24. WeWork: Subida y caída del unicornio más grande de la historia

We explore the crazy story of WeWork and Adam Neumann, the man who managed to convince the world that his short-term office rental company was a tech unicorn. In just nine years, WeWork went from an idea and a single office to encompassing over 4 million square meters of real estate, with approximately 527,000 "members" in more than 110 cities. It reached a valuation of $47 billion with $2 billion in sales—almost 24x growth!—and became the largest occupant of office space in London, New York, and Washington. We discuss how SoftBank, the major investor behind WeWork, bet big and lost big. And of course, we talk about his wife, Rebekah Neumann, who also played a key role in the WeWork drama and now remains in the public eye with new projects. Now, Adam has returned to the world with a new company, using virtually the same pitch, and has managed to raise $350 million from one of the world's largest funds. Here's all the juicy gossip! Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Start 02:25 Introduction 06:25 Origin Story: Adam Neumann 13:45 Miguel McKelvey 15:05 Founding WeWork 25:20 WeWork Had a Unique Culture 32:03 The Era of Excessive Growth 37:40 Preparing for the IPO 45:20 The Failed IPO 53:50 Black September 1:02:07 WeWork 2.0 1:06:20 BowX Acquisition Corp SPAC 1:10:30 Flow 1:15:25 Conclusions 1:18:30 Closing 1:19:00 Bloopers References https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...    • Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann on his new ...   https://fortune.com/2023/07/11/adam-n... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/07/re... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/bu... yee-letter.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/bu... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/bo... https://www.bbc.com/news/business-673... https://businessinsider.mx/weworks-ni...