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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jan 2020

    If your startup is out of money, it's usually a delusion to think you can avoid disaster by getting bought. But startups out of money often find ways to save themselves. So if you're out of money, it's usually better to make one last effort than waste time talking to acquirers.

    3:23 AM - 16 Jan 2020
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      2. Rich Waldron‏ @richwaldron 16 Jan 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        Also tends to be the time when some of the best decisions are made.

        2 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      3. Dr Able Lawrence 🦉MD DM‏ @abledoc 16 Jan 2020
        Replying to @richwaldron @paulg

        Survivorship bias. You survived to tell the tale.

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Hipster Spock‏ @Eurodude23 16 Jan 2020
        Replying to @paulg

        If your startup runs out of money usually means you spend too much on growth not enough on sustainability or getting revenue. Cos Revenue cures most illnesses.

        4 replies 2 retweets 28 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Jan 2020
        Replying to @Eurodude23

        What it means is that you didn't get growth, whether you spent a lot on it or not.

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      2. Nassim Dehouche‏ @ndehouche 16 Jan 2020

        The sheer speed of scaling and growth that defines 'startups' was only made possible by the internet

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      1. AK‏ @ateeshkropha 16 Jan 2020
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        Case in point @snapdeal.

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      1. Yash RT‏ @ythodge 16 Jan 2020
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        It's across spheres. You want a girlfriend, you want a job, you want someone to buy your startup 'dont look desperate'

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      1. Per Bylund‏ @PerBylund 16 Jan 2020
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        And to be "out of money" doesn't necessarily mean having exhausted all resources or value. It could mean insufficient cashflow, which then suggests the assets (including intangibles) can still have (high) market value--even in the existing combination.https://twitter.com/PerBylund/status/1217041388354916353?s=20 …

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        Capital is not cash. Entrepreneurs know (or learn very quickly) the difference between assets and cashflow: how you can have a lot of capital yet not be able to pay your bills--and literally go bust while being "rich." Journalists and voters are still to discover this fact.
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      1. Michael Lugassy‏ @mluggy 16 Jan 2020
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        hmm. disagree. acqui-hires are just that.

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