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Disrupting the World's Largest Asset Class with Adam Neumann

After a16z announced our investment into Adam Neumann’s new company, Flow, it felt like almost everyone – whether it was other VCs, founders, or journalists – had something to say. But the one person that you didn’t hear from was Adam himself. In this never-before shared footage from a16z’s American Dynamism Summit in Washington DC, Adam Neumann sits down with Marc Andreessen and David Ulevitch, to discuss the opportunities that have emerged from post-pandemic shifts in both work and home, and what Flow is doing to address that. Find the full library of American Dynamism Summit recordings at a16z.com/ad-summit. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:14 - Getting back in the arena 08:45 - The opportunity in housing 17:16 - Lessons from WeWork 20:34 - Work & home post-pandemic 29:54 - Moving to the cloud 37:44 - Office serendipity 41:18 - Building Flow 47:33 - Cities as startups Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.

Adam NeumannguestDavid Ulevitchhost

Feb 6, 202353mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released: February 6, 2023
Duration: 53m
Channel: a16z
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

After a16z announced our investment into Adam Neumann’s new company, Flow, it felt like almost everyone – whether it was other VCs, founders, or journalists – had something to say. But the one person that you didn’t hear from was Adam himself. In this never-before shared footage from a16z’s American Dynamism Summit in Washington DC, Adam Neumann sits down with Marc Andreessen and David Ulevitch, to discuss the opportunities that have emerged from post-pandemic shifts in both work and home, and what Flow is doing to address that. Find the full library of American Dynamism Summit recordings at a16z.com/ad-summit. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:14 - Getting back in the arena 08:45 - The opportunity in housing 17:16 - Lessons from WeWork 20:34 - Work & home post-pandemic 29:54 - Moving to the cloud 37:44 - Office serendipity 41:18 - Building Flow 47:33 - Cities as startups Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.

SPEAKERS

Adam Neumann
guest
Founder of WeWork and CEO/founder of Flow, a residential real-estate company.
David Ulevitch
host
a16z general partner and founder of OpenDNS.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of a16z, featuring Adam Neumann and David Ulevitch, Disrupting the World's Largest Asset Class with Adam Neumann explores adam Neumann Explains Why He Is Rebuilding Housing With Flow Neumann describes stepping down from WeWork, building a family office, buying about 4,000 apartments in 2020, and deciding to build Flow with a16z after an encouraging call from Marc Andreessen.

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