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Re:Raise Less, Build More by nicbou on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:55PM (#37302235)
This is how I understand business, being a small scale kind of guy. But how does it align with the prevalent business model of supercharging growth with capital?

These companies are unprofitable and not default alive, but if you can keep pumping them until they become profitable, they survive.

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Re:Raise Less, Build More by taneq on Monday August 28, 2023 @11:37PM (#37303306)
It doesn’t, because “venture capital backed hyper growth startup” isn’t a business model, it’s a pyramid scheme. The survival of the business after IPO is irrelevant.
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Re:Raise Less, Build More by monissiddiqui on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @12:09AM (#37303486)
Increase value for the shareholders taken to it's logical extreme. Just gotta increase the perceived value to the potential bagholders so the current bagholders can wipe themselves clean.
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Re:Raise Less, Build More by WJW on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:22AM (#37304442)
Maybe for the investors who (intend to) sell all of their stock in the IPO, but surely a founder/CEO has both emotional and financial reasons to ensure the continued survival of the company?
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