“Let’s build the largest networking community on the planet.” That was the email Adam Neumann sent at 1am to one of WeWork’s very first employees, before they had even a single tenant. So how do you turn a scrappy startup into a global empire? If you’re WeWork's CEO, you rely on charm, chutzpah, and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black.
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01/29/20 • 23 min
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Melanie (Team Goodpods)
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Mar 1
listened to this
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Team Goodpods
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Mar 1
Isn’t this so good
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JJ (Team Goodpods)
@jj
Feb 7
Though i know this story of course, I still can’t help but listen to more (it’s like
https://Theranos...where
I listened to the podcast and watched the show. Or fyre
watched Hulu and Netflix)
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Elisa Camahort Page
@elisacp
Feb 18
I watched both docs in the Fyre Festival too. As a former large event producer it was like a fascinating train wreck.
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Kersten
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Feb 10
listened to this
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JJ (Team Goodpods)
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Feb 10
Love this series
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Joanna Moore
@jo’spodcasts
Mar 9
Great series. So sad for workers. Outrageous that Adam comes out on top.
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Craig
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Feb 15
Great opening episode to a fascinating story.
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Owen (Team Goodpods)
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Feb 14
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Team Goodpods
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Feb 15
This series is so good. And so infuriating
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Ken (Team Goodpods)
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Mar 4
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Mar 6
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