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1. Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 14:48:01 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

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   • Adrian Cochrane
   • Joel

   @j I'm thinking of 'Startups' as being companies that are built to be sold. And 80+% of them fail. They take investment, and most investors lose theirs. To me they're wasteful. I prefer service companies that don't make as much profit and bootstrap without external investment. Some folks, like @alcinnz, refer to them as 'Stayups', which i far prefer. And I definitely don't think Startups should receive a cent of gov't funding. That's just trickle down economics.

   • Joel (j@moo.nz)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 14:50:22 JST Joel

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     @lightweight As someone who has moved in and out of startups to the corporate world. Innovation is far easier in "startups". Startups also don't have to be purely tech, unless that's explicitly how you are defining it here?

     There are startups trialling new energy solutions and cleaning products that both intentionally aim to reduce CO2 emissions.

   • Dave Lane 🇳🇿 (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 14:50:24 JST Dave Lane 🇳🇿

     Just listening to RNZ and Peter Griffin. Why does anyone think 'Startups' are a) a good idea, and b) deserving of taxpayer funding? Isn't that just trickle down economics?