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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
25 Oct 2019 Acquired The WeWork “Acquisition” (with Dan Primack)
“The landlord says, “Man, this is becoming a big part of my business.” It’s unclear to me if he offered to buy or they offered to sell them, but the landlord buys Greendesk from Adam and Miguel for $3 million, which is pretty great.”
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- David Rosenthal
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- evaluation
- Recorded
- 25 Oct 2019
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Did something bad happened to Greendesk? No. Something great happens to Greendesk, which is two years later. The landlord says, “Man, this is becoming a big part of my business.” It’s unclear to me if he offered to buy or they offered to sell them, but the landlord buys Greendesk from Adam and Miguel for $3 million, which is pretty great. This is 2010. Ben; They raised no investment? They, I believe raised no investment. Now, they had a third partner who was a guy I believe named Gil, who Miguel had worked with at the architecture firm. I believe Gil, at this point, just takes the money and moves back to Israel. He was Israeli. But Adam and Miguel make a pretty bold decision. This is 2010. Remember, they just made probably at least $1 million each. They could be living large in New York at this point in time. In Dumbo at least.…
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