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it couldn t sell it at the price that it needed. they burned through the money. greta: in reading your article, it seems insane. i would never invest one of my dollars in it in 2009 the cost of the product cost $4 to make and they were being sold on the market for $3.24. many companies, when they are young start-up companies losing money with the expectation that the fixed cost will get amortized over time. that s the expectation this company had. that the more panels they would produce they would sell all and the cost for each would be lower. they weren t able to do that. greta: in 2009 solyndra lost 172.5 million dollars on revenue of over 100 million. wasn t that a tip-off at leave
it couldn t sell it at the price that it needed. they burned through the money. greta: in reading your article, it seems insane. i would never invest one of my dollars in it in 2009 the cost of the product cost $4 to make and they were being sold on the market for $3.24. many companies, when they are young start-up companies losing money with the expectation that the fixed cost will get amortized over time. that s the expectation this company had. that the more panels they would produce they would sell all and the cost for each would be lower. they weren t able to do that. greta: in 2009 solyndra lost 172.5 million dollars on revenue of over 100 million. wasn t that a tip-off at leave