Yeah that we just go “this is what the stocks are worth if we sold them all now” never feels correct as a valuation of companies for me. It is all so illiquid.

Also calling yourself a startup makes it a lot easier to abuse your naive young techworkers. “This is just how things go with a startup mindset, your partner and kids will be fine you saw them last month”

E: another startup thing (saw Eat Just from the vatmeat thing did this, but also see Trump/Musk as notable examples), just dont pay or pay your suppliers extremely late.