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Re:Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ by tim333 on Saturday April 04, 2020 @11:41PM (#22783574)
>nothing inherent to being a “startup” that will make it any better at weathering the future

I can think of a few things:

a) expecting no revenue for a while anyway

b) mostly can work from home / remote

c) early startups can cut back to a few founders on ramen

None of that really applies to mom and pop restaurants / retail etc.

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Re:Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ by jononor on Sunday April 05, 2020 @06:56AM (#22784943)
Assuming a "tech startup". d) Little to no costs with many-month wind-down period. A lease contract for a restaurant or shop might be 1-2 years, and one is still on the hook for that despite 0 income due to closed shop.
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