Quotes from Adam Neumann

Before I started WeWork, I owned a baby clothing company based in Dumbo, Brooklyn.

A capitalistic kibbutz is not a bad idea. You need both.

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.

Huge success is very hard to come by.

I do believe that mentorship is something I did not get in school, and I don't think it exists in school in a sufficient way.

If you really want to change the world, change kids when they're two.

If more people follow their superpowers - and everyone has one - then we're going to be better as a society.

When I started at Baruch in January 2002, I was almost 23 years old. I'd previously spent five years as an officer the Israeli Navy. I did what I thought you were supposed to do at that age - a little studying and a lot of trying to have fun.

As a child who lived in a lot of places, one of the hardest things for me was to join a new community. It was hardest at the kibbutz, but that was also one of the most impressive communities.

WeWork is a platform that is powered by technology. Our members are running their entire experience with WeWork through the app.

Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it in a much fuller way.

If you're going to build a business that's based on community, your business has to have community in it.

It takes courage to be an entrepreneur.

During Shabbat, I am completely cut off, there is no one to talk to, and I do not compromise about it.

Life is about being present. Sometimes your home will demand more attention, and you should be there. Sometimes your work is more demanding. But the beautiful thing when you create your life's work is that it always feels like you're on a mission.

I believe that when you do what you love, you find higher levels of satisfaction that can compensate for lower income.

WeWork has always believed that we are better together, and a large part of that is learning from others through meaningful connections and experiences.

My wife is absolutely one of my key advisors. She comes from a background that's very different than mine.

The '90s and early 2000s were the 'I' decade. iPhone, the iPod - everything was about me. Look where that got us? In a terrible recession.

One of the difficult things in a high-growth company is that, even with the best intentions, the company moves so fast, and growth happens so regularly. When you move at that rate, you have to be willing to change, and you have to be willing to take advice.

The one thing we learned about community - you can't force community.

I met with my spiritual teacher and went to a therapist. I realized that if I came from a positive place, not only will everyone feel better and I will feel happier, but the company will work better.

Once you choose to enter a WeWork, you choose to be part of something more 'we' than 'me.' People start coming together. They'll see each other in the elevator; they talk in the stairways. There's a thousand other things they do.

There's no one person that can provide all the insights I need to run the business. There are so many aspects to WeWork: Digital, real estate, operations, space, and design. I pick and choose people who can help in each aspect.