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At this point, I have nothing but awe for Adam Neumann. Someone who can extract that kind of money for WeWork and still manage to stay on the legal side of the

At this point, I have nothing but awe for Adam Neumann. Someone who can extract that kind of money for WeWork and still manage to stay on the legal side of the line is brilliant. Seems like a true Hacker to me.

Spooky23 3y ago
I started off thinking the guy was a tool. But over time, the awe developed. The dude is a living cartoon character, but still managed to find a way to pull off his thing.
ldjkfkdsjnv 3y ago
Yeah this was a brilliant business move by him.
happytiger 3y ago
He put a tech wrapper around real estate and absolutely fleeced high-status investors across the globe until he himself joined the billionaire crowd. If you want to look up to that, that’s your prerogative. I reserve respect for people who make value and create innovation and not just repackage conventional business practices and sell it to the investor class (more common than it should be). I mean I respect the salesmanship, but in terms of creating value for the world, whether WW happened or it didn’t happen few people will care in a few years — it didn’t change the world or make anyone lives better… so was it really “successful” or did it just redistribute a lot of investor capital using clever decks and expensive real estate? I mean ra ra Adam Neumann — good for you dude. But if there’s a business that makes a difference in the world or matters to the course of anybody in the long term, WW probably isn’t on many people’s list.
- speakfreely 3y ago
  > it didn’t change the world or make anyone lives better… Now he's got the wealth for a more impactful next chapter. Trying to get fabulously wealthy is difficult enough; trying to do that while having a major impact on the world is even more difficult. Not saying his second act will necessarily be great, but at least he's got a platform to work from now.
  - bpt3 3y ago
    What on earth gives you the impression that any second act Adam Neumann has will be good for anyone other than Adam Neumann, or that he cares about anything other than benefiting Adam Neumann as much as possible at any cost to others?

Spooky23 3y ago

I started off thinking the guy was a tool. But over time, the awe developed. The dude is a living cartoon character, but still managed to find a way to pull off his thing.

ldjkfkdsjnv 3y ago

Yeah this was a brilliant business move by him.

happytiger 3y ago

He put a tech wrapper around real estate and absolutely fleeced high-status investors across the globe until he himself joined the billionaire crowd. If you want to look up to that, that’s your prerogative. I reserve respect for people who make value and create innovation and not just repackage conventional business practices and sell it to the investor class (more common than it should be). I mean I respect the salesmanship, but in terms of creating value for the world, whether WW happened or it didn’t happen few people will care in a few years — it didn’t change the world or make anyone lives better… so was it really “successful” or did it just redistribute a lot of investor capital using clever decks and expensive real estate? I mean ra ra Adam Neumann — good for you dude. But if there’s a business that makes a difference in the world or matters to the course of anybody in the long term, WW probably isn’t on many people’s list.

speakfreely 3y ago
> it didn’t change the world or make anyone lives better… Now he's got the wealth for a more impactful next chapter. Trying to get fabulously wealthy is difficult enough; trying to do that while having a major impact on the world is even more difficult. Not saying his second act will necessarily be great, but at least he's got a platform to work from now.
- bpt3 3y ago
  What on earth gives you the impression that any second act Adam Neumann has will be good for anyone other than Adam Neumann, or that he cares about anything other than benefiting Adam Neumann as much as possible at any cost to others?