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Last discussed Oct 22, 2026

A commercial real estate company that provides shared workspaces, office services, and flexible workspace solutions for entrepreneurs and enterprises.

What creators say

Praised: Removed the need for long leases and large credit lines vs: Traditional three-year office leases

"WeWork changed our industry massively. Before this, Sam and I used to have to put a $250,000 line of credit down to get a three-year lease on a space we didn't need."

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Angela Duckworth
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Used for: Creating physical separation between home and work environment for remote workers vs: Offered alongside coffee shops as alternatives to working from a home bedroom

"That could mean working in a coffee shop with good Wi-Fi for much of your day, or going to a WeWork-type place. A physical separation, where you put on different clothing."

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Alice Han
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vs: Compared to Chinese pretend-to-work offices as similar co-working concept

"When I was looking at some of the videos of these pretend to work offices, my first reaction is it's kind of like WeWork back in the day, people would just come into these co-working spaces"

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My First Million
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"I remember talking to like one of the founders of WeWork, not Adam, but the other guy, Miguel."

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"He sells Meetup.com to WeWork. The price was rumored to be 200 million."

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Scott Galloway
critical

"I predicted WeWork would not go public, that after reading the S-1, investors would gag on this ridiculous ayahuasca trip of a prospectus."

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Miles Clemens
critical

"We were not a part of WeWork, but had I been a shareholder in that company when it was worth like $50 billion, I don't know a whole lot about the commercial real estate market... but I probably would have been seeking liquidity."

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Ali Abdaal uses sponsored

"Me and my team have been paying customers of WeWork since like 2020. Back then, it was just me and our general manager, Angus, working out of the WeWork in Cambridge. These days, everyone on the team has a WeWork all-access membership. So wherever..."

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