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Very cool. Reminds me of SparkToro's "Very Unusual Round of Funding": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17256923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1725692
by erlend_sh 8y ago
Very cool. Reminds me of SparkToro's "Very Unusual Round of Funding":
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17256923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17256923
I'm very curious to learn more about what kind of stake the investors get in these bootstrapped companies. For these types of companies I always thought it'd be better if investors operated more like a high risk-taking bank, just putting money in and getting money back with no equity involved. The investors can potentially lose all their money so it's not a loan, but if the company is successful the investor will be getting a 2-3x return paid back to them as interest, only payable if the company is achieving a certain level of profitability, e.g. 20+ employees.