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For a pre-revenue or just recent revenue product, that’s exactly what valuation is based on. In a word: team.


Meh, sure, for a smaller team, but I have a hard time agreeing with this explanation when a company has a $20 billion valuation.


How the hell is WeWork “pre-revenue” or even “recent revenue” — they have been around since 2010.

Yet the CEO is admitting that the valuation is pretty much bullshit; how can “spiritually” make a single note but of difference for how much a company is worth? Imagine if a company said they were highly valued because they were committed to prayer and going to church every Sunday.


You've got to hand it to this CEO of WeWork. He's a better businessperson than the investors...


Oh wow, I thought that was a quote from the Hater CEO not the WeWork CEO. Yikes!


> For a pre-revenue or just recent revenue product

WeWork started in 2010. If they aren't making money after 8 years, then they aren't pre-revenue at a $20,000,000,000 valuation but scammers. Every other lease company says these types of rentals are lucrative, so why aren't they for WeWork?


A $20,000,000,000 valuation?





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