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wtf does this even mean. companies will always care about profitability for their owners. that's the whole point of starting and having a business
by make3 9y ago
wtf does this even mean. companies will always care about profitability for their owners. that's the whole point of starting and having a business
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- Xylakant 9y agoHow is this the whole point of starting a business? Elon Musk is often quoted as using Tesla as a mean to promote electric transportation. Corporate structures that may never pay dividends to the owners such as gGmbH (gemeinnützige GmbH) exist and get used in practice. There’s a ton of reasons to start a business, shaving off the absolute maximum in profits is just one.
- imaginenore 9y agoMusk said multiple times that all his non-SpaceX businesses are just means of getting humans to Mars. The electric transport and solar energy / storage indeed have nice side effects, but they are not his final goal.
- kungito 9y agoWhat Elon Musk is doing is called amazing PR and guerilla marketing. I wish it wasn't so but I'm eagerly waiting to be corrected