WeWork India

part of WeWork

13 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 20, 2023 by Karan Virwani · said 28 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Mar 20, 2023
Assertion Supported
Virwani: WeWork India charges between 8,000 and 40,000 rupees per desk
“We start even as low as 8000 bucks in in certain locations and we go as high as 40,000 you know for a dedicated private office in in some locations”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 34:16 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Virwani: WeWork India faced 500-crore vendor exposure with zero bank balance
“We had an exposure to the market of like nearly four or 500 draws. With no money in our bank at all. And just, you know, our word and our promise that we will make good.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 21:49 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Virwani: WeWork India was WeWork's first global franchise model
“So because of that, we had to finally come to what ended up becoming the first ever franchise model for WeWork, where we said that we will Take the plunge. We will, you know, the money, we will grow the business under the WeWork brand name. And, you know, you …”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 9:10 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Virwani: WeWork India Has 44 Locations and Over 70,000 Desks
“Today we have 44 locations, close to about, say, a little over 70,000 or deaths in the country”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 15:32 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Virwani: WeWork India is nearing a $300 million revenue run rate
“You know, we're already sort of, like, gonna be close to about 300 odd million, you know, in terms of run rate, like, very soon.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 43:26 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Virwani: WeWork India generates positive cash and needs limited external capital
“Right now, you know, the business doesn't require much external capital. We just completed a little bit of a raise, and we are generating also positive cash, so external capital is, is really limited, but I do owe our existing shareholders some liquidity and s…”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 25:11 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Virwani: WeWork India will hit $1 billion in revenue by 2026
“So, yeah, I think within three years.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 43:07 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Virwani: Embassy Group represents roughly 20% of WeWork India's portfolio
“Actually, embassy as a landlord would be maybe about 20% of our portfolio.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 17:22 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023
Assertion Supported
Virwani: WeWork India raised $100 million in June 2020 as a lifeline
“In June of 2020, actually right in the middle of the pandemic, we, you know, got that hundred million dollars in funding, which honestly was like a lifeline to the business.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 19:12 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Virwani: WeWork India plans to add 20,000 desks annually
“And we'll be adding, you know, about 20,000 desks year over year, which for us is like between 30 to 45%, you know, growth.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 17:04 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Virwani: WeWork India's occupancy crashed from 77% to 47% in 45 days
“We saw occupancy, like, what is sold, go from 77% at that point in time, down to 47% in, like, a span of 30 days, or, like, 45 days.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 36:59 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023
Disclosure
Virwani's family invested $150 million of personal capital into WeWork India
“So we've invested almost hundred and fifty million of our own money in this business. And yeah, that's been over the last sort of four or five years.”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 18:58 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
Mar 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Virwani: WeWork India operates at upwards of 20% margins
“You know, as a business hit what is called as like operating leverage, operating efficiencies, which means that we are sufficiently covering all of our costs and also incremental costs that we might have for growth by a decent margin, you know, businesses upwa…”
Karan Virwani Mar 20, 2023 ▶ 16:21 WeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani | 100x Entrepreneur
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