Adam Neumann

If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.

The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community.

I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.

I remember how much fun it was to be a child in the kibbutz.

When I was a little kid, me and all my family lived in a house the size of my daughter's room.

If you really want to change the world, change kids when they're two.

I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.

It's one thing to change regulations on the city level, another on the state, and still another on the federal. The higher the levels are, the more difficult change gets.

You never know who you're talking to. Don't limit a young student's dream, because that's how we change the world.

The most precious resource we have is time.

When I started at Baruch in January 2002, I was almost 23 years old. I'd previously spent five years as an officer the Israeli Navy. I did what I thought you were supposed to do at that age - a little studying and a lot of trying to have fun.

Technology has made it possible to order food, buy clothes, get a ride - anything you can think of, really - at the touch of a button. But what about having the right people near you when you need them?