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by sparkling 1820 days ago
Revenue up almost 5x from Q1/2019 to Q1/2021, yet they are still bleeding money since losses also went up almost 5x. Bad sign for a platform business.
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What are they even going to do with the money? More languages? Teaching to a higher level?

Seems more like cashing in on frothy market (or cashing out some VCs)

1 to 1 language lessons with certified instructors
This is exactly the unicorn approach. and that is what VC are looking for, market share above else. We will sort out finances later.
"we lose money on every sale, but make it up in volume" comes to mind.