Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of WeWork

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In its earliest days, WeWork promised the impossible: to make the workplace cool. In episode one of Intelligence Squared Business Reeves Wiedeman tells the story of how WeWork attracted billions of dollars from some of the most sought-after investors in the world, to build a global empire.
Based on more than two hundred interviews, Wiedeman's book Billion Dollar Loser chronicles the breakneck speed at which WeWork's CEO Adam Neumann built and grew his company. Culminating in a day-by-day account of the five weeks leading up to WeWork's botched IPO and Neumann's dramatic ouster, Reeves Wiedeman exposes the story of the company's desperate attempt to secure the funding it needed in the final moments of a decade defined by excess. The episode was hosted by economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh.
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[@missKfierce]

The interviewer is brilliant. loved having her ask questions and wait for a response.

[@seanwebb605]

Changing the world through shared rented office space. Cubicle saviours!

[@ianwillo]

I don't share the optimism for lessons learned from the end of the video unfortunately. Currently, the payout was $1.7bn for an unsustainable, growth-above-all costs, no social responsibility, hyped-up company. What lesson is there, other than it worked? We are repeating Enron again, and again.

[@moatazmattar4714]

Why are you guys not doing decent and high quality podcasts? I mean I love the content and the guests. But you guys need to up your game in quality of the video.

[@HebaruSan]

Founders should have to pay themselves out of income from customers, not investment funds.

[@patriciamargarcia3959]

This is so interesting.. Confusing though because, I just watched an interview broadcasted 2 years ago with Rebekah Neumann and she seems sooo amazingly inspirational and sincere and honest and deeply committed to change the world for the good.. I couldn't notice any trace of lie in her words and all the principles she is talking about seemed so right and feasible from her mouth so I still don't really understand how sth like this could have ever happened..so let down.. If they couldn't make it so who??

[@RR-fy5sn]

If you are so quick to believe someone that strongly you should do some introspection on why that is. Any Seasoned Scam artist can gain trust through an inspiring lie

[@josephbrennan370]

cool video

[@CrimsonLegacy]

Cool comment