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The advertising revenue was likely paying my friend's salary. The investor's make money off of Yahoo (or lose) because they had enough money lying around to bu
by gerbilly 8y ago
The advertising revenue was likely paying my friend's salary.
The investor's make money off of Yahoo (or lose) because they had enough money lying around to buy a stock or mutual fund.
- malvosenior 8y agoIt depends. Companies raise money to scale operations. Without the IPO and earlier venture capitalists, Yahoo! wouldn't even exist.
- gerbilly 8y agoWithout the workers, Yahoo wouldn't exist. In fact workers can form and grow a company alone, but passive investors can't.
- malvosenior 8y agoYahoo! didn't grow the company alone though, they used investors. Getting a return on investment is the entire reason a company exists, otherwise it's a non-profit.