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zszabo
15y ago
That scenario is likely precluded by the conditions that come along with the investment capital. Nobody has ever gotten rich from signing blank checks. And while there may have been the occasional, foolish investor to do just that, everybod
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zszabo
15y ago
i sure hope no investor is ever so foolishly naive as to accept claims like "50:50 chance to grow the business by an order of magnitude...in the next 2 years" without the heaviest grain of salt. More realistically, chances are that any cont
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zszabo
15y ago
Incidentally, that's how the federal government operates. At the end of every fiscal year, if there was money left, it _had_ to be spent.
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zszabo
16y ago
The short answer to your question: liability. In an age where anti-discrimination laws give people ample ammunition to sue for not being hired, it's financially prudent for companies to be rude. And yes, I too find it frustrating, given tha