Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable

Re:Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable by lmm on Thursday June 30, 2022 @06:17PM (#31939395)

> What's wrong with having a small or medium company? Why must a company sell its soul for the chance of becoming a money-printing behemoth in the future?

If you don't go the unsustainable blitzscaling route you'll be outcompeted by those who do, just as Atlassian did to plenty of smaller, more sustainable competitors.

> I understand that being small leaves you vulnerable to the predatory tactics of big players, but I see that as a consequence of lax regulation.

That's nice, but that doesn't make it go away. Do you have a plan to make the regulation non-lax?

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Re:Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable by majani on Saturday July 02, 2022 @06:06PM (#31962877)

Not necessarily. If your company has strong fundamentals, for example Microsoft, then blitzscaling is not needed because not even a free alternative can compete with you. And if you don't have strong fundamentals, you really shouldn't be taking investor money anyway. Blitzscaling is just an exciting term to align founder and investor incentives (which tend to be at odds with one another)

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