This reasoning assumes you have access to infinite runway. You don't.

Exactly, and you need to start turning a profit before the end of that runway. Even if that means running code that is suboptimal.

	▲	ramon156 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		i suppose you could say the same about buying a house. just make that initial 300.000 and from there on out its easy. everything looks better on paper

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rcxdude 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This reasoning is largely centered around the runway being finite. You obviously can't have costs so high you are making a huge loss, but also there's little value in improving margins past profitability until you actually have a stable segment of the market.

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inopinatus 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

we are all perfectly smooth, round, and filled with an incompressible liquid

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rexpop 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Every startup is one bet in a Martingale strategy played by the class of people who remain solvent when you bust.

	▲	robocat an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The median return for a startup is $0. Take care when trying to extrapolate cause and effect.