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by lazyasciiart 1288 days ago
I will pay you $10 to give me $5.

I just increased my revenue by $10 but decreased my profitability by $5. Now pretend that $10 was spent on ineffective advertising and sales, so I actually gave it to Google and my sales guy Bob, and $5 is the price I charged you.

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That's not how revenue works.
Doh, it should say revenue increased by $5.