B: Billion Dollar Loser (2022 A-Z)
Billion Dollar Loser
“Dude, are you even listening? Free beer. All year long. Invites to the hottest parties with the A-listers, jet trips!”
“… I dunno, something still ain’t sitting right. Where’s the hard cash?”
“You’re getting paid in shares, aren’t you?”
“What if it all tanks?”
That conversation was 6 years ago. Today I sit nursing my drink at the local bar down the street, I don’t have a job, I have no place to call home and I have 30,000 worthless shares. On the muted TV across the bar, Adam Neumann, my charismatic ex-boss, ironically gets valued at 2 billion dollars.
The Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork, the first non-fiction that kept me so hooked! Detailing the inside story of Adam Neumann, and WeWork, the real estate company which was notoriously famous for its shared spaces across the world, it tells the unbelievable story of how one man promises the impossible, builds a cult, sells the ‘good life’ to employees, spins dramatic futuristic tales selling larger-than-life dreams to draw billion-dollar investors. However, it all culminates in a major collapse, leaving thousands out of jobs and savings. It’s a superb reminder for new age entrepreneurs, on what works and what doesn’t, on how you can have it all and yet overnight, also lose it all. Or maybe not. This book was such a good X’mas Santa gift, thank you Sharvil!
I’ve heard good things about this book and it was brought up during a recent work meeting too…
The story is tied very nicely to the premise of the book.
Thank you Pixie! Yes, I believe it would now be recommended reading for entrepreneur meet ups!
Waaoww Deepa , I m really intrigued by your write up to read this book as soon as I can. It really seems interesting to know the right and wrong decisions taken which led to the meteoric rise and drastic fall of the company .Thanks 👍👍
It’s a very interesting book indeed, and is pacy as a thriller! Do give it a read!
I have heard about WeWork, even know someone who worked there. I even read something about its ‘difficulties’ but did not really pay attention. This book has to be read!
It’s not a book I would have bought if not for the gift, and it’s a brilliant read! Do add it to your list!
Had heard of We work as a pioneer, I thought it had become a verb like Google. Didn’t realise though about this financial mess of a backdrop.
Me neither! It was a very jazzy concept and I can see why the success got exponential, but then with all of that, the harder it fell too! That Adam Neumann was really something!
Seems you are gonna make my TBR list even long now…with the description of books it seems its an interesting read…
Keep coming back for more! There’s lots more amazing reads which deserve to be read! 🙂 And I hope you like those too!
Well, I’ve not heard of this. May check it out. May, cause my tbr list is long. Stopping from the AtoZ Challenge.
😀 Same here, and mine’s getting longer by the day! So much to read, so little time! Hope you had a good A-Z!
That would have been better for many if it was fiction.
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I hear you, but sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! It’s like the chicken egg story. Wonder what inspires what!
His management style was his down fall.
Agreed. Larger than life personas are difficult to sustain!
I had not heard of this book before but it does sound interesting. I don’t read a lot of nonfiction but I might have to put this on my to read list! Good luck with the rest of the challenge!
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Thanks Betty and welcome to the blog. I hope you had a good run at the A-Z! Shall be hopping over more in the coming days! This one is a good addition to the TBR!
I’ve heard of WeWork but didn’t know the story behind it!
Now you do! 🙂 Welcome to the blog! And I hope you had a good run at the A-Z!
Interesting. I didn’t hear. About book but we work rings the bell. I heard it . How you are drawing conversations from books you read is worth applause . Great job
Thank you so much Afshan! Some of these books really are gems in the way they draw us into their world!
Haven’t read this book yet, will definitely read it. Thank you, the book sure sounds interesting.
Do! And yes, it absolutely is! Races like a thriller too!
Very true, harsh reality
Yes, the sudden illogical exponential growth there is, the harder is the fall!
Lure the public, tantalizing activity… Happens very often.. starting from buy one get one free.. Unless we realized there’s no free lunch, we’re caught in such situations… Good ones. Thank you…
Very rightly said! There are really no free lunches!
A billion dollar lesson to learn. Thanks for sharing about this book. It’s strange how life can change overnight.
Absolutely! Always got to carry our brain along, so easy to give in to the lure of fame and dazzle!