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#164: The Rise And Fall Of WeWork
#164: The Rise And Fall Of WeWork
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jun 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It is the coworking company that was once valued at over $50 billion, but then came spectacularly crashing down.In this episode, we'll learn about the amazing rise and fall of the company that tried to make office space cool.
The questions that WeWork gets us thinking about
WeWork at its peak
The founding of WeWork in 2010
Who was Adam Neumann?
Who was Miguel McKelvey
How WeWork as a business worked
Making office space cool
WeWork attracting billions of dollars in investment
Meeting Mayoshi Son
The vision continues to grow, and The We Company is born
Was WeWork a tech company?
Burning through money
Things start to go wrong
Looking under the hood
The collapse of WeWork
The phoenix to rise from the flames?
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/wework
The questions that WeWork gets us thinking about
WeWork at its peak
The founding of WeWork in 2010
Who was Adam Neumann?
Who was Miguel McKelvey
How WeWork as a business worked
Making office space cool
WeWork attracting billions of dollars in investment
Meeting Mayoshi Son
The vision continues to grow, and The We Company is born
Was WeWork a tech company?
Burning through money
Things start to go wrong
Looking under the hood
The collapse of WeWork
The phoenix to rise from the flames?
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/wework
Released:
Jun 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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