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by beambot 978 days ago
I know of two companies with >$1B exits that were running on fumes when they turned it around. One had 3 days of runway remaining; one had 16 hours to get a wire in to make payroll. Today these companies employ thousands.

FedEx famously (allegedly) came down to a hand of blackjack in Vegas to make payroll & avoid bankruptcy.