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Slowing pace of unicorns and lack of rich backers make Masa’s visionary sequel a lot less compelling

Slowing pace of unicorns and lack of rich backers make Masa’s visionary sequel a lot less compelling

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19 August, 2019

It looks like SoftBank Group Corp.’s Masayoshi Son may be struggling to start his next epic journey.

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