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Old 04-19-2023, 06:29 PM   #3183
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Originally Posted by edslunch View Post
It's a bit of both. No-one is working and getting paid before someone takes a risk makes and investment to start a business (leaving aside people who only use other people's money to get started). People who start businesses deserve a significant risk/reward motivation. I have no problem if people get stinking rich from their business investments, up to one million billion dollars.
The bolded is almost every business owner ever. Whether you're talking about an entrepreneur who received a government grant or small business loan or a startup founder who received funding from angel investors and venture capitalists, pretty much everyone who has ever started a business did so using other people's money. And the relatively few people that can afford to start a business without outside help are almost always already wealthy or come from old money.
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