The WeWork Con BY AMBER A'LEE FROST The $47 billion WeWork implosion is proof that the rich are the biggest suckers of all.

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[–]SteveTafe 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When u see a scam, theres usually a "blueman" or a Neuman, in this case, behind it. Hand rubbers are scam artists in general.

[–]RatherSmallPotato 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The idea was relatively simple — what if offices, but disruption?

Laughed.

To say that Neumann has a god complex is almost underselling him; this is a man who was so sure of his genetic dynasty that he believed his “generationally controlled” company would pass down that absolute control to his descendants in perpetuity.

I think he knew exactly what he was doing since day one and isn't a megalomaniac. Would a guy who truly believed in his project reaching perpetuity register the name "We" and sell it to his own company? Dude is no idiot, he he knew how to hype it up with his own payday in mind, nothing else.