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i'm joined by the senior research analyst, barry oxford. key for me is that the new ceo is a real estate veteran and not a tech veteran. does that give you insight into how we should be evaluating this company? >> absolutely. i've written reports about we 's struggles. i feel this is one of their first positive moves. they've been through a couple ceo changes. you hit the nail on the head when you say they have a real estate person and this is a real estate company, but this is not a tech company with a real estate gland. this is real estate first. i think he is the person to lead this company. taylor: what can you glean from his previous work within turning around some real estate companies, pulling them out of bankruptcy, that you can now glean forward? barry: sure. again, he has the reputation and credibility to get investors behind him. he does have softbank. they can -- taylor: barry, do we still have you? looks like we lost barry. barry, can you still hear me? barry: i can hear you, taylor. taylor: perfect. continue to talk to me abou

i spoke about the new strategy with da davidson's senior analyst, barry oxford. >> i wrote reports aboutruggled with the company. i feel this is one of their positive moves. they have been through a couple of ceo changes but i think you hit the nail on the head when they have a real estate person. this is a real estate company but not a tech company with a real estate event. this is real estate first. i think sandeep is the person to lead the company as far as getting them to profitability. taylor: what can you glean from sandeep's previous work in turning around some real estate companies, pulling them out of bankruptcy, that you can glean forward into future work he could do at wework? >> sunday being the ceo of a being company -- sandeep the ceo of a public company, he is the person to lead this company. eventt think it is a 2020 but i think sandeep is the person to bring the company public. he has the reputation and credibility with investors and i think softbank has funded enough money from wework that they can complete what is needed to be done already in the pipeline as far as lis

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