Comment on How I killed my start-up (a post mortem)parentComments−ironkeith17yWhile I can understand your values (and agree with them) your definition would make YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and dozens more "not start-ups". Or businesses.−jlangenauer17yThat might be closer to the truth than you think - Facebook being the exception, as it's actually pulling in decent revenues at the moment.Imagine if every business was operated on the same principles as these magic-beans business model start-ups.....−apsurd17yAnd even in facebook's case: Revenue is one thing, profit is another...
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While I can understand your values (and agree with them) your definition would make YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and dozens more "not start-ups". Or businesses.
That might be closer to the truth than you think - Facebook being the exception, as it's actually pulling in decent revenues at the moment.
Imagine if every business was operated on the same principles as these magic-beans business model start-ups.....
And even in facebook's case: Revenue is one thing, profit is another...