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Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board by elmar on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:21PM (#14993272)
With Mr. Kalanick, Mr. Gurley is said to have a tight relationship. He is Uber’s most engaged board member and the closest thing Mr. Kalanick has to a consigliere

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/technology/bill-gurley...

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Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board by tristanj on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:29PM (#14993338)
Bill Gurley resigned from the board and another Benchmark partner took his place (Matt Cohler).
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Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board by elmar on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:50PM (#14993493)
Uber board member Bill Gurley resigns after leading effort to remove CEO Travis Kalanick

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-bil...

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Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board by cocktailpeanuts on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:30PM (#14993345)
Parent is talking about how the media was manipulated by Benchmark for their profit. You are using a media link as an evidence.
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Re:Uber shareholder group wants Benchmark off board by aetherson on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:47PM (#14993472)
Umberto Eco talks in Foucault's Pendulum about how when you believe a conspiracy theory, evidence against the conspiracy theory becomes evidence for the conspiracy theory because you believe it's part of the cover-up.

In this case, I think the easier dismissal would be to simply say, "I think that Kalanick's relationship with Benchmark soured over time."

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