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m-i-l 2 hours ago

> "Amazon famously remained unprofitable due to reinvestment and waiting for them to become profitable before investing was a bad bet."

Amazon wasn't profitable because it reinvested earnings into growth, while SpaceX is funding it's growth by taking on very significant levels of debt (which will take a big chunk of future earnings just to service). These aren't comparable from a risk perspective.

JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Amazon wasn't profitable because it reinvested earnings into growth

Was this obvious early on?