Pity the Priceonomics article didn&#x27;t speculate on the effect of the size of the grant. According to the article the average grant size was in the region of $50k paid in tranches contingent on low-end performance targets, which is serious funding for many types of business in a country with (non PPP) per capita GDP of around $3k.<p>Whilst it&#x27;s heartening to see that these top businesses apparently didn&#x27;t waste the cash, it&#x27;s not especially surprising to see that enough free cash to pay 3 workers&#x27; entire salaries for 3 years significantly boosted the chances of the business surviving over that period.