Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Log In Log In Today’s Paper DealBook | DealBook Briefing: Why WeWork’s I.P.O. Struggles Could Hurt Advertisement DealBook Supported by Sept. 6, 2019 Good Friday morning. Breaking: Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks C.E.O., called off his presidential bid . And don’t forget: I’m going to be in conversation with Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman about his new book, “What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence,” at a DealBook TimesTalk in New York on Sept. 16. Get your tickets here . (Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here .) WeWork’s I.P.O. dreams may be on the rocks The co-working giant had ambitions to stage an outsize public stock offering that would give it a rich valuation and the opportunity to raise money from a new set of investors. It may have to put those plans aside for now. WeWork is considering valuing itself in an I.P.O. at around $20 billion, Michael de la Merced and Peter Eavis of the NYT report, citing unnamed sources. That would be less than half a $47 billion valuation from January. The company has also discussed taking more money from SoftBank, one of its largest…