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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
What is HAYVN and How Will It Be Different?
When coworking spaces began to emerge about a decade ago, many of them quickly developed a reputation for being loud environments that made it difficult to do great work. At the extreme end of the spectrum, coworking facilities became known as “broworking” spaces that...
Coworking: How to Unlock Your Networking Girl Powers
One of the great benefits of coworking is the built-in networking opportunities. In fact, in many ways, coworking is more like an always-on networking event (minus the name tags and bad coffee). And that’s a good thing, as growing your professional network is critical...
The Future of Work—Coworking Communities
There is no doubt that women’s coworking spaces are on the rise. When coworking spaces started popping up everywhere a decade ago, everyone was excited about the new way of working. Boring, stuffy, and uninspiring offices and cubicles were no longer requirements to do...