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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by ryandrake on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:41AM (#23088191)
Let me just go find a cash machine and withdraw the $X million needed to buy me a factory. Nobody’s stopping me!
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by manigandham on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:44AM (#23088203)
That's called venture capital, or a loan, or a mortgage; things that millions of others have used to start their own businesses. Happy to make some intro's for you. Let me know.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by LunaSea on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @07:02AM (#23089644)
Loans with no collateral ... right.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by manigandham on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:52PM (#23093315)
Sometimes. Or you give up equity. Or secure it some other way. What's your point? That it's hard to do?
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by LunaSea on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:18PM (#23096434)
That you can't get a loan when you don't have collateral which is the case when you are not already wealthy.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by manigandham on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:06AM (#23099912)
Then get a job and save up some collateral. That's how many people start. This is really not that complicated.
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Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce by LunaSea on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:37AM (#23102248)
But that's not always possible when you don't have a good enough job to save which is the reality for a majority of Americans since they live pacheck to paycheck.
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