionโbut if someone gets hurt, the game stops and all players are there for each other,โ said Gill. โTeams are connected by their shared values. I want Communo to feel like that.โ
