Vimeo to become a publicly traded company. We will hear about the content strategy and a new hiring feature. First, our top story. More worries for wework. Pressure is mounting to oust ceo adam newman ceo adam neumann after the delayed ipo. The board was supposed to meet today but they are likely going to meet later this week. Huet covers startups and she joins me. Why the shakeup . Ellen insane week in the last week or two. Pressure first to delay the ipo and now it seems like there are reports to consider replacing the ceo, adam neumann. A lot of back and forth within the board. Maybe delay the ipo october and later. We seem to be watching as it unfolds. Possible Board Meeting this week , not expected today but likely very soon. Taylor who wants adam neumann out . Ellen that is most likely softbank. They hold two board seats. It seems like they also have support from benchmark. One board seat has been an early investor. Some viewers they remember was also instrumental in the ousting
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Strategy and a new hiring feature. First, our top story. More worries for wework. Pressure is mounting to oust ceo adam neumann after the delayed ipo. The board was supposed to meet today but they are likely going to meet later this week. Ellen huet covers startups and she joins me. Why the shakeup . Ellen insane week in the last week or two. Pressure first to delay the ipo and now it seems like there are reports to consider replacing the ceo, adam neumann. A lot of back and forth within the board. Maybe delay the ipo october and later. We seem to be watching as it unfolds. Possible Board Meeting this week, not expected today but likely very soon. Taylor who wants adam neumann out . Ellen that is most likely softbank. They hold two board seats. It seems like they also have support from benchmark. One board seat has been an early investor. Some viewers they remember was also instrumental in the ousting of Travis Kalanick from uber. It nevertheless remains, at least softbank and benchmar
Continues. Now jennifer because on the 2015 shooting at emmanuel ame church in charleston, South Carolina. I want to thank all of you for coming tonight. Im happy to see you. I want to think barnes and noble for having me here tonight. Its an honor to be in the company of fabulous authors. I see some old friends out there, i see some new friends out there and some people i know who were directly affected by this tragedy. Why dont i tell you about the book, im happy to take questions. Ill read a bit from the book and i want to hear what you have to say and what you would like for me to answer. When we dive right in . This book is about june 17, 2015. This is the beginning of the story. That night was an especially hot night. It was about 8 00 p. M. When a young white man with a bowl haircut parked outside of annual ame church. If you dont live here, this is a Historic Black Church in the heart of downtown. It was summertime, the city was filled with tourists. Kids were out of school in
See some old friends out there, i see some new friends out there, i see some people i know were directly affected by this tragedy, so im thrilled to have all of you here. I think what might be useful is why dont i tell you a little bit about the book. Im happy to take your questions, sign copies if youd like, read a little bit from the book, and i mostly really want to hear what you have to say and what youd like me to answer. So lets just dive right in. This book is, of course, about june 17, 2015, this was the beginning of the story. That night, as many of you will remember if you were here, it was an especially hot night. It was 8 00 at night when a young white man with a bowl haircut parked outside emmanuel ame church. And if you dont know emmanuel, if you dont live here, this is an Historic Black Church in the heart of downtown charleston. So he parked outside about 8 00 at night. It was summertime, the city was filled with tourists, the kids were out of school, and the city was s