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Proptech Bubble or just a WeWork Bubble?
September 18th, 2019‘We’ Don’t Sell Flexible Office Space, ‘We’ Sell Modern Urban Lifestyles
June 10th, 2019
WeWork Sells Office Space, We Company Sells an Entrepreneurial Culture
WeWork sits on the ledge between being an overvalued real estate player, and being one of the key driving forces for an innovation-focused movement that is redefining the way companies and workers operate. However, recent deals may mark a turning point, allowing the firm to develop resilience while also supporting its primary vision. Critics say […]
Your Window to Wellness – Softbank Invests $1.1 Billion in Dynamic Window Firm View
Traditionally, windows allow people to see out of buildings and allow light to come into buildings, both very important features and also very simple. Modern theories, however, have elevated the significance that views and natural light can have on building occupants, while modern technology has developed what a window is capable of doing. The result […]
Will WeWork Out in the End? Riding the StartUp Wave on a Surfboard of Debt!
“What happens when startups disappear and WeWork gets stuck with a lot of expensive space?” – that is the question posed by Andy Kessler in his recent article for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) titled “The Company Implosion Pageant”. Kessler, writes a regular column for WSJ on technology and markets and where they intersect with […]
WeWork, WeLive, WeGrow but Will We Succeed in the Long Term?
What could possibly go wrong for a start-up after raising $6.9 billion in their first eight years? Quite a lot apparently, according to a growing number of experts commenting on entrepreneur focused office-space-rental company WeWork, the seventh most valuable private-market start-up in the world. The level of investment itself is, of course, proof that others […]
The Smart Building… As-A-Service
According to the latest report from Memoori – Occupancy Analytics & In-Building Location Based Services 2017 to 2022, “value-added services such as space utilization, indoor positioning, connected lighting and asset tracking are helping to drive the adoption of as-a-Service business models.” “As-a-Service” is when the customer purchases a service or subscription from a third-party service […]
$4.4 Bn Softbank Investment Will Change The Way WeWork
Modern office concept WeWork announced a $4.4 billion investment last week to expand their innovative co-working and co-living business to the Asia-Pacific and across the world. The $4.4 billion investment from the SoftBank Group and the SoftBank Vision Fund will not only bring about more WeWork co-working spaces in new markets, it is also the […]