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Re:Musk’s Twitter Purchase Was a Leveraged Buyout by wnevets on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:32PM (#33470579)
> In short, this buyout turned Twitter from a $200-million lost-per-year company into a $1500-million to $2200-million lost-per-year company (pending anyone's better estimate).

I wish I was this good at business.

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Re:Musk’s Twitter Purchase Was a Leveraged Buyout by ben_w on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:36PM (#33470673)
I vaguely remember a quote, something like:

"Making a small fortune is easy. You just have to start with a large fortune and then go into business."

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Re:Musk’s Twitter Purchase Was a Leveraged Buyout by moralestapia on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:43PM (#33470800)
It was Branson's (maybe?),

"If you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline."

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