Move over millennials: Here comes the older coworking class

When Peter Mayne’s coworking space decided to trial ‘treadmill’ desks, the 70 year old serial entrepreneur was one of the first up and running.

The founder of business advisory Mayne Capital has spent years of his career in traditional office spaces, but he's now entered a career chapter that sees him sharing space and ideas with a whole range of startup companies.

Now he’s running his $1.5 million business from a shared space and taking the lead on group activities and presentations.

“I just like the whole ambience of this establishment. You can basically walk in the door, open your briefcase and start straight away,” he says.

Plus, none of the other 25 or 30 companies in his base at the Sydney WeWork outfit pinch his stuff. “I can leave my keys, my laptop on the desk - I come back and they’re still there,” Mayne says.

Mayne is one of a growing cohort of older workers joining the ranks of stereotypically youth-focused coworking spaces in order to grow his business.

He's previously set up and managed offices across the world and says his younger co-tenants don't understand how expensive it used to be to start up. Read more

Emma Koehn - Brisbane Times - 13 November 2018