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If the company is not public, there are no dividends. Crazy that stuff like this needs to be explained on a tech site.
by scient 4y ago
If the company is not public, there are no dividends. Crazy that stuff like this needs to be explained on a tech site.
- yrgulation 4y agoI am pretty sure in europe there are. Crazy that stuff like diversity among countries has to be explained on a tech site.
- earth_walker 4y agoHere in Canada private companies can and do pay dividends to their shareholders.
- yrgulation 4y agoWell exactly.
- ghiculescu 4y agoAll of this depends on the company being profitable, which young startups typically aren't and probably shouldn't be.
- yrgulation 4y agoI know, but having data on it helps. I am curious how many of these funded companies actually generate profits for their founders and how soon. It may be that despite large investments returns are slim, meaning many such startups are a waste of time.
- dcow 4y agoThis is not strictly true. A company can pay dividends if it's profitable at any point in time. Whether it's publicly traded doesn't matter. Whether it's a good idea or not is another question.