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Can someone give me some examples of private equity firms that aren't driven purely by avarice? I have a bet going with a colleague.
by bovermyer 9mo ago
Can someone give me some examples of private equity firms that aren't driven purely by avarice? I have a bet going with a colleague.
- jdmoreira 9mo agoIf you are an LP a their fund this is what you would expect. Hate the player not the game.
- ecshafer 9mo agoYour question doesn't really make sense. What business isn't driven by the goal of making money ultimately?
- hamdingers 9mo agoEvery nonprofit.
- hackable_sand 9mo agoWhat businesses are profit-driven? I would love to know so I can avoid them.
- ecshafer 9mo agoEvery gas station, grocery store, convenience store, pharmacy, urgent care, every bank, every tech company, every computer manufacturer, most food production companies, most farms, every resource extraction company, every manufacturing company.
- bovermyer 9mo agoAny health care organization - from your list, pharmacies and urgent care - that is profit-driven is not holding health as top priority. If an organization that should be focused on making people healthy is instead focused on how many currency units it can extract from other entities, there is (as they say) a misalignment of priorities.
- bovermyer 9mo agoNon-profit organizations generally don't focus on profits, but they are usually classified as "businesses." I suppose this is a matter of definitions. What do you define as a "business?"
- 627467 9mo agois it so different from founders (and founding team in a pyramid-scheme-like dynamic) that is looking for exit?