Let’s formally cease evaluating Adam Neumann and Elizabeth Holmes

Hey and welcome again to Equity, a podcast concerning the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

That is our Wednesday present, the place we area of interest all the way down to a single subject, take into consideration a query and unpack the remaining. And, I imply, are you stunned what we’re working with this week? After all we’re speaking about Movement, Adam Neumann’s a16z-fueled return to actual property that’s already reportedly valued above $1 billion.

This week, Natasha requested: Is the return a results of imaginative and prescient, observe report or Adam Neumann-privilege? She’s joined by Anita Ramaswamy, the co-host of TechCrunch’s crypto-focused podcast Chain Response. The duo wrote a bit about the tech community’s reaction to Neumann’s new startup, so take into account this episode a mic’d up follow-up:

•  The information, what we all know, and what we nonetheless don’t — together with how a lot of that $350 million test is money
•  The reporter’s pocket book tackle find out how to cowl information that’s sensationalist in nature. Can we give oxygen to one thing that’s meant for a response? And when is one thing value capturing versus value ready to see materialize?
•  Why of us get checks, and Neumann’s background in imaginative and prescient, observe report and talent to boost cash. In any case, to reach changing into a venture-backed founder, all you want to have the ability to do is be good at getting venture-backed.
• How this matches into the feminine founder takedown story — and why individuals must cease evaluating Neumann to Elizabeth Holmes. Fraud, my buddy, is sophisticated.

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