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Timeline of WeWork

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This is a '''timeline of WeWork''', an American company which provides [[w:coworking|shared workspace]], community, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses.
 
== Sample questions ==
 
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
 
* What are the several WeWork investment funding rounds?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Funding".
** You will see the amounts raised and the orders of {{w|venture capital financing}} funding rounds.
* What are the several partnerships WeWork was involved in?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Partnership".
* What are the various aquisitions by WeWork?
** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Acquisition".
==Big picture==
| 2008 || May || Prelude || {{w|Adam Neumann}} owns a baby clothing company, working in the same building in {{w|Brooklyn}} as his future cofounder, Miguel McKelvey, a lead architect at a small firm. The partially vacant building would lead to Neumann and McKelvey team up and establish GreenDesk, an "eco-friendly coworking space", aimed at entrepreneurs. GreenDesk, the earliest version of WeWork, focuses at offering a sustainable coworking space, complete with sustainable office furniture.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sheftell|first1=Jason|title=WeWork gives alternative to working at home with swanky buildings across NYC|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/wework-alternative-working-home-swanky-buildings-nyc-article-1.1044412?pgno=1#ixzz2e46Iipo5|accessdate=17 October 2017|agency=Daily News}}</ref><ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC">{{cite web|last1=Majewski|first1=Taylor|title=A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC|url=https://www.builtinnyc.com/2015/12/21/brief-history-wework|website=builtinnyc.com|accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref>
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| 2010 || || Creation || Neumann and McKelvey sell Green Desk and {{w|WeWork}} opens its doors to entrepreneurs at its first location in [{[w:SoHo, Manhattan|SoHo]].<ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC"/>
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| 2011 || April || || WeWork Labs is launched. This would function as a startup incubator within WeWork’s network. WeWork Labs provides an open workspace with the goal of encouraging collaboration between entrepreneurial members.<ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC"/>
| 2015 || June 1 || Team || WeWork announces {{w|Time Warner Cable}} {{w|Chief financial officer}} Artie Minson Artie Minson as President and {{w|Chief Operating Officer}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=WeWork Announces Artie Minson as President and Chief Operating Officer|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wework-announces-artie-minson-as-president-and-chief-operating-officer-2015-06-01|website=marketwatch.com|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WeWork Announces Artie Minson as President and Chief Operating Officer|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wework-announces-artie-minson-as-president-and-chief-operating-officer-300091571.html|website=prnewswire.com|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hal Schwartz|first1=Eric|title=WeWork Hires Time Warner Cable Exec as New President|url=https://www.americaninno.com/dc/wework-hires-time-warner-cable-exec-as-new-president/|website=americaninno.com|accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref>
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| 2015 || June 25 || Funding || WeWork receives US$433,934,331 in Series E funding round. 4 investors participate, including Glade Brook Capital Partners. 4 investors.<ref name="Funding rounds"/>
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| 2015 || July || Partnership || WeWork partners with {{w|New York}} {{w|real estate}} developers, {{w|Boston Properties}} and [[w:Lewis Rudin|Rudin Management]], to build the WeWork’s first ground-up project at the {{w|Brooklyn Navy Yard}}.<ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC"/>
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