SoftBanks founder and CEO Masayoshi Son was one notable absence from the event. However, many of SoftBanks investing missteps like Ubers Travis Kalanick and WeWorks Adam Neumann were on parade.
One contest winner, who shouted I love Adam Neumann'' to a round of applause, was awarded a mentorship with the man himself, a three-month stay at a property managed by his new startup Flow, which Neumann describes as the Four Seasons of condos. Another prize was the opportunity to pitch to Andre