Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2021-07-21
Alex Kantrowitz, Eliot Brown & Maureen Farrell: books mentioned on Big Technology Podcast
The Definitive WeWork Story — With Eliot Brown And Maureen Farrell
Eliot Brown And Maureen Farrell are the authors of The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion. The new book digs into the rise and fall of Adam Neumann's WeWork.
Alex Kantrowitz recommended The Cult of We by Eliot Brown and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Cult of We
The Cult of We by Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell is an investigative business book that details the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of WeWork and its charismatic co-founder, Adam Neumann.
Recommended“They are the authors of Cult of We, WeWork and the Great Startup Delusion. It just came out yesterday. I finished the book. Well, I'm actually about 10 pages from the end.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Cult of We
“Well, look, having had a few experiences with Elliot as a co-pilot, I give you tremendous praise for putting up with this guy as you drove this book together. And it came out so good.”
Passing The Cult of We
“It's interesting that the numbers were public and Elliot, I remember we were all telling you write the WeWork book, write the WeWork book because you would be like this doesn't make sense and you said I'll do it when it all falls apart.”
Passing The Cult of We
“An hour plus into a conversation I told these guys it was going to be a long one because I kept reading stuff in the book I wanted to talk about and we covered it all.”