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by TheSpiceIsLife 2437 days ago
The whole point of fast growing startups with ever-increasing valuations is to enable early investors to cash out at huge multiples.

Everything else is a side show.
2 comments
enkid 2437 days ago
Sounds like a Ponzi scheme
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barry-cotter 2437 days ago
Yeah, Amazon and Google are totally Ponzi schemes.
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Thorrez 2437 days ago
How do they generally cash out? Sell to other investors? IPO?
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