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Re:SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:41PM (#22611357)
Ponzi scheme that took advantage of SoftBank, who is further attempting to prop it up to recoup something other than 0 from the investment.
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Re:SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout by fastball on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:52PM (#22611472)
> took advantage of SoftBank

Citation needed? SoftBank isn't some mom&pop shop that cant afford a lawyer to do due diligence.

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Re:SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout by toomuchtodo on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:09PM (#22611638)
That’s fair. SoftBank acted like an unsophisticated investor and goaded Neumann on, so it really is a codependent VC train wreck.
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Re:SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout by empath75 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:31PM (#22611819)
They surely didn’t. Softbank just thought they could take it public before people realized it was garbage.
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