Quotes from Miguel McKelvey

One thing that people in Miami seem to be good at is partying.

When you have no idea what to do or how to do it, you just need to see and absorb as much as you possibly can and just fill your vocabulary and your brain with as much as humanly possible.

When we first started we felt something changing in terms of work, and we felt it was a global shift. People were taking control of their future, not just in terms of making money. They wanted to control their own destiny.

In the big picture, we see WeLive as a huge opportunity, as big as WeWork, for sure.

Commerce is a core component of pretty much any successful society.

If I had to name my superpower, it's probably empathy.

Our mission is to support people in their life's path or career path, as they define it, and really, to help people succeed in whatever way they choose to. That's what we started from.

People need a space that they can go to make a conference or Skype call. It's important to create those spaces and create a company culture that supports those spaces.

We had a bunch of 'we's - a fitness concept, a restaurant concept. The first business plan we had included all of them.

We're very specific when we're drawing work plans. We think about the chances of when a person gets off the elevator where they will go. We think about how people get to a coffee machine, when they go and get their lunch, when they go to the bathroom.

We know the number of conference rooms and phone booths that make a building successful.

To me, just to be surrounded by others, even without a common purpose, is great fulfillment.

For many of us, we imagine that separation is crucial, the time for your mind to switch from one thing to another is important. And there are other people who are much more comfortable with that barrier being on a spectrum, always working or always semi-working.

There is always someone who is going to look for the cracks.

When you go to a normal architecture firm they aren't going to be innovative in terms of their systems. They're not going to be thinking of the whole lifespan of this project, or how do we document every single light bulb, or every product, so that when a chair breaks in a conference room, we can replace it right away.

I don't think we are trying too hard. WE is inclusive from the beginning. That's the whole point. We've always been, 'everyone is welcome.' There is no velvet rope, no barrier to entry.

When the idea of 'We' came in, it started as a 'WeBlank: WeWork, WeLive, WeSleep, WeEat.' That was the premise at the very start.

More and more people are getting turned out of their corporations and laid off. As more people leave that behind, they're tapping into their own skill sets and talents and doing something for themselves.

It's certainly important for people to have a sense of privacy.

Happiness, the feeling of positivity, really is the foundation of productivity.

People really want different things depending on who they are.

When you have your own business, you don't mind failing if it makes you better in the long run.

What draws us to a city like San Francisco is the same thing that draws entrepreneurs, startups, and freelancers to WeWork: it's the creative atmosphere, the technical sophistication, and the strong sense of community.

Empowering people to pursue their journeys. That's our first mission. Put people into an environment where they can do that, and that creates the energy.