Bob Schumer helped Adam Neumann nab his $1.7 billion WeWork exit package. Insiders told us why the hot-shot M&A lawyer was the perfect fit for the high-stakes negotiation.

Well-known lawyer Bob Schumer joined the WeWork saga by helping Adam Neumann nab a big exit package from the coworking company.

October 31, 2019   |   View Online »

Bob Schumer helped Adam Neumann nab his $1.7 billion WeWork exit package. Insiders told us why the hot-shot M&A lawyer was the perfect fit for the high-stakes negotiation. Casey Sullivan | Well-known lawyer Bob Schumer joined the WeWork saga by helping Adam Neumann nab a big exit package from the coworking company. Read More »

Google Cloud and AWS see winning over exchanges as key to pitching Wall Street holdouts on the public cloud Dan DeFrancesco | Cloud providers hope that exchanges' adoption could lead to further use of the technology across Wall Street. Read More »

Family offices oversee trillions in wealth and are highly secretive. But that's changing as they chase direct deals — and company execs want to know who's behind the money. Rebecca Ungarino | Family offices aren't exactly known for their transparency. But that's slowly changing as the secretive firms start to embrace a more public persona. Read More »

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The cofounder of legendary VC firm Andreessen Horowitz on what almost killed Uber, what really led to WeWork's downfall, and what happened after he passed on Airbnb Shana Lebowitz | Ben Horowitz also shared his thoughts on hiring for culture fit and why his firm gives feedback to every founder it declines to invest in. Read More »

Facebook is gearing up for a year from hell in 2020, Mark Zuckerberg warns: 'This is going to be a very tough year' Rob Price | Facebook has weathered two years of scandals, and it's not over yet, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Wednesday. Read More »

Trump reportedly tried to stop Amazon from winning a $10 billion cloud deal, but experts say Microsoft won on its own merits Paayal Zaveri | President Donald Trump's scrutiny of Amazon's bid for the federal cloud contract turned heads, but Microsoft the contest won on its own, experts say. Read More »

Microsoft performance reviews used to be hypercompetitive 'stack rankings.' Then Satya Nadella drove the culture toward collaboration — here's how they work now, according to HR chief Kathleen Hogan. Sherin Shibu | Microsoft's performance reviews involve three main criteria — individual impact is just one. Now the tech giant optimizes for inclusion and innovation. Read More »

The US Navy's second Ford-class aircraft carrier is in the water, and the first is conducting sea trials Ryan Pickrell | The shipbuilder flooded the dry dock Tuesday, bringing the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) afloat for the first time. Read More »

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