Leveraged buyout of wallstreetoasis

This is mostly hypothetical but seeing how poorly this site is run got me thinking about how good of a target WSO would be for a lmm PE firm. The site has so much potential and generates a ton of traffic it could monetize off of. I'd probably fix all the glitches that prevent people from commenting / viewing posts, and then create a ton of professionally made courses and sell them to the naive college students / early professionals that comprise 90% of the user base. I'd start advertising on social media that you could use the platinum WSO interview prep package and have a [95%] chance of getting an offer at a BB / EB. Then, having 10x the EBITDA in just a few years, I'd take WSO public and Patrick and I would be billionares. 


Thoughts on an LBO of WSO?


What valuation do you think WSO would be bought for?

Equity check for WSO

<$1mm
14% (1 vote)
$1-2mm
43% (3 votes)
$2-5mm
14% (1 vote)
$5mm+
29% (2 votes)
Total votes: 7
 

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