WeWork, a shared-workspace company with rentals available around the world, withdrew its IPO on Monday amidst concerns about the startup’s governance and business model, and its ability to turn a profit. All of this on the heels of last week's announcement that the company’s eccentric founder Adam Neumann was to step aside as CEO.

Host Tamara Khandaker talks to Eliot Brown, who writes about startups and venture capital for The Wall Street Journal. He recently wrote a profile about Adam Neuman, and is going to walk us through the story of WeWork from its very start, to where the company finds itself today.

 

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