go bust
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Still, while VC firms undoubtedly get the chance to invest in high-growth companies at lower valuations than stock-market investors do, they also do so at an earlier stage where many go bust.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
“And when software companies go bust, they usually have few assets to sell to repay loans,” he cautioned.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The trick for executives at privately held JE Dunn and elsewhere is how to manage the risk that the boom could go bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Eye-watering financial losses of £113.2m to 30 June 2024 subsequently led Ratcliffe to claim the following March that, without action, the club would "go bust" by Christmas.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
If they cannot reinvent themselves, they go bust.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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