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Uber peaked at ~$150 billion market cap. Peloton peaked ~$55 billion market cap.

They were absolutely overvalued at those market caps, but it's wrong to say that "HN/VCs said those companies were worth X but they didn't reach X in public markets"

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>They were absolutely overvalued at those market caps, but it's wrong to say that "HN/VCs said those companies were worth X but they didn't reach X in public markets"

Why is it wrong? You think private markets are better indicators of value than public?

No, he's saying literally they did reach X market cap in a public market. He was correcting facts of the previous poster.

If Shaq lifts me up so I can dunk, you can say that I dunked, but in general it's more accurate to evaluate things under more normal circumstances.

Right, but that not OP's point. OP said that insane valuations reached in private markets can't be reached in public markets. Public markets can be just as irrational as private markets

No, he said today they wouldn't reach it.

They reached it, but were quickly proven wrong

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