At 7:12 on a mild late-summer morning in New York City, WeWork’s registration papers hit the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.
Almost immediately, all hell broke loose. A steady stream of rapid-fire headlines detailed Neumann’s self-dealing, mismanagement, and bizarre behavior. Within 33 days the offering was scuttled, WeWork’s valuation plummeted 70% or more, and Adam Neumann, who believed he would become the world’s first trillionaire, was ousted as CEO. What was supposed to be Neumann’s coronation as a visionary became one of the most catastrophically bungled attempted debuts in business history.
It’s a startling story. We’ll have lots more reporting on WeWork in the coming days, so keep an eye out for that. For now, here’s what we’re looking at:
What did we miss? Let me know.
— Matt
The future of transportation
I’m excited to announce that Business Insider is hosting an event focused on the future of transportation in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 22. IGNITION: Transportation will feature speakers like Zoox cofounder Jesse Levinson, Waymo chief external officer Tekedra N. Mawakana, and JetBlue Technology Ventures president Bonny Simi.
The event is complimentary. You can get more information on the event and apply to attend right here.
The business world’s ‘show-and-tell’ on sustainability
One of the main topics discussed at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week was the urgency required for completing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Rich Feloni caught up with Andrew Wilson, the International Chamber of Commerce’s permanent observer to the United Nations. He told us why he’s angry at the business world’s “show-and-tell” approach to sustainability, and he shared an advance copy of his plan to fix that
Finance and Investing
Citadel has liquidated a portfolio with more than $1 billion in energy investments run out of Texas after the analyst Josh Lingsch and the data scientist Derek Allums were fired from the firm this week for violating the firm’s rules around trading in personal accounts.
Meet the 8 executives leading the most innovative tech projects on Wall Street
Take a quick scan of the headlines on any given day, and it might seem as if startups are driving the most interesting tech developments on Wall Street.
The constant headlines surrounding the trade war with China have temporarily overshadowed another danger that’s brewing on home soil.
Tech, Media, Telecoms
The first wave of cloud-computing startups focused on helping companies simply figure out how to operate in this new world of servers, rented from megaplayers like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
At this year’s Oculus Connect — Facebook’s annual developer’s conference for its virtual reality products— it’s impossible to escape the event’s tagline: “The time is now.”
The 16 power players leading the rise of free ad-supported streaming services in 2019
Ad-supported streaming services are taking flight in 2019, as more tech companies, digital startups, and legacy-media brands clamor to capture the billions in advertising dollars that are moving away from traditional TV.
Healthcare, Retail, Transportation
We just got a clearer picture of how Best Buy plans to push into the $3.5 trillion US healthcare market.
Uber Freight is a freight-brokerage technology for truck drivers and shippers from Uber. The tech giant is investing more and more into Uber Freight.
