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notyourday on March 22, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pinterest S-1

If I recall correctly, Google was profitable when it went public.

ericd on March 22, 2019 [–]

Yeah, but I don't think that was short term thinking. They didn't have to mess up their long term prospects to do pull that off.

notyourday on March 22, 2019 | [–]

I believe that's the difference - Google demonstrated that the founders had a clue by running a profitable business. Snapchat did not.

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