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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by aeternum on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:54PM (#21119585)
Right, maybe not every tech company but he is wrong more often than he is right.

For example, he predicted both Amazon and Google would be 'losers' back in 2015.. oops:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/04/09/the-fut...

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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by victor106 on Monday September 30, 2019 @06:44PM (#21120373)
From the article “For Galloway, the winner will be Macy’s, which has successfully gone online,”

Macy’s Stock https://g.co/kgs/8KZ1Kj

Prediction is a hard business.

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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by perl4ever on Monday September 30, 2019 @08:46PM (#21121001)
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. - Niels Bohr
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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by inimino on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:39AM (#21122357)
I had previously heard this attributed to Yogi Berra, so I had to check. Apparently[1], it's an old Danish proverb.

[1]: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/20/no-predict/

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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by quickthrower2 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @08:14AM (#21124428)
So non-future prediction is also difficult it seems!
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Re:WeWork says will file to withdraw IPO by adonnjohn on Monday September 30, 2019 @09:52PM (#21121286)
What pumped up their stock so much in 2015?
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