So, the time value of money. Also, as foobarqux commented, this leads to a silly valuation of the very capitalized lemonade stand. If a similar-but-broke lemo

So, the time value of money. Also, as foobarqux commented, this leads to a silly valuation of the very capitalized lemonade stand. If a similar-but-broke lemonade stand would be worth $1000, most people would be extraordinarily willing to pay $1000 for 1% of the very capitalized lemonade stand. It would make them millionaires!