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Nope, remember a Microsoft counts as exactly one company the same as someones 2k/year side hustle. Further, both are to far from the median to have meaningful impact. So, it’s really just talking the long tail of companies not some sort of meaningful average.

The thing about the median businesses is it’s either a single specific business or the average of 2 very similar companies. In that context a single company making 140k/year and paying out 138k a year in expenses likely mostly as salary for it’s owner/operator is uninteresting.




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