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WeWork's Rise and Fall 2010: Adam Neumann co-founds WeWork Concept: Trendy coworking spaces 2014-2018: Rapid expansion • Raises billions in funding • Valuation hits $47 billion • Opens locations globally 2019: IPO attempt reveals issues • Massive

In 2018, he threw a $2 million party to show off his startup’s success. Private jets. Celebrities. Live music. But just a year later, his over-the-top lifestyle cost his company $47 billion. Here’s how one CEO’s bad decisions destroyed a billion-d

After spending just 12 minutes in their office... SoftBank's CEO wrote them a $4.4B check. Less than 30 minutes later, he invested another $2B. Here's the sales pitch WeWork's founder used to convince the world's smartest investors to ignore basic

Top News of the Day: 1. Fintech firm BharatPe has raised Rs 85 crore (approximately $10 million) in debt through non-convertible debentures. 2. FirstCry’s losses fall 34% to Rs 321 cr ahead of IPO 3. Fractal To File DRHP By Sep For $600 Mn IPO At

Top News of the Day: 1. RecommerceX raises $3.6 million in round led by Accel, Kae Capital 2. Coworking Space Provider IndiQube In Talks With Bankers For INR 1,500 Cr IPO 3. Rapido rolls into unicorn club with $200 million raise at $1.1 billion va

Pivot or Die: Brex Who are Brex? Pedro Dubugras and Henrique Franceschi, both originally from Brazil, taught themselves how to code from a very young age. Franceschi's coding journey began when he hacked an iPhone at just 11 years old, modifying i

Top News of the Week: 1. Funding: - During the week, 26 Indian startups raised around $421.29 million in funding. These deals count 4 growth-stage deals and 16 early-stage deals while 6 startups kept their transaction details undisclosed. - On a w

In 2001, Netflix begged Blockbuster to buy them for $50 million. But Blockbuster laughed at them. Today, Netflix is worth over $350 billion—and no one remembers Blockbuster. Here’s how that rejection ignited one of the greatest business comebacks

This entire MapMyIndia saga is such a blatant CORPORATE THEFT by the promoters 📛📛 MapMyIndia’s Mappls was supposed to give Google Maps a run for its money, in the founder’s own terms. And poof—they've made it disappear into a brand new company, i

Top News of the Week: 1. Funding: - This week, as many as 22 Indian startups raised around $116.26 million in funding. These deals count 4 growth-stage deals and 16 early-stage deals while 2 early-stage startups kept the transaction details undiscl