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by himom 2982 days ago
They obsession with scalability may not be a fit for founder passion and goals.

The world is huge and bazillions of lifestyle businesses make money every single day. In a way, a tangible lifestyle business can deliver steady income, whereas a startup is 99.9% an unicorn likely to burn through all of its cash and implode.

A fundamental question: keep chasing unicorns or run a profitable business that pays the bills? Some of both?