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You say that as like turning a profit is a bad thing. Are only lottery exit aspires allowed to call themselves startups?
by levosmetalo 13y ago
You say that as like turning a profit is a bad thing. Are only lottery exit aspires allowed to call themselves startups?
- nknighthb 13y ago> You say that as like turning a profit is a bad thing. This claim has no basis in any reality I am familiar with.
- darkandbrooding 13y agoTone is difficult to convey via the written word, and there is a tendency for the mind to supply it when reading. Read the parent paragraph aloud, and play with the inflection of key words. Your initial tonal interpretation was one of many possibilities.
- lttlrck 13y agoIt's almost as if you replied to the wrong comment.
- chc 13y agoThe term "startup" does have the connotation of aspiring to high levels of growth rather than steady, possibly mediocre profitability.
- lmickh 13y agoCurious, what is the term for a new business that looks to establish steady long-term profitability instead of the grow and cashout model? Knowing would make googling for the profit focused version of HN much easier.