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The scenarios are greatly simplified here, so it's hard make direct comparisons. But, on the surface it sounds like you're assuming the investment size stays relatively constant.

You might invest $10M in a web-type startup this year, and $1B in a radical new solar panel manufacturing facility 2 years later that promises to halve the price of solar-watts, etc. It also assumes that everyone wants to reinvest 100% every year, you'd get some investors who would be happy to just make back the $20M they lost in another market, and not keep doubling down.

So, I think the model is sustainable for longer than you might first guess.




Excuse me, I went to upvote this, missed, and downvoted it instead. Sorry.




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