Pierce is a proud Irishman who’s been in his adopted home of China for a total of 9 years. A conversation with Pierce is always educational, fun and absolutely memorable! With 5 years as a data analyst at LinkedIn and years of traveling and living in the US, Thailand and Turkey, he brings a wealth of knowledge and life experience to the table.
Among his many talents, he’s a professional-level pool player, a successful private investor, has super-human knowledge of history and geography and is one of the best and most passionate arguers you’ll ever meet.
Pierce’s most famous clubs are in depth looks at finance, investing and understanding markets. Nobody does these clubs like Pierce!
Pierce是一个自豪的爱尔兰人,他来中国生活已经足足有9年了,并极其热爱这里。与Pierce的对话总是充满教育意义,有趣且难忘!他曾在LinkedIn做了5年数据分析师,在美国、泰国和土耳其旅行和生活。
Have you heard that WeWork just declared bankru...
Have you heard that WeWork just declared bankruptcy? Are you surprised? Why did it happen? Was it a long time coming or could it have been avoided? WeWork was part of small group of startups known as unicorns. They shot up to the top in rare and extreme fashion and captured the hearts of wallets of so many. Why has it all come crashing down? What will happen to their hundreds of millions of dollars worth of worldwide office space? To their brand? Their shareholders? The shared-office market in general?_x000D_
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Let's take a deep look at the dramatic fall of WeWork. Let's learn about and discuss how they got to this point and let's speculate about the next steps. Is it a result of the loss of their charismatic CEO? What does SoftBank have to do with it? Is it because of the pandemic? Were they simply too unrealistically over-valued? And if so, how did they get away with it?_x000D_
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WeWork is a fascinating case which will probably be studied in finance and economics classes for years to come. Let's have an intelligent discussion about the fall of this giant unicorn!_x000D_
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你听说WeWork刚刚宣布破产了吗?你感到惊讶吗?为什么会这样呢?这是一个漫长的过程还是可以避免的?WeWork是被称为“独角兽”的创业公司之一。他们以罕见而极端的方式登上了顶峰,俘获了许多人的钱包。为什么一切都崩溃了?他们价值数亿美元的全球办公空间将何去何从?他们的品牌?他们的股东呢?共享办公室市场的总体情况如何?_x000D_
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让我们深入了解一下WeWork的戏剧性垮台。让我们来学习和讨论他们是如何走到这一步的,让我们来推测接下来的步骤。这是因为他们失去了富有魅力的CEO吗?这和软银有什么关系?是因为流感大流行吗?他们只是被不切实际地高估了吗?如果是这样,他们是如何逃脱惩罚的?_x000D_
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WeWork是一个引人入胜的案例,未来几年金融学和经济学课程可能都会对其进行研究。让我们对这只巨型独角兽的坠落进行一次明智的讨论吧!