Only given consideration to more recently because of the phenomena. Well end up meeting the ceo a couple of months or whatever after we have made an investment it puts greater burden on us for Due Diligence and for the backgrounds of the people who are involved and the experience. Its probably going to end up with some good results actually. Thats interesting. Weve had some discussions on air about the degree to which lack of persontoperson meetings means can you close on a house, can you close on a transaction, but youre saying its not necessarily a deal killer it definitely is not. I think that will be for early stage companies. The Later Stage Companies where theres more substance involved and theyve been around longer is a bigger problem. Were in the early stage, a round, b round, period i think well have less of a concern about that we also obviously are focused a lot on follow on rounds for our existing portfolio which is fairly extensive at this point hi, alan, its jon fortt, go
More on the case that started tuesday. And who is laughing now . Netflix cofounder Mark Randolph says blockbuster left at the companys original movie by mail service. We will hear his latest thoughts on streaming wars and tech culture. First, it finally happened. Wework is pushing back its ipo. What was once one of the most anticipated debuts of 2019 is now postponed to october. They are looking to calm doubts. At this was the post to be a 47 supposed to be a 47 billion company. Now that number is about 15 billion and perhaps smaller. Joining me to discuss, phil haslett. And, in new york, crystal tse, who has been covering this troubled ipo. What was the problem today . Is it valuations, financials, or governance problems . All of the above. The simple answer is they have a lot of things to address before they can go to the investors again and ask them for their money. They were looking for a 47 billion valuation, and now we are hearing it could be as low as 12 billion to 15 billion. T
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