Back

After spending just 12 minutes in their office... SoftBank's CEO wrote them a $4.4B check. Less than 30 minutes later, he invested another $2B. Here's the sales pitch WeWork's founder used to convince the world's smartest investors to ignore basic

See More
Anonymous

Anonymous 1

Hey I am on Medialย โ€ขย 3m

Calling WeWork a tech company was genius marketing. Investors were so obsessed with โ€˜disruptionโ€™ that they ignored the fact it was just glorified subletting

0 replies

More like this

Recommendations from Medial

Image Description
Image Description

Vishu Bheda

ย โ€ขย 

Medialย โ€ขย 3m

After spending just 12 minutes in their office... SoftBank's CEO wrote them a $4.4B check. Less than 30 minutes later, he invested another $2B. Here's the sales pitch WeWork's founder used to convince the world's smartest investors to ignore basic

See More
10 replies22 likes
6
Image Description
Image Description

Yash

Trying to make thing...ย โ€ขย 9m

Life can be much more Broader once you Discover One Simple Fact and that is Everything around you that you call LIFE Was made up by People that were not Smarter than You.

7 replies5 likes
2
Image Description
Image Description

Havish Gupta

Figuring Outย โ€ขย 1m

In 2018, WeWork tried to raise $20 billion from SoftBank's Vision Fund. The deal was almost finalized, but major investors in the fund, including Saudi Arabia opposed it, causing the deal to collapse. Now, in 2025, OpenAI has raised a $40 billion rou

See More
5 replies18 likes
Image Description
Image Description

Nawal

Entrepreneur | Build...ย โ€ขย 3m

The fact that this company is in Sensex and Nifty next is unbelievable and previously their growth was coming from 400 crore of "other" income. Market fell and so did their profits. They were not profitable in main business even in past quarter.

5 replies16 likes
1
Image Description
Image Description

Vishu Bheda

ย โ€ขย 

Medialย โ€ขย 6m

Everyone thought Steve Jobs was insane in 2001... When he opened brick-and-mortar stores. Other tech companies had JUST closed 100s of branches. Dell was making BILLIONS selling PCs online. But Jobs saw something no one else did... The story behi

See More
12 replies19 likes
8
Image Description

Ashish Singh

Finding my self ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๏ฟฝ...ย โ€ขย 1m

๐Ÿ“ˆShort story of wework WeWork started in 2010 when Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey saw a chance to rethink office space. After the 2008 recession, empty buildings were plentiful, and freelancers needed affordable places to work. They leased floors

See More
2 replies17 likes
5

Adnan Sheikh

Founder, Designer & ...ย โ€ขย 10m

Startup Fact: Did you know that the term 'unicorn' in the startup world was coined just a decade ago? Aileen Lee first used it in 2013 to describe private companies valued at over $1 billion. In 2013, there were only 39 unicorns. Today, there are ove

See More
0 replies6 likes

VCGuy

Believe me, itโ€™s not...ย โ€ขย 10m

Ixigo IPO will see VCs reaping bumper returns๐Ÿ“ˆ Key investors includeโคต๏ธ - Elevation Capital (Previously SAIF) - โ‚น63 crore invested, ROIC โฉ ~13X - Peak XV - โ‚น67 crore invested, ROIC โฉ ~8X Fun Fact: MakeMyTrip, Ixigo's biggest competitor, was also a

See More
0 replies5 likes
Image Description
Image Description

Nawal

Entrepreneur | Build...ย โ€ขย 1m

Fun fact back in 2019- Even I applied for startinup 10lacs grant Via NIET As incubation - guess what ? We were selected - but in 2025 , when the team got separated , idea shelfed and our startup died . That's how govt is working towards startup

See More
23 replies64 likes
31
Image Description
Image Description

LIKHITH

ON NE SAIT JAMAISย โ€ขย 11m

Welcome to OUT OF THE BOX MARKETING ! EP= 13 (Mcdonalds India) Imagine ordering a BigMac but receiving a McFlurry instead. Read it out. The Lok Sabha elections (April 2019) were held in India, and McDonald's came up with a marketing strategy. It

See More
12 replies19 likes
1

Download the medial app to read full posts, comements and news.