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Re:Snap Tumbles Below IPO Opening Price as Analysts Say Sell by taneq on Monday March 06, 2017 @11:16PM (#13808236)
> It's great to build a billion dollar business, but it might as well not exist until you sell some of it to someone.

This statement is boggling. Only in Silicon Valley can a "billion dollar business" be worthless except for the price of its shares. Anywhere else, "billion dollar business" implies some kind of actual revenue.

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Re:Snap Tumbles Below IPO Opening Price as Analysts Say Sell by CobrastanJorji on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:24PM (#13816223)
A giant diamond is also worthless unless you can sell it to someone.
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