Podcast #41 | Maureen Farrell: "The Cult of We", WeWork, and Startup Governance Shortcomings.

In episode #41 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Maureen Farrell, the co-author of the bestselling book "The Cult of We", the definitive inside story of WeWork and Adam Neumann. Maureen is a reporter that covers capital markets and IPOs at The Wall Street Journal, where she has worked since 2013. She previously worked at CNN, Forbes, Debtwire, and Mergermarket.

In this podcast they talk about WeWork's rise and fall, "growth at all costs", valuation over product, the "cult of the founder", pre-exit cash-outs, corporate purpose, sustainability, ESG, the role of the board, dual-class shares, the IPO process and more.

You can listen to the episode directly at https://boardroom-governance.com/episodes/maureen-farrell (where you can find the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or Stitcher.

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