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spyspy
on Aug 28, 2017
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Why successful startups stumble at 40 employees
How long was it before those companies broke even though?
tqkxzugoaupvwqr
on Aug 28, 2017
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Facebook burnt through $700M if I recall correctly. Back then this was unheard of. Though, most of it was to support their explosive organic growth while ad revenue was catching up.
Google made money almost from the start I think.
Reddit has been losing money since its inception.
gogopuppygogo
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Facebook paved the way for this second tech boom from my perspective. VC's suddenly had FOMO again when it came to user growth over profit.
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