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by fzeroracer 2429 days ago
That's really the goal of modern business, isn't it? Pump a business full of cash and grow at massively unsustainable rates. If your company collapses then you take down a bunch of other businesses and industries which relies on the investor-subsidized stuff you bring to the market, making your company too big to fail.

With the sheer amount of venture capital at your beck and call, you can also force out challengers trying to enter the market easily by dropping prices even further (and who cares, you're already non-profitable!) or just straight up buying them out.

Profitability doesn't even matter as long as your business is considered valuable! Even better if you can get tax payers on the hook for saving your asses.