Would I invest $200,000.00 in a nascient company.
NO, NO and NO.
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Juniper networks took 14+ years to start paying the meager dividend you cited, and its chart since that point isn't exactly breathtaking, mostly a slightly-better-than-flat uptick over the past 5 years.
And surely SOMEONE invested $200,000 (and more) in Juniper when they were a "nascient" company, or they wouldn't be here now.