FLOWN in the press
There's a buzz around deep work and FLOWN is right in the middle of it.
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Refinery29
Read how one journalist discovered the effectiveness of body doubling – the act of working alongside other people to stay accountable and maintain motivation –through FLOWN. A great piece by Refinery29.
Fortune
With body doubling taking over TikTok Live and Zoom, Fortune explores how the practice is catching on. Amid a rise in ADHD diagnoses and a loneliness epidemic brought on by remote working, companies like FLOWN provide an important function for many people.
CNN
FLOWN features in this report by CNN, which offers expert views on the benefits of body doubling. FLOWN is namechecked as one of the apps helping people who struggle to complete tasks.
Popsugar
FLOWN gets a mention as this Popsugar writer talks about their own experience of body doubling and explores the craze with a number of psychologists, too.
The New Yorker
The godfather of deep work (and The New Yorker columnist) Cal Newport writes about FLOWN and what a productive working space means for knowledge workers.
The Hustle
FLOWN is highlighted by The Hustle newsletter as a leading tool for body doubling coworking sessions, helping remote workers feel less lonely and more productive.
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More coverage and mentions
Digiday
Digiday Media's Worklife talks to FLOWN superfan Dan Murray-Serter and our founder and CEO Alicia Navarro about digital co-working and the accountability power of FLOWN's Flocks.
Cosmopolitan
WTF is deep work? A beginner's guide. The deep work movement is gaining momentum – Alicia Navarro has been telling Cosmopolitan what it's all about.
Metro
Tax return deadline approaching, sense of dread creeping. You can relate, right? Well, Metro talked to Alicia about FLOWN's Flocks, and how they're ideal for breaking the back of those daunting tasks you just keep putting off…
Stylist
Holidays are supposed to be relaxing and work-free. Alicia shares her tips and tricks for how to get your last minute tasks and admin taken care off before you leave to help you truly disconnect.
Freedom Matters podcast
The world's biggest productivity app interviewed Alicia Navarro about the conditions that enable deep work and what it means to give your brain inspiring rest.
Influence & Impact for Female Leaders
Carla Miller talks to Alicia about nurturing feminine energy in a predominantly masculine world of work and how FLOWN is reimagining how we focus our minds.
TechCrunch
The tech industry giant explores how FLOWN is tapping into digital nomad and remote work trends and our pre-seed fundraise.
Business Leader
Business Leader talks to Alicia about our pre-seed fundraise, the inspiration behind the company and where we're headed.
The Office Group
Read about the vision behind FLOWN, and why deep work is the mindfulness of the next decade.
Startups Magazine
It's very easy to get distracted when based in your living room. Learn how to build a work-from-home culture that actually works.
HR News
Remote working is here to stay, and remote coworking is here to bring the benefits of working in the office to your home. Here's how...
The Freelance Informer
Monotasking and deep work can help you get more done in less time. It can also help you tackle tasks you're avoiding, like your taxes.
Men's Health
Leave 10-hour days and always running behind in the past. Short 45-50 min deep work sprints can help boost your productivity and give you some your time back.
CEO Today
Alicia talks about what companies can do to implement 'deep work' into their culture and ways of working.
Real Business
What are the perks that actually improve people's work experience? More important than a free gym membership is a good working environment, flexibility, upskilling, and a good salary.
Press and mentions archive
Work smarter not harder with this “deep work” online community | Hyer, 15 April 2024
A beginner's guide to deep work | Yahoo!Life, 15 April 2024
WTF is deep work? A beginner's guide | Cosmopolitan, 14 April 2024
Pi Labs backs ‘deep work-as-a-service’ pioneer FLOWN | BusinessCloud, 14 April 2024
Why ‘body doubling’ could help you accomplish more | NBC, 13 April 2024
Body Doubling: The Secret Weapon for Thriving with ADHD | Neurodiversity Matters, 6 April 2024
Body-Doubling FOR WHEN YOU’RE STRUGGLING TO FOCUS OR GET STARTED ON TASKS | JAYNE HARDY, 26 March 2024
The Perks of Virtual Coworking With Strangers | Old School News, 15 March 2024
The Remote Work Platform, FLOWN, Feels like Going Back to the Office...Without Actually Going Back to the Office | Hosting Advice, 5 March 224
A deep dive into the focus-building practice of body doubling | Rebooting, 25 January 2024
Improving your productivity in 2024 – The benefits of body-doubling | Creased Puddle, 25 January 2024
8+ Accountability Partner Apps To Put Your Excuses To Bed | Juliety, 9 January 2024
7 Helpful Body Doubling Apps And Websites In 2024 | Juliety, 9 January 2024
How To Get Into A Productive Mood Right Now: 13 Quirky Ideas | Juliety, 9 January 2024
How 'Virtual Co-working' Helped Our Distracted Writer to Regain His Focus | Men's Health, 17 August 2023
No More Excuses: 5+ Most Effective Accountability Apps In 2024 | Faith, 15 August 2023
Virtual Coworking: The Best Spaces To Try (2023) | Build Remote, 1 August 2023
SoulCycle and FLOWN Join Forces to Boost Focus and Productivity for the Future of Work | BusinessWire, 22 July 2023
Virtual Coworking: The Revolutionary Approach to Deep Work and Focus | Freedom, 21 July 2023
Productivity-Enhancing Focus Sessions | TrendHunter, 21 July 2023
5 Online Work Gyms to Boost Your Productivity | MUO, 20 July 2023
Remote Wellness: SoulCycle Partners With Virtual Coworking Platform Flown | Athletech, 26 June 2023
Virtual body doubling may help your productivity | Health Journalisim, 23 June 2023
SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup |
How to Help Employees With ADHD Address the Challenges of Remote Work | MITSloan, 22 June 2023
SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup | Techplayce, 18 June 2023
The Top Virtual Coworking Space Platforms in 2023 | Litespace, 3 June 2023
The benefits of ‘body doubling’ when you have ADHD, according to experts | CNN | ReportWire, 28 May 2023
5 Best Free Body Doubling Apps and Sites to Find Online Accountability Buddies | MUO, 24 May 2023
How a ‘work buddy’ aka ‘body double’ can increase productivity | PRinHR, 22 May 2023
ADHD spotlight: Amanda Reynaert - founder of Citrine Design | Perctly Austistic, 1 May 2023
A Guide to Body Doubling | East side, 15 April 2023
The 5 Best Virtual Coworking Websites | Make Use Of, 31 March 2023
Virtual coworking platforms could help us rethink work—if we let them | LATELIER, 16 March 2023
Body doubles are getting stuff done | The Hustle, 7 March 2023
Remote workers are adopting a new practice called ‘body doubling,’ in which they watch strangers work online | Fortune, 5 March 2023
What Is Body Doubling, and Does It Really Help With Productivity? | Popsugar, 14 February 2023
Why ‘body doubling’ could help you accomplish more | Health Journalisim, 14 February 2023
The benefits of ‘body doubling’ when you have ADHD, according to experts | CNN Health, 13 February 2023
The benefits of ‘body doubling’ when you have ADHD, according to experts | News Channel 21, 13 February 2023
The 9 best virtual coworking spaces: find your focus with apps | Elizabeth Butler, 26 January 2023
Struggling With Productivity? Here Are 20+ Tools Your Hybrid Teams Need to Know About | Hubble, 26 November 2022
Accelerate Academic Writing Using The ADHD Body Doubling Method | BronEager, 26 November 2022
Productivity in the age of distraction | 2CV, 21 November 2022
I Tried A ‘Body Doubling’ App To Help With Focus – It’s Weird But It Works | Refinery29, 7 September 2022
Expert tips to tick off your to-do list and actually switch off on holiday | Metro, 2 September 2022
Exploring virtual coworking this ADHD Awareness Month | Ipse, 24 August 2022
Beating Procrastination with five easy productivity techniques | Parents, 15 August 2022
Create More Mindfulness In Your Day With These Tools | GXunited, 7 July 2022
Can deep work really make you 500% more productive? | HR Grapevine, 1 July 2022
Work Perks: Why Your Business Should Say Goodbye to the Free Gym Membership | RealBusiness. 21 June 2022
The Superpower Of Deep Work | CEO Today, 20 May 2022
FLOWN: The Startup that is Launching a ‘Deep Work’ Revolution for Remote & Hybrid Workers | Athletech, 4 May 2022
Work With Me: Overcoming Procrastination Through the Power of Community | Visualist, 18 April 2022
Balancing the Grind with Tom Allin, COO & Co-Founder at FLOWN | Balance, 17 April 2022
Productivity: how to clear your to-do list before you head off on holiday | Stylist, 15 April 2022
Can employees achieve ‘deep work’? London-based FLOWN scores £2.5 million to show how | BusinessCloud, 14 April 2022
Flown Raises £2.5M in Seed Funding | Finsmes, 13 April 2022
‘Peloton’ for virtual workspaces platform FLOWN raises £2.5m | UKTN, 13 April 2022
FLOWN Secures Further £2.5M Investment Round for Deep Work-As-A-Service Platform | TechRound, 13 April 2022
FLOWN raises £2.5M to combine Calm-meets-Peloton-meets ‘deep work’ in a B2B platform | TechCrunch, 12 April 2022
How remote coworking helps employees beat burnout and loneliness at work | HRnews, 7 April 2022
How to do ‘deep work’ and be your most productive self | Metro, 11 March 2022
Women-Led Businesses You Should Be Paying Attention To | RealBusiness, 8 March 2022
Have You Tried Deep Working Yet? | The Freelance Informer, 21 January 2022
Tax Deep Dive: Is collaboration the key to smashing your Self-Assessment tax return? | LondonLovesBusiness, 19 January 2022
What to do if you’re stressing about your freelance tax return | Metro, 11 January 2022
Interview with Alicia | Scaleup Diaries, 23 December 2021
Key takeaways from Interview with Alicia | Scaleup Diaries, 23 December 2021
Remote Career Development: Alicia Navarro Of FLOWN On How To Advance and Enhance Your Career When You Are Working Remotely | Medium, 12 December 2021
Why your office is outdated and what to do about it | EmployerNews, 10 December 2021
ALICIA NAVARRO: EMAIL APNOEA IS DESTROYING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY | HRriview, 29 November 2021
Deep work, rest and play with Alicia Navarro | Influence & Impact podcast, 6 September 2021
Ep 63 - Deep Work, Rest and Play with Alicia Navarro | Carla Miller, 6 September 2021
Travel startups look beyond tourists to coax businesses into great outdoors | Skift, 1 September 2021
AI-powered “better future of work” maker Memory raises $14 million | TechEU, 22 June 2021
Alicia Navarro: Work Means Expressing Our Talents & Exercising Our Creativity | Freedom, 3 June 2021
The Key to Productivity is sitting in silence with strangers | Medium, 22 May 2021
What if Remote Work didn't mean working from home? | New Yorker, 21 May 2021
The tech trends impacting the future of work, life, health and ageing | Notion, 29 April 2021
Alicia Navarro closes £1.2m pre-seed round for Flown | Angel News, 23 November 2020
Flown lifted by £1.2m pre-seed investment | Growth Business, 20 November 2020
Airbnb for ‘deep work’: Skimlinks founder bags £1.2M for Flown ahead of launch | UK Tech News, 19 November 2020
TECH ENTREPRENEUR ALICIA NAVARRO CLOSES £1.2M PRE-SEED ROUND FOR LATEST VENTURE – FLOWN | Business Leader, 19 November 2020
All about the company Flown | Maddyness, 19 November 2020
Tapping into digital nomadism and ‘deep work’ trends, Skimlinks founder raises $1.5M for Flown | TechCrunch, 18 November 2020
London-based Flown lands €1.3 million to launch new ‘deep work-as-a-service’ platform, led by serial tech founder Alicia Navarro | EU Startups, 18 November 2020
Serial tech entrepreneur Alicia Navarro raises £1.2m to support her latest venture Flown | Tech.co, 16 April 2020
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