WeWork has Q1 loss and says investors should see losses as investments [www.cnbc.com]
Are you a robot? [www.bloomberg.com]
WeWork Continues to Lose Money Ahead of Potential I.P.O. [www.nytimes.com]
WeWork sets up ARK fund to buy commerical properties [www.businessinsider.com]
WeWork urges Softbank to view its $10 billion investment as "a teachable moment."https://t.co/Q3bg54hZNr
— Rudy Havenstein, Bobbing and Weaving (@RudyHavenstein) May 16, 2019
For every $2.75 in revenue WeWork lost $1.00. It seems like WeWork doesn't! https://t.co/Hj5lGi8V8S
— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 16, 2019
The narrative keeps getting more interesting for new age tech companies.
— Abhishek Murarka ?? (@abhymurarka) May 16, 2019
PS: Softbank funded company :)https://t.co/WaNhiokyIg pic.twitter.com/YTAp6zMASr
WeWork urges investors to see losses as 'investments' as it reports first-quarter loss of $264 million https://t.co/VjiUA2a08x
— Deirdre Bosa (@dee_bosa) May 15, 2019
Uber: We're exactly like Amazon
— Ari Levy (@levynews) May 15, 2019
WeWork: We're exactly not like Uber
https://t.co/IAaK35RP8e
WOW!
— Investor Gator ? (@GatorInvestor) May 15, 2019
“We really want to emphasize the difference between losing money and investing money,” [CFO] said on Wednesday. “You can lose money or you can invest money. At the end of this quarter, we have these cash flow-generating assets.” https://t.co/hI7aQy9y6T
WeWork CFO says they're not losses. They're "investments."https://t.co/bHnsLbCbxS
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) May 15, 2019
Some We-adjustments:
— Eliot Brown (@eliotwb) May 15, 2019
WeWork changed its definition of 'enterprise' customers, who now are 40% of sales under the new definition https://t.co/Ac7We4N2M5
And it stopped reporting occupancy, which was down to 80% as of the 4th quarter https://t.co/3009xTjfxY
in its Q1 quasi-earnings report, WeWork quietly changed the definition of "enterprise" members to mean from companies with >500 employees instead of >1000
— Ellen Huet (@ellenhuet) May 15, 2019
surprise: its % of enterprise members in 2018 is now 37% instead of 32%, and now it's 40% for Q1 https://t.co/ukgD4UcBXF