• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    6 months ago

    I had the idea for WeWork years before Adam ever bought his first office. But I don’t have the type of personality to inspire a cult, and my father-in-law didn’t gift us a million dollars when I got married.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      6 months ago

      I literally pitched this idea in an MBA course in 2009. It got shot down pretty hard. To think, with a little encouragement and seed funding, I too could have been a professional maniac.