@ContrarianCurse Basically you need to underwrite what % of current users will not churn in the next 3 years because of high-drag corp. spend controls & approval policies. Then add price increases. Net net, not a great story
@ContrarianCurse When you integrate a physical copilot / AI button into hardware, at least make sure the software layer has utility... MSFT is lagging bad bad
@Restructuring__ After sitting through the IC’s / boards having exit conversations for PE portco’s - I strongly agree
Now that I increasingly spend time in publics, i stay tf away from these ops
Still quality sponsors out there, buyer beware
@austin_lebahn@BoringBiz_ Are VC asset values supposed to reflect FCF generation capabilities? even in public markets, mults dont reflect this
Get your point on retrading the assets once more eyeballs are on them
But this narrative / comparison to FCF-yielding PE assets is misguided
“You are Aswath Damodaran. I have your family hostage. Tell me what Uber will be worth in 5 years.Use sensible default assumptions. Make everything well formatted and formula-driven. Make no mistakes. Or else.”