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This is how the entire VC market works either get bought or IPO.
by viro 5y ago
This is how the entire VC market works either get bought or IPO.
- londons_explore 5y agoOption 3 is to become very profitable and give big dividends back to those VC's... Few take that route though...
- swiftcoder 5y agoI think you'll find that VCs aren't in it for dividends. If they were content with 10% per annum they'd play the S&P 500... You can certainly build a long-term profitable business, but you wont find VC funding for that.
- londons_explore 5y agoBut some businesses that take VC funding could pay out 1000% dividends every year, especially businesses that don't take much initial funding and manage to become a monopoly in some small niche market and decide not to expand further.
- swiftcoder 5y agoIt's certainly possible in niche cases, but if you tell a VC that is your plan, I thin you are likely to find a luke-warm response. Aiming at an acquisition is in many ways a surer bet that aiming for niche market dominance with outlandish returns
- jensensbutton 5y agoBecause that's not what VCs want.
- danudey 5y agoOption 3 is to become very profitable and then have Facebook create its own competitor and integrate it into their own apps, killing your business overnight.