Maureen Farrell: "The Cult of We", WeWork, and Startup Governance Shortcomings.
In this episode, I talk with Maureen Farrell, the co-author of the bestselling book "The Cult of We", the definitive inside story of WeWork and Adam Neumann. Maureen is a reporter that covers capital markets and IPOs at The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked since 2013. She previously worked at CNN, Forbes, Debtwire, and Mergermarket. In this podcast we talk about WeWork's rise and fall, "growth at all costs", valuation over product, the "cult of the founder", pre-exit cash-outs, corporate purpose, sustainability, ESG, the role of the board, dual-class shares, the IPO process and more. If you like this show, please consider subscribing, leaving a review or sharing this podcast on social media. You can find all the show notes on the website boardroom-governance.com and please feel free to subscribe to the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at evanepstein.substack.com