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Re:Venture Backed or Bootstrapped? There's a Third Way. Just... by cj on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:42PM (#39051639)
This is when I break out the worlds tiniest violin :)

I agree with you, but so what?

The expected ROI for any given seed investment is $0. It’s common knowledge at this point that seed investing is a numbers game where nearly all seed investments fail and a tiny percentage return huge.

I consider our investors successful in that we’ll, at a very minimum, return more than they would have seen if they had invested in the S&P 500 over 10 years.

Re:Venture Backed or Bootstrapped? There's a Third Way. Just... by markisus on Friday January 19, 2024 @07:25AM (#39054633)
Nit: The most likely outcome is zero return, but expected return is positive (if the investor is rational) due to tail probability.