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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000.

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Is the Unicorn Endangered or Extinct?

Professor VC

For example, Uber ( not a startup but someone should let TechCrunch know ) is private and has a valuation greater than 70% of the Fortune 500. Back in the day, tech companies typically went public at market caps in $100 - $250M range. With companies remaining private much longer today, most of the value appreciation is pre-IPO.