On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Kontra wrote:
A company gets "investments" throughout its lifecycle, from angels
to IPO to
acquisition to bonds. It makes no sense to classify a need or desire
to get
"investment" as a pyramid scheme. Are you saying Skype is/was a
pyramid
scheme because they sold to eBay? Even if the "scheme" of the
founders and
shareholders were to sell their company to a larger entity as soon
as they
can?
Why on earth are you quoting investments?
Also, given your thinking on this subject, I have to presume that
since you feel getting bought out is a legitimate business model, then
you probably also presume feel that playing roulette is a legit income
stream. I mean... the chance of you laying out a couple large on black
20 and hitting it for the big pay off is probably better than getting
your company bought by a bigger company for grossly inflated valuations.
--
Andrei Herasimchuk
Principal, Involution Studios
innovating the digital world
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