remote work
Coworking Carries on in Adam’s Image
I have on occasion written about the infamous coworking startup WeWork here. And most of the time it has been with my snark antenna tuned
WeWork
WeWork Doesn’t Appear to Be Working Very Well
WeWork, the big kahuna of the co-working industry, to the degree this industry even has big kahunas, is widely reported to be seeking to renegotiate
WeWork
From Bad to Worse at WeWork
WeWork, the co-working company that once aspired to raise our collective consciousness, now just hopes to avoid bankruptcy. The company has long been beset by
real estate
What is Adam Neumann Up to in Local?
Localogy is not really focused on real estate. Yet the intersection between the office market, local and SMB is pretty clear. For example, when commercial
AI
Ep. 23 Looks at AI Search and WeWork’s Latest Play
Episode 23 of Localogy’s This Week in Local podcast digs into Google’s recently announced generative AI-related search updates, which will further the automation of Google
remote work
The Ups and (Mostly) Downs at Post-Neumann WeWork
Last week it seemed as though WeWork’s post-Adam Neumann comeback was fully unraveling. The company’s stock was tanking and its CEO resigned. And today we
Andreessen
A16Z Dumps $350M into Adam Neumann’s Mystery Proptech Startup Flow
America is the land of second chances. Nothing makes this point clearer than today’s news that A16Z (aka Andreessen Horowitz) is pouring $350 million into
WeWork
Adam Neumann Returns with Plans to Shake Up Rental Market
As I was scrolling across the universe (or at least the Internet) for stories to riff on, I came across news on one of the
remote work
Refreshed and ‘Adam’-less WeWork Poised to Seize Post-Covid Opportunity
In another example of how the pandemic has changed everything, WeWork’s most scathing critic, NYU Prof. Scott Galloway has now declared himself if not quite
remote work
Is Co-working Looking at a Brighter 2021?
There has been a lot of discussion of how the pandemic is shifting work permanently from a central gathering point (The Office) to a distributed
2020 Predictions
Four More 2020 Local Media & Commerce Predictions
Each member of the LSA/Localogy analyst team has their own backgrounds, areas of interest, and expertise. So we’ve each independently developed our own set of
WeWork
The Future of Co-working? It’s Gyms, Hotels & Apartment Buildings
We’ve written a bit about WeWork on this blog recently. Most of it has been critical, echoing the widely held view that the business is
Softbank
Softbank Owns “Mistake,” Unicorns Falter in WeWork Debacle’s Wake
The fallout from WeWork’s spectacular fall keeps coming. The failure of WeWork’s IPO seems to have triggered a selloff of so-called unicorn stocks. We wrote about
New Podcast: “Share of Ear, Unicorns, and More” with the LSA Analyst Team (Video)
Our latest Above the Cloud podcast features an LSA analyst team “around the horn” session touching on a range of topics in the news and
DoorDash
Have the Unicorns Jumped the Shark? (Video)
Investor trends are as fickle as fads. But with much bigger consequences. There seems to be a growing backlash against companies, many of them solidly
ICYMI SaaS
ICYMI: What’s New in SMB SaaS
“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB SaaS” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on