Miguel McKelvey

“I'd eat bowls of soft-serve ice cream until I felt sick.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I've seen how business can transform communities.”

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

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

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

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

“Religion is no longer a connection point for most people. Our communities were built on coming together in physical locations once a week or twice a week. These institutions have dissipated.”

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

“I want to be a person who says 'Hey, if something is going on, come and tell me about it.'”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Many of the things we looked to solve initially were services like Internet and desk space. Then we got into the game of connecting people.”

“You should be happy to spend ten to twelve hours a day wherever you work.”

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

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

“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.”