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If investors have to risk money in order to [potentially] earn money, that doesn't sound so "free" to me.
by vecter 10y ago
If investors have to risk money in order to [potentially] earn money, that doesn't sound so "free" to me.
- zasz 10y agoPlenty of investors are risking other people's money, though. Venture capitalists themselves are prime examples of this.
- vecter 10y agoSo what? That's literally their jobs. In fact, both parties entered into that contract knowingly with the expectation that it will be mutually beneficial. How is that money "free"?
- russdpale 10y agoFree as in no time or labor spent by themselves. At least that is what I think he meant
- vecter 10y agoIt turns out being an institutional investor is a fulltime job. It's quite ridiculous for GP to believe otherwise.
- abalashov 10y agoBe that as it may, this is pedantic quibbling outside of the point the GGP post author was actually trying to make: speculative pressure by investors (lazy or otherwise) conflicts with the aim of stable long-term equilibrium doing +/- one thing well. If you actually care about building a sustainable business, not Unicorns and moonshots and other things investors want you to become and do, don't take investment, or at least not much.