The WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann picked the wrong time to be the visionary leader of a company with imperial ambitions and obscure finances.

The definitive account of how WeWork went from a $47 billion valuation to a basket case in just 6 weeks::The WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann picked the wrong time to be the visionary leader of a company with imperial ambitions and obscure finances.

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PSA - this article is over 4 years old. Sep 28 2019

NickwithaC
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I was wondering why it was 6 weeks when people were talking about this at the same time as Theranos.

Broad City did an amazing job of taking them to task

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Hint: Overvalued bubbles surrounded by cult of personality types, who are more buzzword than substance, making bad business decisions compounded by a once-in-a-lifetime labor paradigm shift.

TLDR: bubble goes pop

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