Comment by consp
3 hours ago
> but this only works because people complain instead of starting rival business.
This reads like fiction. When they corner the market it's of course trivial to just jump in and take that share. No way they will try to be disruptive to you or sue you to hell and back and of course the bank will loan you the pile of money to start a new company since there is no giant corporation to compete with who can squeeze you out in an instance.
Your comment is the one that seems like fiction. You are saying PE is unbeatable? Per the article there is a backlog of orders. What is stopping one of the previous owners from creating another company and taking them?
Sue for what exactly? Of course they will be disruptive, that is what competing means.
> What is stopping one of the previous owners from creating another company and taking them?
... they sold the original business to retire??
> ... they sold the original business to retire??
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> What is stopping one of the previous owners from creating another company and taking them?
You will not find any investors.
The investors that want to invest in fire trucks already invested in the PE fund and will give them money over any new start
That’s the point
There’s no money elsewhere.
How did the original businesses start to begin with? Also where is this information coming from? It isn't in the article.
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