WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism

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Post by cpeterso » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 3:46 PM UTC

WeWork CEO gives back $5.9M from 'We' trademark after criticism
businessinsider.com

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Post by ulfw » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:48 PM UTC

So is this a thing now? That all new high-valuation tech companies of the last generation (Uber, "We") have to have some shady founder/CEO thing going on?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:49 PM UTC

ulfw wrote: post #2

So is this a thing now? That all new high-valuation tech companies of the last generation (Uber, "We") have to have some shady founder/CEO thing going on?

Being honest doesn’t garner press coverage. Ever hear of troubles at Twilio, PagerDuty, etc? I have not (disclaimer: no investment in either, happy customer of both).

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Post by codewithcheese » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

Adam Neumann is a genius at finding ways to increase his net worth as founder of a VC backed company.

[0] WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork - https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/16/wework-c...

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Post by munk-a » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:52 PM UTC

Ergh, the lead picture in the article is terrible and paints him in a significantly negative light. I'm not a huge fan of WeWork's business model especially with the tax law exploitation in the UK but I find it quite irresponsible for newspapers to cherry pick such terrible photos - just like - don't have an extreme face closeup, get a picture of him standing on a stage[1] and don't pick one that makes me wary this article is 100% slant... Because the We trademark was terrible and I really want to read an informative piece on it, but suddenly I have zero trust in this article.

1. The standard CEO pose - ala Steve Jobs

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Post by october_sky » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

codewithcheese wrote: post #4

Adam Neumann is a genius at finding ways to increase his net worth as founder of a VC backed company. [0] WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork - https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/16/wework-c...

> ... is a genius at

I'm reminded of the title of a book I read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room_...

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Post by degenerate » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:58 PM UTC

october_sky wrote: post #6

codewithcheese wrote: post #4

Adam Neumann is a genius at finding ways to increase his net worth as founder of a VC backed company. [0] WeWork’s CEO Makes Millions as Landlord to WeWork - https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/16/wework-c...

> ... is a genius at I'm reminded of the title of a book I read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room_...

The documentary with the same title is also excellent, if you're more inclined to watch something than read it.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 4:58 PM UTC

ulfw wrote: post #2

So is this a thing now? That all new high-valuation tech companies of the last generation (Uber, "We") have to have some shady founder/CEO thing going on?

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Post by umeshunni » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 5:00 PM UTC

munk-a wrote: post #5

Ergh, the lead picture in the article is terrible and paints him in a significantly negative light. I'm not a huge fan of WeWork's business model especially with the tax law exploitation in the UK but I find it quite irresponsible for newspapers to cherry pick such terrible photos - just like - don't have an extreme face closeup, get a picture of him standing on a stage[1] and don't pick one that makes me wary this a…

The article is from Business Insider, a well known clickbait content farm, not a newspaper.

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Post by Finnucane » Wed, Sep 04, 2019, 5:02 PM UTC

munk-a wrote: post #5

Ergh, the lead picture in the article is terrible and paints him in a significantly negative light. I'm not a huge fan of WeWork's business model especially with the tax law exploitation in the UK but I find it quite irresponsible for newspapers to cherry pick such terrible photos - just like - don't have an extreme face closeup, get a picture of him standing on a stage[1] and don't pick one that makes me wary this a…

So, your complaint is that the article is presenting a viewpoint that you basically agree with, and making the CEO out to be a grifter, which he basically is, and therefore making him look like a grifter is uncomfortably biased? Hell, the article didn't even mention the insane narcissism of the IPO filing.