Great news! fSpace will soon have a major upgrade in our wifi performance! We are moving from our current ¹²⁄₁₂ MBPS basic copper line to a ¹⁰⁰⁄₁₀₀ MBPS Ethernet over fibre connection.

For those who are not IT inclined, this will result in a massive increase in our wifi speed, taking us to among the leaders in WA in terms of performance.

This upgrade requires a new line being run from Market Street into our building and is a bit of a process. We expect to be live with this new connection within 8-12 weeks.

A big thanks to Deb Fitzpatrick for speaking about her passions – creative writing and editing work – at the latest fSpace Talks.

Deb is an established author, with 5 published novels to date. Her focus is on youth and young adult fiction set in Western Australia. One of her books is taught in some primary schools.

It was interesting and inspiring to learn about her creative process, including how she develops an initial idea of a story into a fully developed and properly researched novel. Deb often finds inspiration through news stories and then applies that theme or challenge to a younger protagonist.

She also explained how important personal knowledge and experience is to her creative writing, from day-to-day conversations with her own kids to the less than glamorous living conditions in Costa Rica she endured for 4 years.

Visit Deb’s website debfitzpatrick.com.au for more information on her work.  

Stay tuned for details on the next fSpace Talks session.

Who:         XO Tea
What:        Tea Tasting & Discussion
When:       11:30 – 12:30, Wednesday, August 10
Where:     fSpace

Cost:          Free!

Details:

XO Tea is a new specialty tea producer based in Perth, WA. They specialise in making premium teas of the highest quality.

XO Tea started just over a half year ago, but they are already bumping the biggest industry player in WA, T2, out of some shops.

One of the owners grew up surrounded by his family’s tea plantations in Malaysia and is very passionate about tea. He recently changed careers from engineering into making tea and building a new business.

The XO Tea story is ambitious and adventurous. Come hear their story, learn a little more about tea, and taste some of their amazing product. Join us next Wednesday August 10 at 11:30 am.

Please RSVP to Sabine.

It’s our birthday next month! fSpace turns 3 on July 1. No more terrible 2’s for us!

fSpace would like to thank all our business owners and awesome entrepreneurs, (past and present) for their support. Their passion, energy and enthusiasm are why fSpace has become such an incredible coworking community in Fremantle.

fSpace is growing as we enter our 4th year. We now have over 30 businesses from various industries working from fSpace. But more than the number of businesses, we are most pleased with the quality of the people who honour us by being part of our community.

fSpace is inspired by our members and I thank them for their passion, energy and open support of one another. It is thanks to our members that fSpace has become such an inspiring and motivating community of professionals and small business owners.

fSpace looks forward to continuing to inspire, motivate and support people as they chase their professional dreams. That’s another reason to celebrate!

Cheers everyone!
Love,

Sabine

The Fremantle Chamber of Commerce recently organised another great event, The Fremantle Business Awards for 2016. Held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, a broad and colourful selection of Fremantle’s business community gathered to celebrate their hard work and achievements in business.

The Esplanade Hotel filled up with business owners and entrepreneurs, most of whom looked spectacular having dressed to the theme of the film Casino Royale. Bright lights, classic Bond music, casino ballroom décor and even a shiny new Aston Martin all made the event something to behold.

fSpace was a finalist for the Excellence in Professional Services Awards. Although we didn’t walk away with the award (or drive away in the car), we did leave feeling even more inspired thanks to the other finalists and winners.

fSpace is ready for another year of great community, inspiration and success!

Hello there,

Exciting news! fSpace is a finalist for a Business of the Year Award with the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce for ‘Excellence in Professional Services’. Too bad it isn’t ‘Excellence in Best Cool Group of Fun Entrepreneurs’ because we would win every year! 😉

The Fremantle Business awards is an initiative of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce. Over 400 business owners and employees are expected to be on hand at the awards gala evening on June 10. This event is not just to announce the winners, but to celebrate exceptional business achievements within Fremantle over the past year.

Check out all awesome Fremantle finalists right here: http://www.fremantlebusinessawards.com.au/finalists.html

fSpace based business ThunderClap Creatives needs a graphic designer urgently!

We are currently in need of someone who wants to totally kick ass in the design world! If you find yourself thinking about solving problems in the shower then you should A: take longer showers and B: send us your portfolio.

If you want to put some seriously epic projects in your portfolio – good!

We need someone who is going to work on brand and advertising projects for multiple brands – so it will change up pretty often.
We need someone who knows there way around all the programs, and you know how to work with your hands when the power goes out.
We need someone who wants to be a digital master, someone who likes the internet and likes making snappy websites and dabbles a little in video.

So we want a Junior/Mid Graphic/Digital Designer to work Part-time in our Fremantle workspace with our Creative Director Matty.

If you’ve read this far, here’s a bit about us. We are Thunderclap creative, HQ in London but our Creative Director the transient that he is is now living in Perth managing our Australasian clients. We are small and smart. Branding and advertising is our game. We work with clients big and small, from Apple and Coke to startups and dance troops!

Check out our website thunderclapcreative.com to see some of our work.

So if you consider yourself to be a Graphic designer with a Digital inclination send a folio through (or link to your website) and tell us why we would be idiots not to hire you (seriously).

We are bringing business to the table with our regular fSpace midweek lunch to fuel the creative energy at fSpace. It’s a great way to get connected and inspired. There are a lot of new Creative Industry Businesses at fSpace and it’s great to see so many people connecting and sharing projects.

Thanks for the delicious sliders Maree, we love the delicious energy that your business Roaming Kitchen produced.

We can’t wait for the next feed.

It’s song writing workshop season, APRA AMCOS are pleased to bring two of the presenters together for this Fremantle edition of Songwriter Speaks.This is a great opportunity to learn their key song writing tips, network with the speakers and other members as well as the opportunity to check out a great co-working space and some of the creatives who work there.

Rose Parker and David Hyamas will speak and share their wealth of experience with you.

For more information and RSVP details check the link below.

http://apraamcos.com.au/broadcast/16SongwriterSpeaks-WA.html