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		heavenlyblue on Oct 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New ventures should focus all their efforts on pro... But they didn’t directly make money from solving that problem.

throwaway321546 on Oct 29, 2019 [–]

But they solved a problem, gaining a massive userbase, and only then became a great company because they were able to make money alongside the problem they were solving.

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