Ginny Eckblad's guest appearances

Ginny Eckblad

Asia Tech Podcast

Glenn van Zutphen on Saturday Mornings with Neil Humphreys

Steve Stine

Fredrik Haren

Bill Poorman

Grace Sai

Ankit Prasad

Azman Jaafar

Nikhil Hathiramani

Aaron Cheng

Mazen Kurdy

Don Phan

Linda Vlassenrood

Raj Sodhi

Alan Goh

Nikolaj Groeneweg

Terry Chan

OwlTail

Having met at a U.S. university two decades ago, Singaporean Ginny Eckblad and her French-American husband Ben Eckblad juggle the demands of their fast-growing business GorillaSpace (https://www.gorillaspace.co/) with raising 11-year-old twins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Having met at a U.S. university two decades ago, Singaporean Ginny Eckblad and her French-American husband Ben Eckblad juggle the demands of their fast-growing business GorillaSpace (<a href="https://www.gorillaspace.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gorillaspace.co/</a>) with raising 11-year-old twins.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Weekends: Power Couple Ben & Ginny Eckblad, GorillaSpace

Ginny Eckblad was born in Singapore and has lived all over the world. Living outside her country of birth for almost 25 years has taught her many things including the power of language and history, perspective and adaptability. She understands how to make others feel like they belong and the power of building positive communities. Ginny and her business partner have deep corporate experience and this also informs their ability to build from scratch and serve their clients across the board. GorillaSpace has built a differentiated strategy by working with all co-working and flexible work spaces, which means that some of the biggest players in the market rely on the GorillaSpace platform for their connectivity, The leverage is in the platform and the story of its genesis was quite interesting.Podcast Highlights:[00:05] ATP Stories today with Ginny Eckblad[00:35] On Eckblad’s Singaporean origin and return to Singapore to launch GorillaSpace.co in May 2017[01:17] Why did Eckblad leave Singapore for Carolina 25 years ago?[06:18] Eckblad’s opinion on how Singapore has changed in the past 25 years[07:48] Eckblad’s experience living in France and Hong Kong for 10 years[11:10] What is Eckblad’s view of language and cultural adaptability?[14:53] How has Eckblad’s view of living in Singapore as a foreigner changed after living abroad for 25 years?[17:26] On Eckblad’s challenge adapting to different cultures and languages abroad – and reverse culture shock back home[21:21] What is GorillaSpace.co? How did it start? What challenges did Eckblad face when building and realizing the idea from scratch?[25:09] What is the main idea or theme behind GorillaSpace.co?[28:52] Who were the first clients when GorillaSpace.co started?[29:55] Does GorillaSpace.co own office or work space?[36:22] Does GorillaSpace.co contemplate having a real estate division?[42:30] What is the approach of GorillaSpace.co to pitching?[47:57] How does GorillaSpace.co find clients? How does the platform market the business – at least from a supplier’s point of view?[50:01] Where does the platform source their clients?[51:45] What is the competitive advantage of GorillaSpace.co?[52:07] Does the platform consider diversifying its business – like renting spaces in the real estate market[54:13] How to contact the platform – how to get in touch with GorillaSpace.co

Ginny Eckblad was born in Singapore and has lived all over the world. Living outside her country of birth for almost 25 years has taught her many things including the power of language and history, perspective and adaptability. She understands how to make others feel like they belong and the power of building positive communities. Ginny and her business partner have deep corporate experience and this also informs their ability to build from scratch and serve their clients across the board. GorillaSpace has built a differentiated strategy by working with all co-working and flexible work spaces, which means that some of the biggest players in the market rely on the GorillaSpace platform for their connectivity, The leverage is in the platform and the story of its genesis was quite interesting. Podcast Highlights: [00:05] ATP Stories today with Ginny Eckblad [00:35] On Eckblad’s Singaporean origin and return to Singapore to launch <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> in May 2017 [01:17] Why did Eckblad leave Singapore for Carolina 25 years ago? [06:18] Eckblad’s opinion on how Singapore has changed in the past 25 years [07:48] Eckblad’s experience living in France and Hong Kong for 10 years [11:10] What is Eckblad’s view of language and cultural adaptability? [14:53] How has Eckblad’s view of living in Singapore as a foreigner changed after living abroad for 25 years? [17:26] On Eckblad’s challenge adapting to different cultures and languages abroad – and reverse culture shock back home [21:21] What is <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co?</a> How did it start? What challenges did Eckblad face when building and realizing the idea from scratch? [25:09] What is the main idea or theme behind <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co?</a> [28:52] Who were the first clients when <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> started? [29:55] Does <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> own office or work space? [36:22] Does <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> contemplate having a real estate division? [42:30] What is the approach of <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> to pitching? [47:57] How does <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a> find clients? How does the platform market the business – at least from a supplier’s point of view? [50:01] Where does the platform source their clients? [51:45] What is the competitive advantage of <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co?</a> [52:07] Does the platform consider diversifying its business – like renting spaces in the real estate market [54:13] How to contact the platform – how to get in touch with <a href="http://GorillaSpace.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GorillaSpace.co</a>

162: Ginny Eckblad – Co-Founder of GorillaSpace.co, Builder, PropTech Pioneer