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Billion dollar loser : the epic rise and spectacular fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork / Reeves Wiedeman.

by Wiedeman, Reeves.

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Little, Brown and Company, 2020.

338.04092 N4921w

Chief executive officers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

Business failures -- United States -- Case studies.

Commercial real estate -- Management.

9780316461368 (hc.)

viii, 341 p. ; 25 cm.

"Portions of this book appeared in articles published in New York magazine and its website"--T. p. verso.

Includes index.

"The inside story of the rise and fall of WeWork, showing how the excesses of its founder shaped a corporate culture unlike any other. Christened a potential savior of Silicon Valley's startup culture, Adam Neumann was set to take WeWork, his office share company disrupting the commercial real estate market, public, cash out on the company's 47 billion dollar valuation, and break the string of major startups unable to deliver to shareholders. But as employees knew, and investors soon found out, WeWork's capital was built on promises that the company was more than a real estate purveyor, that in fact it was a transformational technology company. Culminating in a day-by-day account of the five weeks leading up to WeWork's botched IPO and Neumann's dramatic ouster, Wiedeman exposes the story of the company's desperate attempt to secure the funding it needed in the final moments of a decade defined by excess."

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