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Re:Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] by mark_element on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:33PM (#15011989)
Benchmark here has quite different time pressure than potential common stock holders. They need to get liquid.
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Re:Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:40PM (#15012060)
> They need to get liquid

Benchmark or Uber's employees who hold illiquid common stock?

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Re:Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] by sah2ed on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:05PM (#15012329)
Benchmark.

At least that's according to this throwaway but highly upvoted comment [0] from some days ago.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14983957

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Re:Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] by prostoalex on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:44PM (#15012687)
The urgency is never quite explained. If Benchmark needs to wind down a fund, they can just distribute shares directly to LPs.
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Re:Letter from Benchmark to Uber Employees [pdf] by prostoalex on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:44PM (#15012690)
Why?
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