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the price everyone agrees to pretend is true until the music stops.
means an estimate of what something is worth, built from math, mood, and mutual delusion.
from from latin valere, to be strong or worth something; finance borrowed it to dress up guessing as science.
vc mathfuture hopes divided by present sanity
public marketsvaluations change faster than the business does
private marketsvaluations change only when someone admits it
key inputwhoever needs the number highest wins