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 Go15:40 - What Does Changing The World Actually Mean?22:03 - Business And Community Tensions27:36 - What Does Community Actually Mean?32:21 - Community Ideologies vs Geographies38:20 - Wisdom & Naval Ravikant44:38 - 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 startup01:11:21- Leaning Into Conflict01:13:07 - Team Adam vs Team Miguel01:21:24 - Power Tensions01:26:27 - Rebekah Neumann's Role in WeWork01:32:23 - S-1 IPO Filing01:37:34 - The Public's Reaction To Adam01:47:19 - Miguel's Awareness Of WeWork's Finances01:54:02 - How Much To Trust Others In The Leadership Team?01:57:18 - Noticing Scrappy Scaling02:00:31 - Why It Made Sense For WeWork To Buy An Artificial Wave Startup02:02:41 - Adam & Miguel's Reality Distortion02:10:45 - What Really Destroyed WeWork02:12:40 - How To Step Outside Of Ourselves & Reflect02:18:08 - Miguel's Advice For Entrepreneurs02:27:40 - What Can We Support Miguel With🍿 WATCH NEXTIf you liked this conversation, you'll love this one tooPret & Itsu Founder: The One Skill To Build £Billion Brands | Julian Metcalfe (interview)👉 Subscribe for weekly interviews and deeply practical videos on how to scale with soul📧 Get exclusive insights, timeless frameworks & founder tools in my newsletter

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