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lenerdenatortoday at 2:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Arguably, the point of a startup isn’t to make money, it’s to attract attention and then investors.

Investors with money.


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perpetuallunchtoday at 4:32 AM

What do you mean by this?

What are investors who don’t have money?

Perhaps I should have said investors and speculators, but this doesn’t help you here.

TeMPOraLtoday at 7:37 AM

Obviously.

To rephrase it more bluntly: the difference between normal business and a modern startup is that between a cow bred for milking vs. a pig bred for slaughter.