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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by ben_jones on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:13PM (#21042499)
Playing Devil's advocate imagine having potentially millions of dollars invested in tearing you apart - going through every piece on online history, video, etc., trying to find something juicy to tank the company you've tried so hard to build.
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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by elliekelly on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:30PM (#21042611)
Imagine trying so hard to build a company and getting to the 11th hour before the IPO and being stymied by something as simple as basic corporate governance.

That’s like trying to launch a tech company but “forgetting” to set up the servers and hoping if you talk about your vision and say “We” enough no one will notice/mind.

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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by moltensodium on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:21PM (#21042559)
What company? What was built? It's a money destruction machine, not a business. They have no plans or experiments or research moonshots that they expect to be profitable, ever.
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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by ohduran on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:23PM (#21042574)
People seem to forget that a lot: losing your shareholder's money isn't a business.
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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by dagw on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:57AM (#21046529)
losing your shareholder's money isn't a business.

True, but if you do it right it can be a very successful career.

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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by CalChris on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:15PM (#21042519)
I see your point but WeWork hasn't IPO'd yet. So there are no short sellers yet.
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Re:Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO by throwaway2048 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @01:28PM (#21042600)
blaming "short sellers" is a slightly more sophisticated sounding "haters gonna hate" in most situations, but in reality its equally as dumb.
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