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Re:WeWork Parent Weighs Slashing Its Valuation in Half by JumpCrisscross on Thursday September 05, 2019 @04:58PM (#20890575)
> So basically a huge pump and dump

Softbank have been transparent from the start. When Uber did its split round, even on HN, a number of commenters were convinced the spread was legitimate. That the top-of-the-stack pref was actually worth 2x the next-in-line pref. The media fetishised the post-money valuation, and the details got lost in the conversation amongst uninformed investors.

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