I agree 100% - I have a hard time remembering when the metric for success was profitability, at least as far as internet startups are concerned. Google comes t

I agree 100% - I have a hard time remembering when the metric for success was profitability, at least as far as internet startups are concerned. Google comes to mind, but only because such a huge deal was made of their IPO. I think prior to that everyone considered them successful based on their popularity alone (figuring that Google was barely breaking even before their financials were released).