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Philip Swan's avatar

Good stuff. The shot at CART and DASH reminds me of Petition's work on cash-incinerating e-grocers.

https://petition.substack.com/p/egrocery

Eventually all will end up in the same place.

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

Thanks Philip! Will take a look at that piece. How will it impact my biases?! 😂

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

It’s behind their paywall but the first paragraph reads like a super-villain origin story for this crazy sector!!

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Ernesto Becker's avatar

"For those reading this in bed next to a sleeping partner"; so accurate one wonders if the Squirrel is not blind afterall and hacked into my phone's camera....

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

It's where I do so much of my reading, Ernesto!

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Ernesto Becker's avatar

Looking at the holder list I don't see much need of people having to sell down their DASH allocation to make room for some tasty CART. But with the stock up 100% in 12 months, there will be some of those flows I imagine.

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

I think the only way the PE guys get out is by being diluted down to nothing via Stock Based Comp!! Capital owning so much is a complete head scratcher for me!!

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Tony T's avatar

Enjoy the write-up as usual. Doordash just launched locally. Restaurants definitely mark up the price to account for commission (probably similar to Uber Eats). I have never use these apps personally. Since everyone is feeling the pitch these days, they seem a bit underwhelming TBH!

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

Thanks Tony. I think there has to be massive leverage to an economic downturn

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Fred's avatar

Nice thread Squirrel.

Quick one, what is the source of the insider transaction screenshot if I can ask ?

Thanks ! Fred

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

Marketwise

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Fred's avatar

Sorry but do you have a link, somehow my browser struggle to find any ?! Thanks :)

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Sorry. Marketbeat!!

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Fred's avatar

Yes got it now, thanks v much ! Ps: when you are in London next give me a shout, beers on me !

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

Hope all well Fred!

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The Blind Squirrel's avatar

Thanks Daniel. I think the unprofitable public stock based compensation recyclers do not survive this cycle. Dash is a case study.

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Daniel Schoonhoven's avatar

I like it, was looking for some thing that will also give me some beta hedging 😁

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