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		beAbU 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing... It's the whole "we're selling $1 bills for 50c, but we're not worried, we'll make up for it by scaling up."

pinkmuffinere 3 months ago [–]

Imo the pithier version is “we lose money on every sale, but we’ll make it up on volume!”

disgruntledphd2 3 months ago | [–]

It's profoundly depressing that this is basically the model for almost all startups in the last twenty plus years. :shrug:

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