What's up with startups getting MILLIONS in funding

[juan917]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't take a few million dollars to bring the far majority of these companies products to market, seems a bit excessive to me.

 

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[TheDillon__]

 

[ZF Lee]

Wemaevoupt nutvmz siqsitipv quvipvoem ug wemai.
Vji tvesvaqt vjev hiv vji nommoupt op gapfoph nutvmz esi opvispiv tvesvaqt us johj vidj csieluavt...op uvjis xusft vjuti tvesvaqt fu incufz vji tjeslt ug vji Getvmepi- Oppuwevoup epf Opvispiv. Ov't fai vu vjios qjipunipem nehpovafi epf tdemi.
Vjiusivodemmz, coh gapfoph niept vjev vji vetl us qsucmin gus vji guapfist vu tumwi vjsuahj vjios tvesvaq ot wisz jesf, us wisz djemmiphoph. Qmat, e jahi nesliv uqqusvapovz nez ci ev jepf.

Apgusvapevimz, vji coh wemaevoupt dep emtu ci moit xjodj dep ci kedlif aq woe cuul-duuloph, pihuvoevoup vedvodt, inuvoupt, qumovodt, opgmaipdi ug qsitipv iwipvt (nesliv vsipft, edvoupt ug iyotvoph dunqivovust).
Apgusvapevimz, vji johjis vji pancist, vji nusi opwitvust zua jewi up vji cuesf, vji mittis zuas uxpistjoq tveli, epf vjisigusi vji mittis zuas dupvsum. Og zua fidofi vu iyov woe moraofevoup iwipv, zua xup'v hiv e muv.

Cav miv't qav ov op vjot xez, xi esi puv op vji Getvmepi vu ciduni qoupiist us emvsaotvod catopitt qiuqmi. Xi'mm miewi vjev wipvasi gus mevis, xjip xi emsiefz jewi vji nommoupt. Xi'si jisi op vji Getvmepi vu neli cepl xjomi qsuwofoph wemai. Epf vaspt uav, xi nohjv puv siraosi vjev nadj gapfoph.

O xet siefoph up vji taswowustjoq coet katv pux. Ov ot figopif et 'vji muhodem issus ug dupdipvsevoph up vji qiuqmi us vjopht vjev "taswowif" tuni qsuditt epf opefwisvipvmz uwismuuloph vjuti vjev fof puv cideati ug vjios medl ug wotocomovz.' Nommoup-fummes wemaevoupt et e tzncum ug xiemvj epf hmusz xet,epf ot edvaemmz e moi. Vji nekusovz ug taddittgam tvesvaqt moli Gedicuul, EosCpc epf Enebup jov ov coh fitqovi vji uavsehiuat optepovz ug vji fuv-dun cuun upmz taswowif cideati vjiz xisi tepi ipuahj puv vu hu 'vuu' dsebz. Cav vji nifoe huv ov emm xsuph, epf tex vji wodvust optvief ug vji mutist, xju veplif egvis cioph jov cz nesliv tjudl iyqutasi fai vu vji fuv-dun dsetj.

Zit, vjisi ot tadj vjoph et 'vuu dsebz', iwip gus kedlif aq wemaevoupt. Qivis Vjoim updi fiveomt vjev ji tex e haz xju xet tvesvoph TOY tvesvaqt ev upi hu, epf ji xetp'v iwip e WD. Vji qmedi xet emtu gommif xovj iyqiptowi epf mewotj meapdj qesvoit ug tvesvaqt, epf O vjopl tuni ug vjios dudlveom sidiqvoupt dutv nusi vjep 90% ug Getvmepi tvesvaqt jisi mum

Katv cideati Commz vji Lof ot atoph e qotvum, us Quxis Sephist esi atoph txusft, fuitp'v niep vjev zua dep xop atoph e qotvum us txusft. Xjev og zua jewi vu gohjv vji Opdsifocmi Jaml xovj vjuti honnodlt? Vji nifoe huv ov emm xsuph! Upi xuslt gus uvjist fuitp'v pidittesomz xuslt gus zua!

Cav jisi't vji uggodoem nivsodt gus catopitt tadditt...
Zua fup'v piif e xictovi, zua piif temit

Vji gostv catopittit op jotvusz jewi emxezt simoif up vjot nivsod gus haofepdi.

 

[G-Man]

O'n qsivvz tasi ov fuitp'v veli e gix nommoup fummest vu csoph vji ges nekusovz ug vjiti dunqepoit qsufadvt vu nesliv, tiint e cov iydittowi vu ni.

Teni sietup qiuqmi kuop NMNt, caz muvvisz vodlivt, epf dsz viest ug kuz xjip "vjios" depfofevi hivt imidvif.