Billion Dollar Loser, Reeves Wiedeman
Billion Dollar Loser, Reeves Wiedeman
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Billion Dollar Loser
The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

Author: Reeves Wiedeman

Narrator: Will Collyer

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller: This "vivid" inside story of WeWork and its CEO tells the remarkable saga of one of the most audacious, and improbable, rises and falls in American business history (Ken Auletta).

​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 forty-seven 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.Veteran journalist Reeves Weideman dives deep into WeWork and it CEO's astronomical rise, from the marijuana and tequila-filled board rooms to cult-like company summer camps and consciousness-raising with Anthony Kiedis. Billion Dollar Loser is a character-driven business narrative that captures, through the fascinating psyche of a billionaire founder and his wife and co-founder, the slippery state of global capitalism. A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller “Vivid, carefully reported drama that readers will gulp down as if it were a fast-paced novel” (Ken Auletta)

About Reeves Wiedeman

Reeves Wiedemann is Contributing Editor at New York magazine, and have written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's, Men's Journal, and other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by George on May 09, 2024

I have a soft spot for books about troubled unicorns - the corporate kind. Books on Theranos, Uber, Tesla, and now WeWork (obviously Uber and Tesla are not fallen, but have had their growing pains). Part of this is because as someone who lived through the 90s internet boom, I am more thoughtful abou......more

Goodreads review by Meagan on November 13, 2020

Maybe this says something unflattering about my character, but I am intrigued by books about the rise and fall of Silicon Valley startups, and the cults of personality that tend to build up around individual founders. I suppose it's comforting, somehow, to know that just because someone has millions......more

Goodreads review by Rick on November 14, 2020

WeWorks rise reads like a coked out 5 AM conversation between two tech bros. “So, yeah, startup idea, we just like rent all these desks” “Desks?” “Yeah desks. Like people pay us to give them a place to work.” “Bro I hate work, did I tell you I interviewed at Uber?” “Yeah bro. That’s why we make work not......more

Goodreads review by James on September 18, 2024

interesting story, average book......more