Difference is that corporate finance is focused on managing a company at its current size while startups are really focused on building a much larger company. Hence why the economics of it make no sense until it hits that mythical future size
> corporate finance is focused on managing a company at its current size while startups are really focused on building a much larger company
Circa 1810, maybe. Since the railroads corporate finance, particularly American finance, has been focussed on growth. Hell, the term venture capital pays homage to the financing of merchant vessels on high risk / high rewards voyages.
