The Fragility of Fame: WeWork and Theranos Unveiled

Reeves Wiedeman is an author and a Contributing Editor for New York Magazine.

At one point, WeWork was one of the world's highest ever valued private companies. Now it's in free fall.

Expect to learn why WeWork was so overvalued, where it got all it's capital from, the fundamental flaw in the business model, how personality & charm can overcome objections, what we can learn from Silicon Valley's biggest failures and much more...

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