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WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

When you call yourselvesa technology company, and when you actually builda social network...

When you call yourselves
a technology company, and when you actually build
a social network to help
further paint that picture, if no one uses it, then you're
not a technology company

Full Transcript

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When you call yourselves a technology company,
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and when you actually build a social network to help further paint that picture,
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if no one uses it, then you're not a technology company.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:43
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Campfire Studios,Olive Hill Media,Forbes Entertainment

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Movie Summary

An account of the six-week death spiral that brought down the company's IPO, a behind-the-scenes look at WeWork's frat-boy culture.
[keying on keyboard] - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
[keying on keyboard]
Then, about three hours later, WeWork sent us an email - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:10
Then, about three hours later, WeWork sent us an email
And then the community manager stopped by to our office. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
And then the community manager stopped by to our office.
And she says, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:18
And she says,
SCOTT:I first read about WeWork when they raised money on SoftBank, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
SCOTT:I first read about WeWork when they raised money on So...
And at that point they had about 200 locations. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:04
And at that point they had about 200 locations.
I went through and looked at the buildings - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:06
I went through and looked at the buildings
And I determined at that valuation - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
And I determined at that valuation
And I said that WeWork was the most overvalued private company in the world. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
And I said that WeWork was the most overvalued private compa...
ALEX:Adam Neumann told us repeatedly that WeWork was profitable. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
ALEX:Adam Neumann told us repeatedly that WeWork was profita...
We've since found out - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:10
We've since found out
Because when you have a 40% business, when you have a margin, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
Because when you have a 40% business, when you have a margin...
- We like to hover around an EBITDA, a break even, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
- We like to hover around an EBITDA, a break even,
Right now we're in a very high-growth stage of our business, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:08
Right now we're in a very high-growth stage of our busi...
- So EBITDA-- - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:09
- So EBITDA--
But WeWork started inventing their own financial metrics - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:24
But WeWork started inventing their own financial metrics
So suddenly they went from a loss-making company - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
So suddenly they went from a loss-making company
Every year WeWork would project profits, - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:11
Every year WeWork would project profits,
Yet investors in the private markets kept on bidding up the price of WeWork. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:07
Yet investors in the private markets kept on bidding up the ...
And I mean that more than anything else speaks to the gifts of Adam Neumann. - WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn 00:05
And I mean that more than anything else speaks to the gifts ...