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WeWork's Co-Founder Breaks His 5-Year Silence (Exclusive)
Episode 49
WeWork's Cofounder, Miguel McKelvey, shares the most vulnerable, insightful and rounded account of WeWork in his first interview since the startup's dramatic collapse 5 years ago.
📖 Chapters - In this interview we cover...
00:00 - The Guilt Of WeWork & How To Let Go
15:40 - What Does Changing The World Actually Mean?
22:03 - Business And Community Tensions
27:36 - What Does Community Actually Mean?
32:21 - Community Ideologies vs Geographies
38:20 - Wisdom & Naval Ravikant
44:38 - When Does A Startup Become A Cult? "
57:26 - "How do you scale culture? "
01:04:03 - What culture practices to invest in as a smaller startup
01:11:21- Leaning Into Conflict
01:13:07 - Team Adam vs Team Miguel
01:21:24 - Power Tensions
01:26:27 - Rebekah Neumann's Role in WeWork
01:32:23 - S-1 IPO Filing
01:37:34 - The Public's Reaction To Adam
01:47:19 - Miguel's Awareness Of WeWork's Finances
01:54:02 - How Much To Trust Others In The Leadership Team?
01:57:18 - Noticing Scrappy Scaling
02:00:31 - Why It Made Sense For WeWork To Buy An Artificial Wave Startup
02:02:41 - Adam & Miguel's Reality Distortion
02:10:45 - What Really Destroyed WeWork
02:12:40 - How To Step Outside Of Ourselves & Reflect
02:18:08 - Miguel's Advice For Entrepreneurs
02:27:40 - What Can We Support Miguel With
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