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lazidetoday at 12:43 AM2 repliesview on HN

I’ve literally never seen that happen. what does always happen is cutting ‘non essentials’ that are essential until the company implodes.


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afavourtoday at 1:31 AM

I suspect there’s a survival bias at work here. The PE purchased companies that continued to thrive are ones you probably never even knew got bought out.

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ironSkillettoday at 12:46 AM

That is one of the core strategies in the private equity playbook.

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