Quotes from Miguel McKelvey

We're not competing against other people who have similar ideas but we're competing against ideas of work in general. There are still traditional office spaces that are not friendly to human beings that are not designed for connection and collaboration.

What will make you energized and motivated, to be awesome today? Is it an awesome shower in the morning, is it a great breakfast, is it a beautiful view? Or is it all of those things together.

Hospitality is about trying to support multiple functions in one space.

It's so uncommon to have a place where no one can call you.

If you can figure out a way for people at all different stages of life to believe that they're all meaningful to each other, then yes, WeLive can work anywhere.

Companies have greater responsibility to their team members and to the world these days. We're the ones with the power. Large employers are the ones that can move the needle on issues.

I often spend the majority of my time thinking and writing down notes.

When we imagine a future for both WeWork and WeLive and the other things that we're doing, it really is about unlocking people.

We need to pay attention to the whole space - every room, chair and table - so it feels uplifting and inspiring.

Look, I'm 41 with a six-year-old son, and even though I live in a building with a million kids, he doesn't have one friend there because there's no context for making that happen. I think there's a huge market for a connected building where I could broadcast to other parents that I want to set up a playdate for my child.

There's a trend for people wanting more meaning in their work and pursuing something in the day-to-day that is valuable rather than working as a means to the end.

When you're in the moments of greatest stress, those are the most memorable.

Partitions and cubicles can be oppressive. They are so boring.

I don't eat meat, but I don't consider myself a vegetarian.

Many of our buildings have large format murals that are of varying subject matter, and we've found that those are the sort of things that make people stop, digest, and absorb.

You can only stay up all night so many times.

I still want an entrepreneurial culture to exist forever.