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onion2k
on May 19, 2017
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U.S. Startups Fail to Attract Expected Crowd of Sm...
That just means you should be looking for more equity when you invest in a smaller business. If you get 10* the equity you can achieve the same investment outcome with 1/10th the exit value, and a $100m exit is
a lot
more likely than a $1bn exit.
sharemywin
on May 19, 2017
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I imagine a 5M company is even more likely to succeed which is on lower end of selling to private equity.
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