WeWork: The $47 Billion Delusion

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Episode Notes WeWork went from a $47 billion valuation to a bankruptcy filing. How did so many smart people get it so wrong? We reconstruct the collapse decision by decision — the charismatic founder, the enabling investors, and the moment the math stopped working. What You'll Learn How WeWork's valuation defied basic business fundamentals The role of SoftBank's Vision Fund in inflating the bubble Adam Neumann's management decisions that accelerated the collapse Lessons for evaluating startup hype vs. substance Related Reading 10 AI Tools for Building Automated Income — WealthFromAI AI Affiliate Marketing Strategy — WealthFromAI AI Dropshipping Automation — WealthFromAI AI Startup Funding News — AI Discovery Digest Passive Income Ideas with AI — WealthFromAI What Went Wrong delivers forensic breakdowns of spectacular failures — startup collapses, engineering disasters, and corporate implosions. New episodes weekly.

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Forensic breakdowns of spectacular failures. Startup collapses. Engineering disasters. Crypto rug pulls. Corporate implosions. We go beyond the headlines to reconstruct exactly how things fell apart —

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