Miguel McKelvey

If you can figure out a way for people at all different stages of life to believe that they're all meaningful to each other, then yes, WeLive can work anywhere.

We're not really in the real-estate space so much as we are the community-building space.

What draws us to a city like San Francisco is the same thing that draws entrepreneurs, startups, and freelancers to WeWork: it's the creative atmosphere, the technical sophistication, and the strong sense of community.

Religion is no longer a connection point for most people. Our communities were built on coming together in physical locations once a week or twice a week. These institutions have dissipated.

If I had to name my superpower, it's probably empathy.

We're really focused on being 'of no time.' We studied the idea of timelessness, looking at what designs in history have become timeless.

When you're in the moments of greatest stress, those are the most memorable.

Many of the things we looked to solve initially were services like Internet and desk space. Then we got into the game of connecting people.

For many of us, we imagine that separation is crucial, the time for your mind to switch from one thing to another is important. And there are other people who are much more comfortable with that barrier being on a spectrum, always working or always semi-working.

There's a trend for people wanting more meaning in their work and pursuing something in the day-to-day that is valuable rather than working as a means to the end.

You should be happy to spend ten to twelve hours a day wherever you work.

We're very specific when we're drawing work plans. We think about the chances of when a person gets off the elevator where they will go. We think about how people get to a coffee machine, when they go and get their lunch, when they go to the bathroom.