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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by marcosdumay on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:44PM (#15982568)
> one of the most important things for most businesses is remaining runway

Remaining runway is a measure that only exist for companies in the red. For most business it doesn't even exist.

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Re:Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older W... by dreamfactored on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:56PM (#15983656)
How long you can continue operations if sales drops off a cliff is a very important number for every company I've worked at, from startups to big multinationals. Maybe it's less of a consideration for Amazon and Apple but I wouldn't even bet on it there.
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