Chances are, you already know what WeWork is. Perhaps you've even worked out of one of their locations. But did you know about the megalomania, toxic culture and booze-soaked parties that were standard fare at the company that Adam Neumann created?

Dive into this episode to learn about the billionaire ex-captain who attempted to become tech's most eccentric CEO and the ill-conceived schemes that seemed almost intentionally designed to run the organization into the ground.

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Episode References:

Adam Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neumann

Adam Neumann hosts booze-soaked party as WeWork stock soars in debut https://nypost.com/2021/10/21/adam-neumann-hosts-booze-soaked-party-as-wework-stock-soars-in-debut/

The shocking and rude ways WeWork’s ex-CEO Adam Neumann treated staff https://nypost.com/2021/07/17/the-shocking-ways-weworks-ex-ceo-adam-neumann-treated-staff/

The WeWork Con https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/wework-adam-neumann-con-artist-grifter-entrepreneur

WeWork Is the Most Ridiculous IPO of 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2019/08/27/wework-is-the-most-ridiculous-ipo-of-2019/?sh=16be52771ad6