EXHIBIT 001WeWork
BANKRUPTCAUSE OF DEATH: GROWTH AT ANY COST
They sold a tech company. The balance sheet showed a landlord. The difference cost billions.
$47BPeak valuation
Independent investigations. No survivors’ bias.
Every startup dies.
We do the autopsy.
Forensic breakdowns of the biggest startup collapses in history. How much they raised, how they burned it, who walked away rich.
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATE MORTALITY
EST. 2026 / EVIDENCE OVER EGO
The case files
Latest autopsies
EXHIBIT 001
EXHIBIT 002Blockbuster
BANKRUPTCAUSE OF DEATH: FAILURE TO ADAPT
Netflix offered to sell. Blockbuster passed. The future didn’t wait for a second meeting.
$50MNetflix acquisition offer
EXHIBIT 003Airbnb
SURVIVEDNEAR-DEATH: NEAR-DEATH BY REJECTION
Before the billions, there were cereal boxes. An autopsy of the failure that almost happened.
$30KCereal-box proceeds
EXHIBIT 004FTX
BANKRUPTCAUSE OF DEATH: FRAUD & MISSING CONTROLS
The smartest money in the room missed the hole in the books. Customers paid for it.
$32BJanuary 2022 valuation
Same method. Different body.
The Format
01
The Money In
Follow the funding. Every round, every valuation, every promise.
02
The Machine
What the business actually did. Not what the pitch deck said.
03
The Fatal Decision
The moment it went wrong. Usually before anyone noticed.
04
The Autopsy
Open the books. Trace the failure. Separate cause from symptom.
05
Who Got Rich Anyway
The company died. That doesn’t mean everyone lost.
06
The Receipt
Every number, every claim, every source. Nothing hidden.
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