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Did I misunderstand or is the story also - A government department was started with the ambitious goal of "zero budget" and this year with a 183 person team wil
by ajju 10y ago
Did I misunderstand or is the story also - A government department was started with the ambitious goal of "zero budget" and this year with a 183 person team will have recovered 68.75% of its costs.
And did we forget that fast growing startups don't usually break even either?
- trendia 10y agoBut fast growing startups are funded by private investors, not taxpayers.
- aerovistae 10y agoAnd fast growing startups are usually working for private investors, not taxpayers.
- cloudjacker 10y agoSuch a loaded statement. Taxpayers are never ever ever going to get a good deal on their expropriated funds. The Treasury and Fed were practically running a hedge fund and the military losses are magnitudes higher In this case they're a two year old department mimicking silicon Valley and already making money I wanted to be offended but this is pretty good