Forward Thinking (By Mat Sherman)

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Examining Profitability (And Why it Doesn’t Matter)

Examining Profitability (And Why it Doesn’t Matter)

People Don’t Understand Why Founders Start

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Jul 08, 2018
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People Don’t Understand Why Founders Start

Have you ever been in a conversation that has gone something like this?

“Damn, Uber is growing so quickly. What a great business idea!” — Susan

Only to be met with a response like this…

“Yeah but they aren’t even profitable” — Fred (The weird cousin no one likes.)

You can find this everywhere. Twitter. Airbnb. Faceb…

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