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Re:Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Compan... by pryelluw on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:10PM (#37065689)
When you say lifestyle business, what do you mean? Is it a self employed kind of job/business where he will be broke if he doesn’t show up everyday? Or more like he will do very well and have a good lifestyle but not have big fuck you money?
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Re:Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Compan... by toyg on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:13PM (#37067766)
The latter. When people say "lifestyle business", they typically mean a business that can comfortably sustain the owners' lifestyle, but is never going to grow significantly.
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Re:Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Compan... by fuzzfactor on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:07PM (#37081821)
He could be making millions in a respectable way but not with enough out-of-control growth to move the needle for some billionaires, who then look down their nose at him with the attitude that he should get a life and get some style.
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