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Ben Gilbert: evaluation

28 Oct 2024 Acquired Meta

“All right, so David, here we are, we’re going public despite everything you just listed that is wrong with the future of mobile and this company.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
evaluation
Recorded
28 Oct 2024
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Meta

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…Let’s talk about that IPO. All right, so David, here we are, we’re going public despite everything you just listed that is wrong with the future of mobile and this company. Oh man, which seems like a not very smart idea. One thing about Mark Zuckerberg, you could say lots of things about him, but one thing I don’t think anybody could say is that he’s not smart. What gives? Why are they doing this? Well, back then, once a company crossed 500 shareholders, the SEC actually mandated by law that you had to start reporting quarterly like a public company.…

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