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		coffeebeqn on Dec 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fr... Did anyone respect SoftBank even before this? Their claim to fame was the botched WeWork money hole and a few other insanely overpriced rounds on unscalable/unprofitable(even in theory) businesses.

totalZero on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

Yes. SoftBank has been extremely effective in the mobile telecommunications investment space. Look up Vodafone KK and their investment in Sprint.

SoftBank was SoftBank before its unprofitable/weird investments in businesses like WeWork and Boston Dynamics.

jacquesm on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

It's a mark of something, but not of excellence.

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