If you were a shitty company with an unproven business model, right way out on the rist curve, ok? And you had a super high valuation last year, there's a good chance you never grow in it. I would say go puff is one of the best of em. There are a lot of start ups that got funded with billions of dollars in urope, unproven business models, burning tremendous amount of cash. But when you have dordash and ober that are free cash flow positive, that have strong brands, and can re deploy those profits back into compete in those markets, think its very tough.
0:00 Bestie Guestie Brad Gerstner is filling in for Friedberg
1:34 Understanding public SaaS and Internet multiples, Instacart's cuts its valuation by 40%, understanding reality of overvalued late-stage companies
21:52 Capital allocators at fault, how crossover funds are reacting, late-stage price discovery, investor and founder behavioral psychology
40:37 Sacks' burn multiple, managing growth spend, new VC qualifications, lessons from the COVID bubble
53:58 Russia/Ukraine: US potential non-ceasefire strategy, Zelenskyy's revelations in CNN interview, rhetoric getting more aggressive
1:08:58 How will Putin withdraw without redacting the sanctions? What is the offramp? Zelenskyy's posture on global war
1:24:18 Understanding China's recently announced tax cuts, All-In Summit talk
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-21/china-embraces-supply-side-economics-with-tax-cuts
