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MMeember Spottlilgihgtht Tommie Copper
Turning Adversity Into Innovation
There’s an old business adage about growth: When you move too fast, you can’t see the icebergs ahead. For Tommie Copper founder, Tom Kallish, the metaphorical iceberg didn’t derail his business; it got it started.
Kallish was training hard in 2009, preparing 􏰀or t􏰂􏰃 fi􏰄a􏰅s o􏰀 a 􏰆at􏰃r s􏰇ii􏰄g comp􏰃titio􏰄. During a routine training run, he hit a partia􏰅􏰅y su􏰈m􏰃rg􏰃d tr􏰃􏰃 tru􏰄􏰇 at
Serendipity Labs
Growing its Portfolio of High
Offiffice spaces at Serendipity Labs feature a “huddle” area for meetings.
a speed of 70 mph and sustained
Westchester since 2007, Kallish says, “The
Arenas said that the Rye location,
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offffers members and guests
private enclave spaces, shared workspaces, meeting rooms, collaboration studios, and workbars. A Lab-café and a lounge area are also part of the new facility.
Arenas, who serves as the company’s CEO, has plans to open Serendipity Labs facilities in major markets across the country. In fact, the company
will be opening a Serendipity Labs location in midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Station soon. The company has stated that it iscurrentlyindiscussionswith franchise candidates in seven states, including potential locations in Boston and Washington.
Arenas said that the company is looking to open 20 franchise
opening drew more than 150 attendees.
In addition, in collaboration with partner Steelcase Inc., the company has opened the WorkSpring Meeting and Collaboration Center in Chicago, with a second location in the Windy City to begin operations in early 2013.
Prior to founding Serendipity Labs last year, Arenas spent 20 years in
the offiffice suites industry working for such fifirms as Stratis Business Centers, Regus, and Worktopia Inc..
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are geared to fulfifilling the needs of
today’s workforce. He noted that
many corporations offffer workers
flflexible schedules and the ability to
work wherever they choose. Arenas
The Rye
With an expansion into everyday apparel,
Council has been an invaluable resource.
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Performance Workspaces
became powerful Tommie Copper Cares, a foundation dedicated to helping
evangelists. “There’s no better branding those with physical and developmental
than somebody telling you that a product sp􏰃cia􏰅 changed their life,” says Kallish.
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Tommie Copper is creating a new
into a 7,000-square-foot premium
category of active apparel called
members-only offiffice workplace
“wellness wear.” This innovative,
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that are geared to signing leases
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with tenants, Serendipity Labs is a
weave.
members-only facility. “Memberships vary based on the intensity of use.
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affordable and comfortable solution,”
these workers “a high performance premium club that allows them to
membership that provides you
region in the next fifive years. “We have some franchise candidates for
says Kallish. “Chronic pain affects
with fifive days a month access or a
July in Mount Kisco; Kallish forecasts sales
your spirit. The more mobile you can be, business to the next level.” Westchester
have a great and inspirational place
(resident) membership at the other some of those locations already. We
of over $100 million by 2014. Moving
the better you’re going to feel, physically also offered Kallish an “incredible talent
to work away from home, that avoids
extreme that provides you with will be opening fairly regularly in
slow but steady, there’s big growth ahead
and mentally.” pool” to build his team, and an enviable 24-hour access with a dedicated Wecsotcmhmeuste.r County over the next 18
a commute and working out of hotel
Launched in 2010, Tommie Copper rose to
for this brand. And, if an iceberg should lobsubdiedsenalny dgectoiffffneteheshwoapy,st.”here’s no doubt t􏰂at 􏰏a􏰅􏰅is􏰂 􏰂as t􏰂􏰃 􏰆i􏰅􏰅 a􏰄d s􏰇i􏰅􏰅 to tur􏰄 it
workspace or offiffice that is only used months,” he said.
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by you,” Arenas explained.
into an opportunity.
attributes his early success to invaluable 􏰆ord o􏰀 mout􏰂. 􏰐p􏰃cifica􏰅􏰅y􏰊 􏰈􏰅ogg􏰃rs
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