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> ... 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.
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...
I would never invest in this company but it is good to see that at least people understand that this sale was shady.
Honestly, who cares? A lot of people care now because they just filed for an IPO, which is why he returned the money. But if this was a private company and a co-founder thought he deserved $6 million for his efforts and wanted to label it as a trademark transfer, I see no problem with it.
The fact that this wouldn't apply if they were private doesn't really matter here, they are on their way to be public.
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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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.
Yup, pretty much - if you have facts to stand on then it annoys me when arguments are watered down with unsubstantiated claims. Put a balanced picture in, use neutral phrasing and let the dude's actions speak for themselves as you reveal the twistedness. Starting with a baseless attack just weakens your reporting.
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...
A true genius would increase his net worth by building a successful business. If you're not clever enough to do that though, there's always self-dealing.
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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.
Yup, pretty much - if you have facts to stand on then it annoys me when arguments are watered down with unsubstantiated claims. Put a balanced picture in, use neutral phrasing and let the dude's actions speak for themselves as you reveal the twistedness. Starting with a baseless attack just weakens your reporting.
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...
A true genius would increase his net worth by building a successful business. If you're not clever enough to do that though, there's always self-dealing.
In that situation, the smartest move is to plunder your investors and shareholders for everything they are worth.