Work Nimbly

May 7, 2019

Meet Gretchen Bedell & Jenn Haynes, Co-Owners

How long have you owned your business?
- Since September 9, 2014
How did you get started in your business/ industry?
- We both worked from home and saw the limitations of that, and saw a need that we could fulfill for other people as well by offering a space to create community and be productive.
What is a common misconception about your business?
- Two common misconceptions are that we are only an office-share building, or that we are a business incubator/accelerator.
What makes you different from the other businesses in this area? Why should a customer pick you?
- We are Williamsburg’s creative community co-working space, which means that we provide not only a space for people to work, but also for people to come together and celebrate their passions. We believe that entrepreneurs and small businesses thrive best when they have easy access to collaboration with their peers. Work Nimbly also hosts Cobblers Collective, the free Williamsburg small business mastermind group.
What is the most rewarding thing you get out of what you do?
- That we get to be part of a community and can work on our own businesses, without being isolated from our peers.

Do you have a nickname? What Is it?
- Gnorman Rockwell
What is one food that you will not eat?
- Jell-O
What is your favorite movie?
- The Princess Bride
If someone was to give you a gift (money’s no object) what would you want?
- Unicorn parking
What is the one quality you admire most in others?
- Nimble-mindedness!
Where is the next place you want to visit?
- IX Art Park
If you had to pick one place in town to take a tourist, where would it be?
- Carter’s Grove Old Country Road
Describe your perfect day off.
- A walk to Redoubt Park, an Impossible Burger at Culture Cafe for lunch, followed by taking in one of the many cultural and community Williamsburg events, then drinks at Copper Fox Distillery, finished off by watching the fireworks over Colonial Williamsburg from the Work Nimbly back yard