I love how HN blames MBAs for everything.
This was greedy "tech people", nothing more nothing less. Maybe if a few of the characters in this saga had MBAs they would have been able to better judge the value of the business, as opposed to gut and vibes. After all, it was the MBAs who pulled the IPO, while the tech crew continued to push this garbage on the public.
> This was greedy "tech people", nothing more nothing less.
It's hard to talk about WeWork without talking about Adam Neumann. And looking him up, it seems that he does have a degree in business -- albeit only in 2017 -- rather than a degree in something like computer science or engineering. And prior to WeWork, he apparently founded a children's clothing company: not exactly a "tech people" industry.
So I'm not getting tech people vibes from him.
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/05/weworks-adam-neumann-is-gr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neumann