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0 pointsgorhill11y ago0 comments

> "There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer."

And yet financial statements are reported in dollar units, not in customer units.

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A business should be solvent, so of course they're in dollar units.

A business is a balancing act of many "should"s and "could"s.

But when your top priority, or god forbid, sole priority, becomes "maximizing" money, versus contributing in a meaningful way to society, your business no longer deserves to exist.

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0 pointsgorhill11y ago0 comments

> "There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer."

And yet financial statements are reported in dollar units, not in customer units.

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mantrax511y ago

A business should be solvent, so of course they're in dollar units.

A business is a balancing act of many "should"s and "could"s.

But when your top priority, or god forbid, sole priority, becomes "maximizing" money, versus contributing in a meaningful way to society, your business no longer deserves to exist.

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