Not sure that test works well with WeWork. Where I was in London most people had heard of WeWork as they had lots of events with free beer. Obviously it didn't seem to make them much money.
I kept seeing them pop up in strange places as I traveled the country for work; but I hadn’t ever met any business who used them, and I kept seeing them headline HN about being the next great unicorn.
I thought it was strange that I didn’t know at least a single person in my business network with any experience of WeWork; most said “Who?”
Then I later asked some of my non tech common folk friends if they knew anyone with any type of experience with WeWork. Same response lol..
Wasn’t long after that headlines started to come up in the news about turmoil.
Rule 1: If everyone loves it including toddlers; it’s a good buy
Rule 2: If your gut tells you something isn’t right; prod around and get some feedback on your instinct. If things aren’t adding up, just stay away. It’s not worth the risk or effort if things are fishy. Things might not unravel immediately, but usually where there is smoke, there is fire.
If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, and even looks like a duck… It’s probably a duck honk honk :)
You need to ask people in different circles though.
A cross section of people in your age bracket, people in your neighborhood, people in your family, people you work with, and people you buy things from should give you better info than just one of those groups.
