The Profit Prophet

The $52 Billion Vanishing Act: How WeWork Convinced Everyone Desks Were Magic

Episode Summary

WeWork called itself a tech company while renting desks, claimed to be elevating human consciousness while bleeding billions, and somehow convinced the smartest money in the world that a charismatic surfer could reinvent real estate. We dive into how Adam Neumann turned coworking spaces into a near-religion, and why SoftBank kept writing checks even when the math made no sense.