Last synced from Twitter 13m ago
‘This Is Not the Way Everybody Behaves.’ How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork.
His entrepreneurial vision and risk-taking, plus tequila and marijuana, helped fuel We Co.’s breakneck growth. Those qualities are piling up as potential liabilities as the company prepares to go public.
Tomio Geron
An instant classic: Tequila, private jets, and Run-DMC: Adam Neumann built WeWork in his own unique way, and is struggling to translate that success into an IPO. wsj.com/articles/this-… via @WSJ
3d
Comcast, beware: New city-run broadband offers 1Gbps for $60 a month
Comcast's lobby failed to stop launch of Fort Collins municipal broadband.
Companies Compete to Be Cryptocurrency Custodians
The battle pits some of the biggest financial-services companies against startups.
Tomio Geron
New: I wrote about the growth of crypto custody companies - wsj.com/articles/compa… via @WSJVC
3d
Venture-Capital Firm Aspect Ventures Breaking Up
The founders of Aspect Ventures, a prominent female-led venture-capital firm, are parting ways to launch separate firms.
Tomio Geron
New: Five years after founding Aspect Ventures, Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad are splitting up to launch separate firms - scoop by @ychernova wsj.com/articles/ventu… via @WSJVC
5d
Want to Do Business in Silicon Valley? Better Act Nice
What happened when a venture capitalist told the truth about a Mark Zuckerberg-backed start-up.
Why Newspapers Are Fighting California’s Landmark Labor Bill
Thursday: The collateral effects of a bill aimed at protecting gig economy workers. Also: A move forward for a statewide rent cap; and natural wine
House Committee Requests Tech Executives’ Emails in Antitrust Probe
Congress is ramping up its probe into the tech industry, with House lawmakers demanding emails and executive communications from four technology giants as they look for evidence of anticompetitive behavior.
Square Wants to Be a Bank But Doesn’t Want to Be Taxed Like One
Square has lent billions to small businesses and consumers and applied for a banking license, but it says it isn’t a financial company.
Applied Intuition, Whose Software Tests Self-Driving Cars, Grabs $40 Million
General Catalyst led an investment in a company that it believes will serve the entire market for autonomous vehicles, no matter who the leaders are.
California Takes Aim at NCAA Pay Ban
Lawmakers voted to require schools in the state to allow their athletes to earn endorsement money, setting up a collision with the NCAA, which bans compensation for college athletes beyond a scholarship and modest stipend.
Tomio Geron
California is going head-to-head with the NCAA: Lawmakers passed a bill banning schools from enforcing the association’s compensation restrictions
10d
Investors Look for Next Wave of Plant-Based Food Innovation
The market for plant-based foods is expected to keep booming, but some investors and major food corporations say they aren’t looking for the next big household name. Instead, they are more interested in startups offering tools and services to...
Samsara Raising Money at $6 Billion Valuation
Samsara, one of the most highly valued venture-backed Internet-of-Things companies, is raising new capital at a valuation of about $6 billion, according to a person familiar with the situation.
1
Tomio Geron
Internet-of-Things company Samsara is raising up to $250 million at a $6 billion valuation - scoop by @ychernova - wsj.com/articles/samsa… via @WSJVC
12d
Uber, Lyft Poised to Lose Fight Against California Bill to Label Drivers Employees
The proposed bill would force ride-sharing companies Uber Technologies and Lyft to reclassify many drivers as full-time employees, likely upending their business model.
Tomio Geron
Uber and Lyft are about to lose their war to stop a California bill that would label their drivers employees wsj.com/articles/uber-… via @WSJ
12d
Scientists Find the Pitter Patter of Neanderthal Feet
Tracing steps through sands of time, scientists have uncovered hundreds of footprints left by Neanderthal children, adolescents and adults as they walked the ancient wind-swept dunes of coastal Normandy in France, a new study says.
WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation Roughly in Half
WeWork parent weighs slashing its valuation roughly in half to around $20 billion amid IPO skepticism, say people familiar with the matter
Tomio Geron
The Street has spoken: bad news for WeWork and SoftBank - wsj.com/articles/wewor… via @eliotwb
16d
Amazon tests Whole Foods payment system that uses hands as ID
Forget the titanium Apple Card — Amazon’s latest payment method uses flesh and blood. The e-tailing giant’s engineers are quietly testing scanners that can identify an individual human hand as a wa…
Tomio Geron
Amazon tests Whole Foods payment system that uses hands as ID nypost.com/2019/09/03/ama… via @nypost
17d
‘So What’s His Kill Count?’: The Toxic Online World Where Mass Shooters Thrive
Suspects in recent attacks allegedly posted to hate-filled forums such as 8chan, which brim with racist content. Posts are almost always anonymous, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify who is using the sites.
Tomio Geron
“So what’s his kill count?” Anonymous posters to obscure online forums such as 8chan promote hate and encourage violence. wsj.com/articles/insid… via @WSJ
17d
If Everyone’s Left San Francisco for Burning Man, Who Are All These People?
Some residents swear the city is more livable when ‘burners’ leave for the Nevada-desert festival. We trek to restaurants, parks, ice-cream shops to see if it’s true.
Tomio Geron
For some reason this story within the story made me lol. wsj.com/articles/if-ev… pic.twitter.com/crJHdMxZUO
22d
Venture Capital Memes on Instagram: “This was VC2VC but I’ve deadass had a dude read me poetry one time lmao Comment the funniest thing a VC has asked you below 👇🏼”
849 Likes, 52 Comments - Venture Capital Memes (@prayingforexits) on Instagram: “This was VC2VC but I’ve deadass had a dude read me poetry one time lmao Comment the funniest thing…”
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Threaten Ballot Fight Over California Gig-Worker Law
The battle over a California bill that could upend the business models of companies that rely on gig workers intensified when three companies threatened to spend a combined $90 million on a ballot measure if a deal can’t be reached this year.