Fully Vested

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Episode Summary

After an update on the WeWork’s ongoing IPO saga we discuss Airbnb investing in other startups, specifically Atlas Obscura and we explore the average returns of the venture investing industry as reviewed by David Coats of Correlation Ventures.

Episode Notes

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WeWork (Update)

• Section starts at 4m45s
• WeWork.com
• WeWork's Crunchbase Profile
• WeWork Makes Sweeping Corporate Governance Changes Ahead of IPO(Annie Palmer for CNBC)
• WeWork's IPO Spells Rough Landing for CEO Neumann (Herbert Lash for Reuters)

Airbnb/Atlas Obscura

• Section starts at 20m59s
• Airbnb.com
• Airbnb's Crunchbase Profile
• AtlasObscura.com
• Atlas Obscura's Crunchbase Profile
• Mapping Airbnb’s Corporate Investment Strategy: Atlas Obscura And Beyond(Jason Rowley for Crunchbase News)
• Airbnb Leads $20 Million Funding Round Into Atlas Obscura (Lukas I. Alpert for The Wall Street Journal)
• David Plotz is leaving as Atlas Obscura pivots to ‘experiences’ (Deanna Ting for Digiday)

Venture Returns

• Section starts at 44m05s
• Venture Capital - No, We're Not Normal (David Coats, Co-Founder, Correlation Ventures)

About The Co-Hosts

-Jason D. Rowley is a data journalist for Crunchbase News, volunteers with the Python Software Foundation as an organizer of Startup Row at PyCon US, and sends occasional newsletters from Rowley.Report.

-Graham C. Peck is a Venture Partner with Cultivation Capital and additionally helps companies build technology development teams in partnership with Brightgrove and other technology development organizations.