When Your Exit Strategy Dream Is My Customer Nightmare

Re:When Your Exit Strategy Dream Is My Customer Nightmare by hschne on Friday July 04, 2025 @05:41AM (#44462937)

I think that's a misconception.

It's quite possible that the expected value for most companies over, say 10 years, is overall higher. I obviously have no data, call it a hunch

We just don't hear enough about companies growing steadily and profitably over the years, but over report on the unicorns and smash hits.

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Re:When Your Exit Strategy Dream Is My Customer Nightmare by treyd on Friday July 04, 2025 @05:58AM (#44463058)

Investors do have that data, and they clearly seem to disagree through their investment strategies, and it seems to be turning out well for them enough for that strategy to be consistently profitable, so your hunch may be wrong.

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Re:When Your Exit Strategy Dream Is My Customer Nightmare by danaris on Friday July 04, 2025 @07:21AM (#44463516)

Investors are pushed to care about this quarter's revenue, and discouraged from caring about anything else, by a host of warped and unintentional incentives.

I don't think we can use their behavior as an indicator of what's optimal over the long run.

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