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breckenridgeback t1_j5zbkuo wrote

It's actually pretty rare for a startup to be turning enough of a profit (or indeed, any at all, although that's changing recently) for investors to make money directly off of dividends. Their money usually comes by selling their share of the company during an acquisition or IPO.

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bluehat9 t1_j5ze0id wrote

Maybe rare with "startups" but "companies" do pay distributions and dividends to their shareholders. Some companies aren't looking to IPO or have a large exit and are just cash-flow generating machines

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