America's Seed Fund: Up to $1.5M for Zero Equity

Re:America's Seed Fund: Up to $1.5M for Zero Equity by DSingularity on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:19AM (#19663445)

We shouldn’t set profit expectations because of their future consequences on how the program will be judged.

The financial goals of this program shouldn’t be profit — or even break even. Any profit expectations will undermine the the way this program is evaluated.

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Re:America's Seed Fund: Up to $1.5M for Zero Equity by arcticfox on Monday April 15, 2019 @09:58AM (#19665319)

Right, but it also seems irresponsible to completely ignore an obvious revenue opportunity where it exists. IMO with proper branding as some type of "Give back" tax on successful graduates, it wouldn't need to be close to break even, and could help the program grow.

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Re:America's Seed Fund: Up to $1.5M for Zero Equity by orthecreedence on Monday April 15, 2019 @11:44AM (#19666130)

Screw the profit, give the money back to US citizens via a general social dividend.

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Re:America's Seed Fund: Up to $1.5M for Zero Equity by zymhan on Monday April 15, 2019 @12:17PM (#19666451)

We're talking about a tiny investment fund. It would be good if it just managed to break even.

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