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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by tyre on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:31AM (#20887010)
I'm not sure what you mean by late to the party. They were the first ones at this party. WeWork has grown through the charisma of its CEO. Based on past performance, it has worked every time.

They're on the extreme end of "startup realizes public markets will call them on their shit" but you can see why they'd be confident they could pull it off.

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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by ineedasername on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:51AM (#20887266)
> "they're on the extreme end of..."

Yes, and it caught up to them just a bit too soon for the IPO. Had the CEO been a little less brazen in his self-dealing, they might have pulled it off with more success.

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