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0 pointsnotyourday7y ago0 comments

If I recall correctly, Google was profitable when it went public.

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Yeah, but I don't think that was short term thinking. They didn't have to mess up their long term prospects to do pull that off.

I believe that's the difference - Google demonstrated that the founders had a clue by running a profitable business. Snapchat did not.

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0 pointsnotyourday7y ago0 comments

If I recall correctly, Google was profitable when it went public.

ericd7y ago

Yeah, but I don't think that was short term thinking. They didn't have to mess up their long term prospects to do pull that off.

I believe that's the difference - Google demonstrated that the founders had a clue by running a profitable business. Snapchat did not.

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