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> Yeah, but all that would have been fine if he’d acted responsibly. > if he’d acted responsibly > if The "if" is the point. SoftBank had the ability to eliminate the risk of this "if", and didn't.
So what you’re saying is: if someone doesn’t prevent you from doing something, they should shoulder more of the blame than you do for actually doing the thing?
> The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Mr. Neumann had taken marijuana on a flight from New York to Israel.
In this day and age, where we have businesses that legally sell weed, this sort of commentary appears to be a pointless inclusion of “salacious” details. It is irrelevant to the discussion of whether WeWork has a legitimate growth model or whether the CEO is doing the “right” thing.
I suspect that SoftBank is attempting to win this battle in the court of public opinion, because they bought shares that didn’t have the same voting rights as Mr Neumann’s shares, and they now regret that decision.
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It can work, but they need more anchors. Stripe, Gitlab, ... companies that are remote but have workers prefer to cowork. Economic downturn might actually help them if they can gobble long term low leases. More unemployed also means more consumer base outside big corporate America. Their biggest threat is small mom and pop coworking spaces like Gravitate in DSM. Geoff wouldn't sell for less than a massive premium, an…
Why on earth would stripe pay a middle man like WeWork to manage their office and lease?! Stripe is looking at buying an entire building. I'm pretty sure they can handle a 15 yr lease just fine. And don't need WeWork staff to decide what their office kitchens need.
I don’t mean to speak in support of the CEO, and I don’t say this to support WeWork. > The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Mr. Neumann had taken marijuana on a flight from New York to Israel. In this day and age, where we have businesses that legally sell weed, this sort of commentary appears to be a pointless inclusion of “salacious” details. It is irrelevant to the discussion of whether WeWork has a leg…
I don’t mean to speak in support of the CEO, and I don’t say this to support WeWork. > The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Mr. Neumann had taken marijuana on a flight from New York to Israel. In this day and age, where we have businesses that legally sell weed, this sort of commentary appears to be a pointless inclusion of “salacious” details. It is irrelevant to the discussion of whether WeWork has a leg…
I don’t mean to speak in support of the CEO, and I don’t say this to support WeWork. > The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Mr. Neumann had taken marijuana on a flight from New York to Israel. In this day and age, where we have businesses that legally sell weed, this sort of commentary appears to be a pointless inclusion of “salacious” details. It is irrelevant to the discussion of whether WeWork has a leg…
The concern is not over the marijuana use per se, but over illegal drug smuggling across international borders. That shows a major lack of judgment and could have resulted in serious consequences for the charter company if they had been caught. Based on that behavior and other reports I suspect Adam Neumann suffers from narcissistic personality disorder.
With $700M extracted and long term leases to the company for properties that he owns... One could easily ride off into the sunset. It will be interesting, and insightful, to see if that is the tact he takes. If he does... It will add credibility to the already strong case for this being deliberate deceit versus unchecked ignorant hubris.
He’s quoted as saying he wants to be “President of the World” and live forever. This guy isn’t riding off into the sunset.
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Stripe is at a size where they can easily afford all the flexibility they need without a middleman company.
Isn't that We's end goal though? To get billion dollar companies like Microsoft, Stripe, etc. as tenants. People that don't really want to deal with running an entire building when they can just pay someone else to do it.
I have no opinion about the company neither I want to but I definitely feel pushed to have a negative opinion about them!
I am randomly bombarded by negative things regarding WeWork on the internet lately. Some posts linked to negative news coverages about WeWork appeared on my facebook feed (business insider articles) I saw somewhere else that how some WeWork division manager wanted employees fired because she didn't like their energy. I have no opinion about the company neither I want to but I definitely feel pushed to have a negative…