Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by siliconvalley1 on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:18PM
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That yet another "Unicorn" is actually just smoke and mirrors, isn't profitable and has no realistic path to ever being so?
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Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by kirillzubovsky on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:24PM
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Perhaps that’s an incorrect assumption, that a unicorn needs to be profitable. All they need is to be growing, and show a potential for future upside. If they make net zero, or even keep losing money, doesn’t matter as long as the growth continues because there is always going to be someone else further down the road willing to buy into the story. In theory.
Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by jmnicolas on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:40PM
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> there is always going to be someone else further down the road willing to buy into the story
Until there isn't and the Ponzi scheme collapse.
Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by siliconvalley1 on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:26PM
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> there is always going to be someone else further down the road willing to buy into the story.
This doesn't point to a successful value adding business but rather mass market delusion...
Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by WrtCdEvrydy on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:07PM
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I mean... if you buy it and flip it in a year for an extra $300 million or a cool billion, who cares if it's a bigger fool theory in effect.
Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by ta17711771 on Friday August 21, 2020 @06:18PM
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You, when you're the bigger fool.
Re:Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019
by mbesto on Friday August 21, 2020 @03:17PM
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1) This is all rumors at this point
2) Their revenues increased and the losses stayed the same. Isn't that a path? They also mention a lot of the costs are S&M. If you stop growing that can be drastically cut.