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Show notes:
0:00 Start
0:50 Jason intros Billion Dollar Loser Author Reeves Wiedeman, Reeves on playing it straight & the number of interviews it takes to complete a book like this
5:02 Reeves’ previous job as a fact-checker at The New Yorker, Jason’s experience with fact-checkers
8:42 How did Reeves approach different interpretations of the same story?
11:17 LinkedIn Jobs – Get a $50 credit toward your first job post at https://www.linkedin.com/twist
13:06 WeWork’s first iteration – Green Desk – & the solid business of space as a service, defunct competitors in the space & how WeWork differentiated
19:44 Adam Neumann’s hypocrisy; when did the wheels start to fall off?
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26:44 SoftBank’s WeWork investment, Adam’s meeting with Masayoshi Son, showing the “tech side” of WeWork
33:11 Reeves’ thoughts on hypergrowth startups, Vision Fund warping industries & more
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38:18 Benchmark partners flying to NYC & trying to rein in Adam Neumann due to multiple red flags, supervoting shares, improper governance
42:55 Inside WeWork Summer Camps, how Adam’s behavior & lack of self-awareness brought down the “We” revolution, the Hanalei Bay story
55:50 Where is Adam Neumann at today, can WeWork be salvaged by SoftBank, understanding WeLive
59:27 Funny moments from the book – Joey Cables, Billy McFarland & more
1:03:49 WeWork’s positioning post-COVID, understanding Adam Neumann’s behavior
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