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WeWork

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WeWork is an office co-working real estate company

Key Facts About WeWork
  • Specializes in co-working spaces that are modern, trendy, creative and fun
  • Focuses on creating a community for co-working tenants
  • Rapidly growing startup
  • Tenants are typically small companies and/or startups



WeWork Investing Criticisms
  • Created and uses the controversial term "Community Adjusted EBITDA" as an accounting metric
  • They have not really created anything new - at the end of the day they are still just renting out office space (something countless other companies do)
  • Wework is on the hook for long-term real estate leases, but its tenants typically sign up for flexible short-term leases
    • If many of these tenants shut down or move during a recession, WeWork is still liable for the long-term leases
    • If many of these tenants move to other co-working spaces, WeWork is still liable for the long-term leases