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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I remember a fellow saying Elon is a very business savvy person, because of his 2 other successful companies, Tesla and SpaceX. I guess ruining communications with potential advertisers on a platform that depends entirely on advertisers wasn't a very intelligent move.

[–] IDatedSuccubi 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If I recall correctly, Tesla was actually cash-negavite for like half a decade after Musk bought it, surviving off investors and SpaceX's success, I remember it was very big news when it finaly went cash-positive and subs like WSB were all over r/all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Almost all companies are "cash negative" in their first years.

[–] IDatedSuccubi 4 points 2 years ago

Of course, but many, many companies never leave that state in the age where the biggest investment strategy is dumping hella cash into a startup in hopes that it overtakes (monopolizes) the industry but may never be profitable. And many people thought that Tesla would never be profitable, it sure looked like it for a very long time.

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