Grant Horsfield, founder of Naked Hub: $400 million sale to WeWork

Startup Exits

English - January 24, 2020 02:19 - 38 minutes - 88.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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After finishing his MBA in South Africa and moving to China in 2006, Grant was interested in selling to the Chinese, not buying from them. He started Naked Group, a luxury brand of resorts, and Naked Hub, a community and design focused coworking company that was acquired by WeWork for $400 million after 3 years of being on the Chinese market.

On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Grant about:

• Startup environment in China

• Startups in US vs China

• Future of the modern office

• WeWork acquisition

• Brand building

• Disrupting education

Grant is currently focused on disrupting education and making the lives of teachers better.

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