Stories, Articles, Local Guides & Happenings in Fairfield County
Career Success: Where You Work Is Important As How You Work
Location is key! For the majority of employers and employees, whether they be in small or big businesses, the place they start their day is a major determinant of their productivity and mood. A critical factor in job trends for 2023 is satisfaction from selecting a...
Off-Site Events That Work: Create a Successful Strategy Session at HAYVN
The year is coming to an end, marking the perfect time for businesses to reflect on milestones, accomplishments, and the community that made it all possible. Planning an offsite strategy session is no easy feat, but one of the primary benefits of using a meeting...
HAYVN: A Social Impact and Sustainability Roundtable For Everyone
At HAYVN, sustainability has been integral to our mission since we opened our doors four years ago. Coworking spaces should positively impact members' overall well-being while striving for cleaner space. We are building a more inclusive, sustainable economy and...
Take Advantage of A Coworking Space Without An Office
What if we told you that you didn't need to rent a traditional office space to be part of a coworking community? With our virtual or event membership, you can work from HAYVN when needed, and also access to our coworking partner spaces across the country. At HAYVN, we...
Sunflower: Symbol of Strength & Hope at HAYVN Coworking
Sunflowers remind us of summer's best moments, from bright yellow hues to the vibrant energy they carry. The flower naturally signifies longevity, loyalty, happiness, and optimism. You may have noticed a similar spirited theme throughout our coworking hub if you're a...
HAYVN HATCH: Where Are The Female Founders Now?
Women entrepreneurship is soaring worldwide. While venture capital has surged over recent years, the numbers haven't entirely changed for female founder startups. The amount of venture capital investments available to women, particularly of color, remains small. In...
HAYVN: A Wellness-Centric Suburban Cowork Space
The daily actions you take will impact how you show up in your personal and professional life. With COVID-19 still looming, access to wellness programs has become more essential to the suburban coworking community than before. While Slack and Microsoft Teams are...
HAYVN Celebrates 3 Years of Coworking Success
June 1st marked our 3rd Anniversary at HAYVN! It has been a remarkable journey so far, as we continue to foster a community at our suburban coworking space. To commemorate the moment, we are revisiting our first hubcast (podcast) with Founder and Chief Collaborator...
How Suburban Coworking Helps Create A Work Life Balance
Remote work certainly has its benefits. It allows for more flexibility, whether you want to devote more time to loved ones during the day -- or complete work tasks from the comfort of your couch. It is a perk for many but can be a challenge for others. Not being in a...
How The SBIR Grant Is Making Dreams Possible At HAYVN
Shared workspaces are excellent for building a community with like-minded colleagues and associates. It is especially advantageous if you hope to strategically strengthen your business's network outside of visiting the shared office space a few days a week. LAUNCH is...
Suburban Coworking: How NY Commuters Can Transition From Remote Work
Are you dreading the possibility of a long commute back to a traditional office? If yes, you're not alone. Over the past few months New York Mayor Eric Adams called for people to get back to work. For you, that might mean prepping for those Metro-North fares,...
HAYVN LAUNCH in 2022
When HAYVN first opened, founder and Chief Collaborator Felicia Rubinstein had a dream to create a woman-centric co-working space and support female entrepreneurs. Through a robust calendar of community events, programs and amenities, HAYVN enables female...
HAYVN HATCH: Where Are They Now?
When HAYVN first opened, founder and Chief Collaborator Felicia Rubinstein had a dream to create a woman-centric co-working space and support female entrepreneurs. Through a robust calendar of community events, programs and amenities, HAYVN enables female...
5 Free Ways to Support Small Businesses
Small businesses in the U.S. make up almost 42% of the private workforce and are a crucial component to both our local and national economy, according to the Small Business Administration. It is no surprise that many small businesses were heavily impacted by COVID-19....
10 Reasons Why Coworking Spaces Are The Way of The Future
It’s no secret that the working world is changing. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional corporate work environment was on its way out the door. “Professionals have a lot of choices in how they work these days. Not only is the workplace...
Roots and Wings: A Career Workshop for Today’s Grads
Adulting is hard. We know it, and if you’re a college student or early career professional, you definitely know it. We want to help. That’s why, after a successful pilot program in June, the HAYVN team is thrilled to announce the official launch of our next in-person...
Angel Investing 101: Come Be An Angel
We are living in remarkable times. At HAYVN, we've been watching with increasing interest as Venture Capital (VC) firms, including a growing number of female-led VC firms, invested more dollars in female-founded or co-founded businesses than in any other time in...
HAYVN Receives Certification to Become First Coworking B Corp in Connecticut
In August 2020, HAYVN applied for B Corp certification, and now, exactly one year later, we’re thrilled to tell you we have recently become the first fully certified coworking B Corp in Connecticut and beyond. Our shared office space met all requirements for...
HAYVN HATCH meets HAYVN LAUNCH for a Women Founder Pitch Night in Fairfield County, CT
Join fellow entrepreneurs, funders and growth partners on July 19th for our ninth HAYVN HATCH — a unique women-centric pitch night in Darien, CT, designed to support women founders and women-owned businesses in Fairfield County. Here's how you can join us! HAYVN HATCH...
Let’s Party! Our Darien Coworking Space’s 2nd Anniversary!
Last week we celebrated HAYVN’s second anniversary. Back in 2019, when HAYVN was just born, if you asked owner Felicia Rubinstein what she wanted for her Darien coworking space, she would have probably told you what any new mom would: health, happiness and success. Of...
Dip Your Toes into a Coworking Space Fractional Private Office
This summer, get your entrepreneurial feet wet in a HAYVN coworking space fractional private office, the perfect first step into your own private workspace. “One of our popular new services is a part-time, or fractional, private office for those not needing full-time...
Two New Member Fave Podcasts + HAYVN’s Podcasting Studio
While 2020 left many of us wishing we could reach out and connect with others, 2021 is the year we can finally open up to more public events and start sharing - and HAYVN’s Darien podcasting studio, in Fairfield County, is the perfect place to do that. Sue Yasav, a...
Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Find Your Thrive at a Coworking Space
It’s feeling a bit like Oz around here with Spring in the air in Fairfield County, CT. The weather is beautiful, the forsythias are in bloom, and the crocuses and daffodils are gracing us with their magnificent colors. With over 30% of the local population fully...
Why Coworking Beats Traditional Office Space Leases
During a recent group conference held at HAYVN our coworking colleagues spent some time chatting about the many things we’ve enjoyed about coworking spaces today versus when we worked in the traditional private office setting. “We’re never going back,” was the...
Productive Events: More Than Booking Meeting Space at HAYVN
Spring is upon us, and that means 2021 is well underway (where did these last few months go?!). We are all eager to move forward and strive for success as the world slowly begins to open up from 2020's unexpected challenges in the workplace. Perhaps it’s time to find...
20 Ways Business Partners Can Make or Break Success
“Business partners are a lot like marriages,” Eileen Springer tells us at the beginning of our lunch hour conversation at our shared coworking space. “They’re important and they’re complicated.” A business partner can make or break your success. Does your...
Celebrate Our Coworking Community of Passionate Entrepreneurs
February is a month for lovers. HAYVN is not simply a place to come and go, a desk where you check your email or an office for a meeting. It is a place to work, sure. It is also a place to do what you love. Our coworking community fosters a growing list of impassioned...
HAYVN Evolves to Embrace the ‘Work from Anywhere’ Trend
At HAYVN, we believe that community is more important now than ever before. Over the past year, HAYVN has grown to over 160 members who now “work from anywhere.” Like so many others, we have had to rise to the unprecedented challenges of 2020 and 2021 and reevaluate...
HAYVN Mavens: Thought Leaders Mentoring Small Businesses
At HAYVN, we believe in the power of thought leadership within our community to empower our members. The HAYVN Mavens and other programs we offer are devoted to mentoring small businesses and remote employees that make up our coworking community. Members helping...
HAYVN Seeks B Corp Certification: Emphasizes Public Benefit
In 2020, HAYVN Coworking Community submitted an application for B Corp Certification. Becoming a B Corporation demonstrates HAYVN’s formal dedication to being a truly mission-driven company. It means HAYVN is committed to balancing profit and purpose in order to build...
2021: Entrepreneurs Plan for Personal & Business Success
While the pandemic profoundly disrupted planning for 2020, putting a premium on agility and innovation, now is the time for planning again. This month, several of our members who coach people to seek and achieve individual peak performance are conducting HAYVN...
Thanksgiving Gratitude and the Spirit of Giving Back
Thanksgiving isn’t the only time of the year when the HAYVN coworking community puts more emphasis on giving and gratitude. Even as 2020 has been very different and difficult, we all have been so grateful for this renewed sense of reflection that the Thanksgiving...
Coworking at HAYVN: Entrepreneurs Pivot for Success
What happens when COVID changes the character of and rules on your business model? The early lockdown and continued social distancing upended entrepreneurs’ daily routines and ways of delivering products and services. Coworking at HAYVN has proven to be an effective...
Meeting Rooms During COVID-19: Virtual, In-Person, Or Both?
In the past, we never gave meeting rooms a second thought, unless one was already booked when we needed it. 2020 is the year Zoom became a buzzword and a verb in workplaces and schools due to public health concerns about COVID-19. What to do? Go virtual, of course. Here’s what we’ve learned the last six months.
Compass Real Estate Finds a Home at HAYVN Coworking
In the Covid era, Fairfield County’s housing market has seen rapid growth as close to 40,000 people have moved to the area in 2020*. The Compass real estate brokerage has rocketed to the top of the industry by bringing together top broker talent with modern technology...
HAYVN Coworking Virtual Office Plans Go Beyond PO Boxes to Live Call Answering
So much has changed in the last six months. Remote work and ‘Work-from-Anywhere’ are flexible work arrangement options for reopening businesses. In light of this new hybrid workplace reality, HAYVN offers virtual office plans for members in need of more than a PO Box...
20-Somethings and the Startup Mentality
The coronavirus. No one was prepared for the world in which we now live. Plans for the future for jobs, business ideas, and startups are disrupted. Hanging out at home has been the safest option for 20-Somethings. But is it time to get out of your comfort zone (and...
Moving From New York? Welcome to Fairfield County
The current shift to remote work delivered a disruption to all of us earlier this year. Remote work and virtual learning are new normal. Many people are accelerating a recent trend of moving to Fairfield County for a suburban lifestyle. “Moves from New York City to Connecticut have more than doubled from the prior year since the city’s shutdown began in March,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
HAYVN HUB – Darien Hot Spots
Darien is the quaint and cozy hometown of HAYVN in Fairfield County! No matter where you live in this community, you’re just a hop, skip, and a jump away from one of its serene beaches, exceptionally quaint downtown, verdant nature preserves, parks, and numerous...
HAYVN HUB – Fairfield Hot Spots
Fairfield CT is a charming mix of historic and modern — a shoreline town on the Long Island Sound with several resources including town beaches, universities, parks, golf courses, museums, terrific public schools, and great eats. Close to I-95 and Metro North...
HAYVN HUB – Greenwich Hot Spots
Greenwich CT is right over the border of New York, and also only 40 minutes by train to all the exciting things in New York City. Greenwich has a small town charm but is full of the conveniences of suburban life, and at the same time has lots of trendy hot spots....
HAYVN HUB – New Canaan Hot Spots
Iconic Downtown New Canaan, CT by Colleen Rock. Waveny Mansion is part of Waveny Park which includes an art gallery, pool, tennis, walking paths and theater. Public Domain photoNew Canaan has picturesque New England small-town ambience with plenty to do and enjoy...
HAYVN HUB – Norwalk Hot Spots
Norwalk is an adjacent town to HAYVN where many of our members live. New to Fairfield County? Explore Norwalk with this handy directory of places of interest including historical sites, beaches, golf course, supermarkets, day care, schools, and some dog parks, and...
HAYVN HUB – Stamford Hot Spots
Stamford is one town closer to NYC than HAYVN. This photo perfectly captures the variety found in this suburban town on the Long Island Sound. Don't let the city photo fool you, there's plenty of green and open spaces here. Look at our curated list of what's happening...
HAYVN HUB – Westport Hot Spots
Westport CT is a lovely New England town along the Long Island Sound. Downtown has shops, restaurants, entertainment, great public schools, as well as the library. Sherwood Island State Park is a wonderful beach with spots for flying kites, BBQ, and remote control...
September is HAYVN Health Month: Programs for Entrepreneurs
Long stressful hours at work, breakfast on-the-go, lunch at your desk and fast-food takeout dinner. On repeat. This is the reality many of us face growing a business. Wellness programs designed for busy entrepreneurs and startup businesses are included in our HAYVN...
A Safe HAYVN for Meeting Room Rentals in Darien CT
2020 has been a pretty bleak period for in-person meetings. Even so, here at HAYVN in Darien, CT we are now beginning to see demand for safe, flexible meeting and conference rooms that offer social distancing as people seek to get out of the house. Coworking spaces...
Back to College – Studying at a Coworking Space in Fairfield County
College students are headed back to school amidst the pandemic. Some schools have adopted a hybrid model of online and limited in-person classes. Others have opted for remote coursework leaving many to study at home. For the latter, students looking forward to college...
What is a Virtual Office Space and Why Do I Need it Now?
The new era of social distancing at work is upon us. Even simple things - like creative meeting rooms and executive conference rooms - are being rethought for safety. Props to all who have had to make reopening work as we learn to work together as a community. You are...
5 Things That People Discover When They Start Coworking
Coworking is increasingly a viable opportunity for those exploring alternatives to working from home as we all try to safely come out of isolation. The practice is thriving at a time when people are extra cautious entering common facilities. And coworking remains a...