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SoftBank business model: make an investment at valuation X. Make another investment at valuation 2X. Declare that the value of the first investment has doubled!
by goatinaboat 7y ago
SoftBank business model: make an investment at valuation X. Make another investment at valuation 2X. Declare that the value of the first investment has doubled!
The wheels come off when anyone else gets to value the investment. That’s happening now. I wonder how other SoftBank businesses like ARM will be impacted.
- onion2k 7y agoI wonder how other SoftBank businesses like ARM will be impacted. I don't think many investors dispute the ~$28b valuation that Softbank paid for ARM.
- antoniuschan99 7y agoARM might be king now, but looking into RiSC-V and the Made In China 2025 initiative, I wonder what the landscape will be like in the future https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20838030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20838030