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Re:ChatGPT Creator Is in Talks for Tender Offer That Would V... by fieldcny on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:34PM (#34267009)
Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Let’s see how many of those are around when we actually go through a full business cycle. No company started since 2003 has really been through a real downturn. 2007/2008 was limited in its blast radius and the fed just threw money everywhere…
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Re:ChatGPT Creator Is in Talks for Tender Offer That Would V... by rockemsockem on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:48PM (#34267237)
So 20 years for Tesla and 21 years for SpaceX is a sprint? What amount of time is a marathon? Facebook was founded in 2004, Google in 1998, are they still just sprinting?
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Re:ChatGPT Creator Is in Talks for Tender Offer That Would V... by fieldcny on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:23PM (#34304499)
how about when Tesla can survive off of the margins from ops without growth and without bilking its customer for vapor ware?

How about when they come out with a new body and chassis? When they go through a re-tooling cycle or two?

And again, let’s seem then make it through a full business cycle, because again, no company founded since 2001 knows that it’s like to run a company in a no growth or shrinking economy…

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Re:ChatGPT Creator Is in Talks for Tender Offer That Would V... by rockemsockem on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:05PM (#34315246)
What is your definition for a "full business cycle"? Specifically the length? If you are going to define it as "I know it when I see it" then there's no room for a conversation here.
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