On: Advice for companies with less than 1 year of runw...

[gjmulhol]

My friends, we are finally hitting the new economy where even startup are being asked to make money---maybe not to the point of profitability, but even a little revenue can make a big difference in a lean organization.

[pavlov → gjmulhol]

Hasn't "ramen profitable" been a YC mantra since, well, forever? I don't really see how anything has changed.

[gjmulhol → pavlov]

Maybe, but a lot of companies, even in YC, focus on a lot of things that are not related to revenue (unpaid user growth etc).

[telotortium → pavlov]

Perhaps this mantra has fallen into obscurity in the exuberant times of the past few years. It'll probably be coming back soon enough.

[shostack → gjmulhol]

I'm always reminded of this clip from "Silicon Valley" [1] when this comes up.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH9CXhWV6zE

[aagha → gjmulhol]

I'm willing to bet someone said almost EXACTLY this same thing at the end of the dot-com-bubble.