Carta to exit secondary trading business
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Carta to exit secondary trading business
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#2BRAVO!!!!
Edit: we did just spend 2 days pouring over every negative detail, I don't think this has to be at -5. I will consider it a karmic offering of the karma I got for being negative
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#3Prior drama: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38897363
Personally I think it's great that they removed this potential conflict of interest, but the fact that the announced this while conveniently omitting the events that led up to this makes me still distrust them.
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#4I thought his responses were terrible and worthy of being fired over the weekend, but I am impressed with his quick action on this. I guess you can put me down as “neutral” towards this person.
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#5I thought his responses were terrible and worthy of being fired over the weekend, but I am impressed with his quick action on this. I guess you can put me down as “neutral” towards this person.
Caught with your hand in the cookie jar pre-IPO. Of course you’d want to act quickly.
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#6This is the best response, but remember it's a response to getting caught. They didn't grow a conscience or replace leadership.
My company is still taking our business away from Carta, and I don't think anyone's plans should change because they repented after being caught. Things might be different if the CEO stepped down, but he hasn't yet.
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#7Does that go for Carta Marketplace also? Asking because it seems to be a separate business.
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#8I thought his responses were terrible and worthy of being fired over the weekend, but I am impressed with his quick action on this. I guess you can put me down as “neutral” towards this person.
They sound like a classic machiavellian, deflecting at the first sign of criticism.
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#9Will they still be selling equity and compensation data or getting out of that business? Technically that’s still a data product too.
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#10What other ways does Carta share data?
That is my fundamental question after all this.