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Re:Why “go nuts, show nuts” doesn’t work in 2022 by lmm on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:23PM (#33030514)
You can legally invest into a new business with revenue from your existing business. What's not legal is running a line of business in a way that's inherently unsustainable.
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Re:Why “go nuts, show nuts” doesn’t work in 2022 by scarface74 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:36PM (#33030599)
So how is CloudFlare having a free tier not “sustainable” when that’s what almost every company does? Do you think the Google Pixel makes money selling only 800,000 phones a quarter? Would it be sustainable as a standalone company?

Is the “HomePod mini” a line of business? Would it be sustainable if it weren’t subsidized by the rest of Apple?

Are you starting to see how meaningless your definition is?

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Re:Why “go nuts, show nuts” doesn’t work in 2022 by parasubvert on Friday September 30, 2022 @09:09AM (#33034373)
What? This is nonsense. You can absolutely run a line of business at a loss.
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