Re:Ask HN: What are some black arts used by founders?
by notabanker on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @08:37AM
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Thanks a lot for sharing your wisdom. A counterintuitive yet better way to understand how modern business works.
From the linked article, it says, "In 2018, 81% of U.S. companies were unprofitable in the year leading up to their public offerings."
This is the most unfair way of judging it. This is like saying students have a negative net worth a year before graduation. It's missing the point - students take debt so they can make much more money later. Startups go cash heavy and take losses so they can make money after the exit.