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Not exactly the same but this reminds me of Joel's Strategy Letter I [0] regarding knowing what kind of business you operate, and consequently how you should gr
by jcalx 2y ago
Not exactly the same but this reminds me of Joel's Strategy Letter I [0] regarding knowing what kind of business you operate, and consequently how you should grow it.
[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/12/strategy-letter-i-ben-and-jerrys-vs-amazon/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/05/12/strategy-letter-i-...
- DrScientist 2y agoHe references Amazon as a land grab play - sure - but it was also a cash generation machine - I don't think Amazon raised a huge amount of capital - didn't it mostly funded growth via revenue?
- 0wis 2y agoAt first, Amazon was exactly the kind of Equity business OP is writing about. And it was hugely criticized about it [1, for example] [1]:https://www.computerworld.com/article/1377261/bezos-says-amazon-won-t-run-out-of-cash.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/1377261/bezos-says-ama...
- DrScientist 2y agoBut funding that equity growth organically from revenue, rather than raising external capital.
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