Jason Lemkin
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The dilution is viewed from like a venture perspective or startup perspective is unknowable.
The dilution is viewed from like a venture perspective or startup perspective is unknowable.
I mean, it's tieable.
I mean, it's tieable.
It's unseeable.
It's unseeable.
But if they really thought that payback was so quickly, wouldn't you issue debt and have no dilution?
But if they really thought that payback was so quickly, wouldn't you issue debt and have no dilution?
Because 80 billion is still 80 billion of dilution, right?
Because 80 billion is still 80 billion of dilution, right?
To be neutral, they're going to ultimately have to repurchase 80 billion of cash to get those shares back, right?
To be neutral, they're going to ultimately have to repurchase 80 billion of cash to get those shares back, right?
So wouldn't you do debt if you thought you could get to pay it back in any reasonable amount of time?
So wouldn't you do debt if you thought you could get to pay it back in any reasonable amount of time?
Well, certainly it insulates you from any colds or flus you get in the debt market on any given week or month.
Well, certainly it insulates you from any colds or flus you get in the debt market on any given week or month.
At least you don't have to worry about the vagaries of the debt markets, which do have micropanics.
At least you don't have to worry about the vagaries of the debt markets, which do have micropanics.
They do have micropanics.
They do have micropanics.