May 3, 2019 · Episode 33

Facebook's privacy fakeout, WeWork's reckless IPO, and Reagan the welfare queen

3 predictions · 0–2 · 0% accuracy

Scott's predictions3

Spotify will be acquired by another company.
“I think Spotify is getting into acquisition territory.”
M&A · Checkable · by May 3, 2020 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved May 2020
Slack will be acquired by another company before completing its planned public listing.
“And then the other company that I think there's a chance might get acquired before they go out is Slack.”
M&A · Checkable · by Jul 1, 2019 (inferred)
Didn’t happenResolved Jun 20, 2019
WeWork will turn out to be an overvalued, failed company akin to pets.com (i.e., its valuation will collapse or the company will fail).
Only if: WeWork's IPO prices at a $45 billion valuation
“I mean, this literally is the pets.com of this era if this thing gets out at a $45,000,000,000 valuation.”
M&A · Conditional · Judgment call · by May 3, 2020 (inferred)
Didn’t applyResolved Sep 30, 2019