Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M

Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by Jemaclus on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:27PM (#7899879)

Are they actually making any money? Every time I see their headlines these days, it's "Instacart raised $X" and not "Instacart earned $Y." Don't you have to eventually make money to pay back those VCs?

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Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by gtCameron on Monday June 16, 2014 @01:58PM (#7900463)

You answered your own question, yes eventually you have to make money. You just have a different definition of eventually than VCs do.

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Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by nomedeplume on Monday June 16, 2014 @12:31PM (#7899913)

There should be a basic level of business knowledge required to participate in these discussions.

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Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by Jemaclus on Monday June 16, 2014 @01:03PM (#7900101)

Here's a brilliant idea: how about instead of being a dick about it, you explain the circumstances.

It was a serious question that deserves a serious answer, not self-righteous snark.

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Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by zainali on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:16PM (#7902213)

Wait, weren't you being snarky? "Don't you have to eventually make money to pay back those VCs?"

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Re:Grocery Delivery Service Instacart (YC S12) Raises $44M by nomedeplume on Wednesday June 18, 2014 @12:38AM (#7908543)

I was totally feeding off his tone, and I also love how he believes his question deserves an answer.

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