WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO

Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by fiala__ on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:52PM (#21064509)

I find in tech, being skeptical by default is usually a good thing - perhaps not if you're an entrepreneur, but certainly if you're a developer or engineer.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by JohnFen on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:09PM (#21065659)

> perhaps not if you're an entrepreneur

It's an essential thing if you want to be a successful entrepreneur -- as long as you don't confuse skepticism with cynicism. Skepticism and optimism make a powerful combination.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by jacquesm on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:12PM (#21065168)

Or an investor. It is interesting how often investors goals accidentally line up with early employees.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by dredmorbius on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @08:30PM (#21066300)

How so?

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by jacquesm on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:50AM (#21068021)

Because both end up eventual minority shareholders in the same company. The difference of course being one of magnitude and that the investors are likely more diversified.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by driverdan on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @06:27PM (#21065308)

The key is to look at evidence. Ignore drive by commenters who make a negative post with nothing to back it up.

Theranos and WeWork are two great examples of companies hated by HN because there's evidence supporting negative opinions.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by QuadrupleA on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:10PM (#21072101)

It's interesting, a while back I searched early HN comments about Theranos' announcement and they were mostly glowing and positive.

Edit: here's the thread - not 100% positive but close: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6349349

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by chid on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:51PM (#21064494)

What are some examples where HN is too skeptical? I find that it's a good filter to view "news"

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by pjc50 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:39PM (#21064913)

The famous Dropbox comment?

HN is overly skeptical of startups that take something possible and simplify the UX. Although I can't think of a recent example.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by randycupertino on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:32PM (#21066690)

What was the famous Dropbox comment? I'm out of the loop. Thx.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by leesec on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:15PM (#21066915)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

basically someone belittling Dropbox before it went on to be worth billions.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by cookie_monsta on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:15AM (#21067825)

Going by the general sentiment in that thread, I'm sure there are better examples. There are a few people saying how or why they thought Dropbox wouldn't work, but overall the reception is very positive. By contrast, any mention of WeWork here causes an instant pile-on of quite impressive vehemence.

There are always going to be isolated nay-sayers for whatever reasons. When you get a near-consensus on HN that something's a PoS that's something that's worth bearing in mind.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by Viliam1234 on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:51PM (#21065007)

Articles warning against buying bitcoins were highly upvoted for years, and bitcoin costs several thousand dollars now.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by ahi on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:13PM (#21066906)

I was mining bitcoin in 2011. It was stupid then and stupid now. Sometimes a lotto ticket hits.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by ionwake on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @10:38PM (#21067059)

Did you ever end up managing to hold to any?

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by seibelj on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:21PM (#21064756)

blockchain

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by iosonofuturista on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @05:27PM (#21064816)

If anything, HN is not skeptical enough about THAT.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by wpietri on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @11:50PM (#21067437)

Agreed! It has been coming around in recent years, surely helped by the fact that "blockchain for X" has never panned out. But it has taken a painfully long time.

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Re:WeWork’s Adam Neumann Steps Down as CEO by tomc1985 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:29AM (#21068242)

It's be dumb not to be with the amount of crap, optimism, and snake oil shoveled at us

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