[hkmurakami]

>Anyone can hire tonnes of people, pay them, provide a service/product, and still deliver negative equity returns. Anyone.

Well I don't think anyone can successfully pitch investors and take millions of dollars of their hard earned (sometimes) money, but agreed on the other points.

[antr]

who is talking about raising capital? is raising equity capital a measure of a success? i'd say the contrary. equity is the most expensive source of financing. i've raised equity, and trust me, it's a mixed feeling.