Betacowork
Betacowork was co-founded by Jean Derely and Ramon Suarez on November 19, 2010, during the first Coworking Europe Conference. The space is located in Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital, at Rue des Peres Blancs 4. Ramon Suarez managed and grew the space after Jean Derely shifted focus to other ventures.
The coworking space emerged directly from the BetaGroup community network that Jean Derely had built from 2008, giving it an early membership base drawn from the Brussels internet and startup scene. Betacowork became one of the primary hubs for early-stage founders, freelancers, and digital professionals in Brussels before the wave of larger campuses and corporate coworking spaces that followed.
Ramon Suarez went on to write The Coworking Handbook, drawing on the Betacowork experience, and served as a board member of BetaGroup and Startups.be. Nicolas Frenay, founder of BeTech, identified Betacowork as the physical home of his 7,300-member Belgian entrepreneurs community.Key People
Jean Derely - Co-founder
Ramon Suarez - Co-founder and managing partner
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