WeWork

WeWork was once one of the most valuable startups in the world. Our timeline lays out the events that led to its filing for bankruptcy protection.

Doormen that moonlight as a budtenders. Roommates reimagined as FlowMates. No shoes, no meat.

After two years, several books and a deluge of hot takes, WeWork has closed the final chapter on its life as a private company. What lessons can be learned from the saga?

Roughly two years after its failed IPO, WeWork has made its public market debut through a blank-check merger with BowX Acquisition Corp. The company’s stock, trading on the NYSE under the ticker WE, was up about 10% in mid-day trading at $11.41 per share.

A new book by two WSJ journalists explores the heady rise and spectacular implosion of Adam Neumann and WeWork.

Wall Street Journal reporter Eliot Brown joins the show to discuss “The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion,” the book he co-authored with Maureen Farrell detailing the rise and fall of WeWork.

Quibi’s shutdown and a new WeWork book join futuristic food deals, intrigue at NEA, shrinking SPACs and more in our recap of the week.

Knotel’s layoffs are another sign that flexible leasing startups are scaling back after a decade of breakneck growth.

For VCs, 2019 was a year filled with more high-profile public offerings than ever before. But as 2020 begins, it’s the unicorn IPO that didn’t happen that’s still on the tip of everyone’s tongue.

SoftBank showed a continued appetite for big investments in daring startups during the last two months of 2019.

WeWork’s meltdown joins VC-backed pro football, Peloton, Beyond Meat, aerial fundings, skyrocketing PE stocks and more in our recap of the year.

WeWork has announced plans to lay off 2,400 employees worldwide, which equates to roughly 17% of its workforce. The news sent the company’s bond prices to a record low.

WeWork said in an investor presentation that it will work over the next three months to jettison a slew of noncore assets and shrink its workforce as part of a revamp intended to slow the hemorrhaging of cash and stabilize the company.

In the past two months, more than a dozen money-losing former unicorns have experienced significant dips in their stock prices. Is WeWork’s collapse to blame?

A series of high-profile flops by companies en route to IPOs this year is a telling reminder of the risks fund managers accept when blending high-flying private assets with stocks.

Brewers, bakers, stealthy startups and a new tech product from the Vatican join developments from WeWork and Airbnb in our recap of the week.

So, is change afoot in the venture world? Is SoftBank’s potential U-turn the first domino? However it plays out, industry-wide introspection is one of six things you need to know from the past week.

As the drama of WeWork has been playing out, another New York-based co-working space provider has been watching on the sidelines.