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Do you think sometimes, having access to a lot of capital is also not good? Like take example of Reliance's Jio Mart. If you used that app even once, you know how bad their service is. Or take Tata's BBNow whose market share is still 10%. These are

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That's just bad management though, not necessarily an indictment of having capital. Plenty of startups become bloated and inefficient while being strapped for cash. Capital is a tool that can be used well or poorly.

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