Fully Vested

The Midas Touch of CEO Firings

Episode Summary

After updates on the resignations of the CEOs of WeWork and Juul we discussed the impact of Trump’s potential impeachment on business and public markets and further trouble for Softbank as many executives leave Compass.

Episode Notes

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WeWork (Update) and JUUL (update)

• Section starts at 6m
• WeWork.com
• WeWork's Crunchbase Profile
• JUUL.com
• JUUL's Crunchbase Profile
• JUUL Replaces Its CEO with Tobacco Executive (Sheila Kaplan, Matt Richtel and Julie Creswell for the New York Times)

Impeachment's Effect on Business

• Section starts at 11m40s

Softbank Executive Departures Especially at Compass

• Section starts at 25m25s
• SoftBank.jp
• SoftBank's Crunchbase Profile
• Compass.com
• Compass' Crunchbase Profile
• Compass Execs Leave in Another SoftBank-Fueled Real Estate Exodus(Natasha Mascarenhas for Crunchbase)
• SoftBank-Backed Real Estate Broker Compass Hit by High-Level Exits(Katherine Clarke and Laura Kusisto for The Wall Street Journal)

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.