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Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by ww520 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @08:20AM (#15036026)
You and also ChuckMcM were talking about unit profit.
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Re:Ask HN: What mistakes in your experience does management ... by thaumasiotes on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:55AM (#15037318)
My comment was only 18 words, but hey, here it is again:

> Why is overall revenue a better metric than unit profit? Wouldn't overall profit be the first-order effect?

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