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		tim333 on April 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ >nothing inherent to being a “startup” that will make it any better at weathering the future I can think of a few things: a) expecting no revenue for a while anyway b) mostly can work from home / remote c) early startups can cut back to a few founders on ramen None of that really applies to mom and pop restaurants / retail etc.

jononor on April 5, 2020 [–]

Assuming a "tech startup". d) Little to no costs with many-month wind-down period. A lease contract for a restaurant or shop might be 1-2 years, and one is still on the hook for that despite 0 income due to closed shop.

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