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Re:WeWork parent pulls IPO following pushback: sources by kelnos on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @06:01AM (#20993353)
Obviously that happens when your product is so bad that you have to pay people to use it.
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Re:WeWork parent pulls IPO following pushback: sources by Smirnoff on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:12AM (#20993666)
That’s called negative profits or earnings before taxes/depreciation/etc.

By definition revenue can’t be negative.

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Re:WeWork parent pulls IPO following pushback: sources by kelnos on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:38AM (#20994900)
Sorry, my comment was tongue-in-cheek. If revenue is defined as income from operations, having to pay people to use your product could be considered negative income, aka negative revenue (even if that's not how that actually works). I guess it was a bad joke if I have to explain it.
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