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Re:Lyft Files S-1 by kolbe on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:11PM (#19283661)

Lyft has enriched its investors far more than any baseball player could even dream of. You're just looking at accounting losses. But when this IPOs, early stage investors will have all made billions.

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Re:Lyft Files S-1 by Certhas on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:26PM (#19283789)

But that's not creating value. Unless the lottery creates value for people who buy the right tickets.

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Re:Lyft Files S-1 by kolbe on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:47PM (#19284009)

The current price is the market's expectation of value throughout the existence of the company. The market believes that these past cash flows are not indicative of the company's future ability to create accounting value. And you may choose to value a growth company by its historical cash flows, but the market doesn't.

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Re:Lyft Files S-1 by conanbatt on Saturday March 02, 2019 @12:34PM (#19290123)

The value was created on the company itself, thanks to the early funds of the investors. Value was definitely created..

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