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Re:A Rising Number of Startups Reckon They'll Never Go Public by emcq on Saturday March 19, 2016 @02:56AM (#11317625)
That sounds great! That should happen regardless.

Put another way what does the investor gain putting money in a company that stays private?

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Re:A Rising Number of Startups Reckon They'll Never Go Public by hkmurakami on Saturday March 19, 2016 @03:10AM (#11317657)
Dividends or getting their stake bought out.

Pretty common for companies that never raised VC but did raise outside funding (and thus doesn't have a fund liquidation deadline).

A family friend's parents have held a significant stake in a privately held company, where they've been paid a dividend for 20+ years.

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Re:A Rising Number of Startups Reckon They'll Never Go Public by elliotec on Saturday March 19, 2016 @03:01AM (#11317635)
That is a good question.
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