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Re:The startup that’s making a big, expensive bet on a Super... by hkmurakami on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:32AM (#10978419)
Well we need to distinguish between debt raised to lend out to customers vs equity financing.
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Re:The startup that’s making a big, expensive bet on a Super... by colechristensen on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:22AM (#10978572)
Right, it seems like the terms on a series like that for a loan company would have terms much more like buying the debt they're going to issue to their customers than buying stock in the company.
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