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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

📈Short story of wework WeWork started in 2010 when Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey saw a chance to rethink office space. After the 2008 recession, empty buildings were plentiful, and freelancers needed affordable places to work. They leased floors

The dot-com Crisis The .com crisis, or dot-com bubble, was a period of excessive speculation in internet-related companies from 1995 to 2000. Investors poured money into startups with inflated valuations despite many lacking solid business models. Th

Welcome to Dark Pool Venture Capital-where ultra-wealthy individuals, family offices, and private funds invest off the record. Not all VC funding makes headlines. Some of it stays in the shadows. Why stay hidden? 1) No public signals, no inflated

India’s IPO market is witnessing a surge as several high-profile startups are filing to go public, aiming to tap into strong investor sentiment. This wave includes companies across sectors like fintech, e-commerce, EVs, SaaS, and D2C brands, many ba

Top 15 Failed or Declined Indian Companies 👇 1. Kingfisher Airlines (2012) Cause: Heavy debt, poor financial planning, failed merger with Air Deccan. 2. Satyam Computers (2009) Cause: Major corporate fraud involving falsified accounts worth ₹7

Current Economic Headwinds for VC Funders The VC landscape in mid-2025 is grappling with significant economic shifts. After a boom, VC funders face a more disciplined environment due to higher interest rates, persistent inflation, and a recalibration

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗶𝘀 $𝟰𝟬𝗕 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗲’𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗖 𝗕𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 In 2019, Adam Neumann became the face of one of tech’s most infamous disasters. W

Startup investing is glamourous, but not easy. And this may be the best example to explain. .. Trell was once one of the hottest and fastest growing startups around in India. And today, it's in really bad shape, hit by a dramatic loss of business

The ET Soonicorns Summit 2025 in Bengaluru is bringing together India’s top startup founders, VCs, and AI leaders to discuss how companies can create defensible advantages (“AI moats”) in an environment where generative AI technology is quickly becom