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Thanks.

But isn't making a claim that it's plausible that every square inch of office space in every modern city will be managed by WeWork actually doing the opposite of identifying some of the obvious limits to scaling?

I suppose some of this is addressed elsewhere under other sections, and the fact that it's called the Total Addressable Market explains a lot, but it does seem remarkably arbitrary and to be of very little value.




They aren't making that claim though.

They are just doing simple back of the envelope math using their current metrics, but in word form.

No one is suggesting that those numbers will actually be achieved.


You're right, the mistake I was making was not realising that the calculation was for leased office space as an entire industry, rather than as their plausible potential customer base.

Since their actual market is more niche (in practice it seems to be satellite offices, startups and remote workers) than general commercial office space, I'd still propose that it's significantly overstated, but thanks for the correction regardless.


In this context, what is the value of stating these numbers?




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