The tech ‘nepo babies’ are coming Dual-class shares are ensuring founder families can control companies indefinitely Financial Times · Dec 18, 2022
The biggest deals, scandals, bets, and M&A breakups from a truly memorable year All the notable deal news as told through a year of Term Sheets. Fortune · Dec 16, 2022
Edward Norton in Glass Onion brings to mind one man in particular – just say it Norton says his trillionaire tech bro is an amalgamation of three people – but everyone agrees, one stands out The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022
Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero? New tech ventures want to use blockchain to clean up a messy carbon market — but critics fear more greenwashing Financial Times · Aug 29, 2022
$350 million for WeWork co-founder shows how broken and biased venture capital is A reported $350 million investment into a new, yet-to-be-launched real estate venture founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann reveals just how biased the venture capital industry is, experts say. WEKU · Aug 26, 2022
Why the rental housing market is so deeply broken The problems with American housing are structural—and can't be fixed with technology. Axios · Aug 20, 2022
Adam Neumann’s latest big idea? To become America’s biggest landlord The WeWork co-founder is reportedly at the helm of Flow, a new company looking to reinvent apartment living – but have any lessons been learned? The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2022
The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 20 August 2022 Amazon is about to release its billion-dollar mouthful The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It turns out that the fight for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkein's magnum opus has been a twisting journey of its own fantastical proportions. inkl Originals · Aug 20, 2022
Marc Andreessen's High-Tech Fix for the Housing Crisis Lets Him Keep Being a NIMBY The venture capitalist's $350 million investment in WeWork founder Adam Neumann's new venture Flow is supposed to help renters build community and equity. They'd be better off if we just built housing instead. Reason · Aug 16, 2022
Tech's cult of the founder bounces back Adam Neumann's mega-investment comeback shows Silicon Valley still views founders as saviors. Axios · Aug 16, 2022
WeWork founder bounces back with $1bn property project Flow Adam Neumann has backing from venture capital and says he’s learned ‘plenty’ since his spectacular ouster The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022
WeWork founder's new venture eyes prime residential real estate Atlanta, Nashville and Miami have already been upended by corporate landlords. Axios · Aug 16, 2022
Kraken's new 'crypto-first' culture forbids critical thinking CEO Jesse Powell says it's time for employees to jump ship if they aren't all-in on cryptocurrency. Input · Jun 16, 2022
WeWork Co-founder Raises $70M For Crypto Carbon-Credit Startup WeWork Inc (NYSE:WE) cofounder Adam Neumann raised $70 million from venture capitalists and others for his co-founded carbon-credit startup Flowcarbon, Bloomberg reports. The startup raised traditional funding from backers like Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm, General Catalyst, and Samsung Next. Flowcarbon also raised money by selling its token, called the Goddess Nature Token. Neumann,… Benzinga · May 25, 2022
Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022 'Girlboss' scammer shows are everywhere. Which ones should you watch? For the last few years, scammers and corporate con men and women (but especially women) who tricked America's elites have captured headlines. But in the last few months, the most prominent ones got the Hollywood treatment from major streaming sites: swindler-socialite Anna Sorokin in Netflix's "Inventing Anna," famous fraudster Elizabeth…
The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2022 Hustle harder: how TV became obsessed with stories of workism Shows such as WeCrashed, Super Pumped and The Dropout all retell recent stories of millennial work-life balance going wrong
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Jared Leto says ‘excruciating’ WeCrashed role had him talking so much he was ‘physically in pain’ Actor plays WeWork founder Adam Neumann in the Apple TV+ series
Los Angeles Times · Mar 23, 2022 How scammers and con artists became TV's laziest way to hook viewers Once upon a time, if Hollywood told the story of your life, it was because you did something inspiring: ending British rule in India; writing one of the greatest nonfiction works of the 20th century; being, like, really good at math.
The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2022 WeCrashed review: Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway bring special alchemy to unlikely love story While feeling overlong and over-literal, this new Apple TV+ series knows its audience is likely to have some sympathy for the hoop dream of hustle culture
Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2022 Scammers, con artists and thieves: Why we keep watching, and why Hollywood keeps making The lead characters — and probably their true-life counterparts — of “Super Pumped,” “The Dropout” and “WeCrashed” will all tell you the same thing: They wanted to change the world. The world, they say, just wasn’t ready.
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022 WeCrashed: The rise and fall of the drama-ridden WeWork empire How did everything go so wrong for Adam Neumann? Laura Hampson reports
Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022 ‘WeCrashed’ examines the love story behind the rise and fall of WeWork WeWork CEO Adam Neumann promised his employees and investors the world. But he wanted more.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022 WeCrashed review – prepare to boggle at Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway’s toxic billionaires It’s rags to riches to (relative) rags for the Hollywood stars as the husband-and-wife duo behind WeWork … and this deeply enjoyable schadenfreude tale will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief and asking: how?
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022 The creators of WeCrashed on making a drama about the scandalous rise and fall of a $47bn tech start-up As Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway bring their portrayal of WeWork founder Adam Neumann and wife Rebekah Paltrow to the screen, Kevin E G Perry talks to screenwriters Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello about why the real villain of their drama is venture capitalism
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022 WeCrashed review: Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway bring special alchemy to unlikely love story While feeling overlong and over-literal, this new Apple TV+ series knows its audience is likely to have some sympathy for the hoop dream of hustle culture