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M2Ys4U
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The Escapist staff resign following termination of...
There's a difference between running a profitable business and running a business that has
continuous growth
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ketzo
on Nov 7, 2023
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Every business’s highest cost - labor - will tend to grow every year. So will the cost of most other inputs.
If you stop pursuing
some
amount of continuous growth or price increase, you stop making money.
ip26
on Nov 7, 2023
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3% higher expenses and 3% higher revenues to compensate is not what people mean by “a growth company”.
ketzo
on Nov 8, 2023
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No, but it
is
the dictionary definition of “continuously pursuing growth.”
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