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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by lotsofpulp on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:31PM (#39610442)
> Anyone can get S&P 500 returns with little to no risk.

Unless it’s buying SP500 index funds, I doubt it. Especially the last 15 years.

I know quite a few people who would have been further ahead (financially) if they had just invested in SP500 and retired.

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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by rightbyte on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @06:46PM (#39610558)
Even beating the nominal index is hard, since losing companies just drop out and are replaced and you will own stock in them and not in the ones taking their place.
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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by highwaylights on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @01:31PM (#39619266)
> Unless it's buying index funds.

I mean literal index funds.

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Re:Sell your startup for half a billion and get nothing (2021) by lotsofpulp on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @01:59PM (#39619749)
Oh, sorry, I thought you meant operating a business that does not “swing for the fences” (as opposed to ones that do that are attractive to VC).
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