SoftBank Plans a New $200B Fund
There&#x27;s already been lots written about this, but it&#x27;s astounding how much these SoftBank funds will effect the startup ecosystem for years to come.<p>After years of VC&#x27;s talking about how too much money is floating around creating over-priced unicorns, Masayoshi Son is going to end up injecting a <i>trillion</i> more dollars into the private market.<p>Employees need to start demanding that their employers create regular buyback&#x2F;secondary programs to make up for the restrictions on their illiquid stock. It should be a straight forward  part of the performance review process: &quot;Here&#x27;s some more stock, here&#x27;s some more salary, how much of your existing stock (eg. up to 10%) would you like to sell in the next buyback?&quot;<p>Companies like Slack are never going to go public in this sort of environment and its the employees that suffer the most. The public not being able to participate in startup gains is a legitimate issue, but they&#x27;re not the ones creating the value in these companies.