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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

Acquired

CHAPTER

Benchmark's Power Struggle With SoftBank

Uber was one of the hits of the century. This is a category defining company and investment. And benchmarks had a lot of go ones, but this one was a great one. I think that was a very, very heavy weight on benchmark and some of the other startups etc., which led to all events that ultimately led to like they're bringing in an unknown outsider like that. Those are some heavy decisions to make.

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