Remember when many of these businesses started out with a “don’t be evil” mindset? The incentives always end up chasing the money in the end...
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Is it possible to take an investment and continue to follow this mindset? Bootstrapped companies can afford to do it, but investors will not be happy to find out that they are losing money.
> investors will not be happy to find out that they are losing money.
You can run a business ethically without losing money. I think what such investors won't be happy about is that you aren't making money fast enough.
Which is kind of a point of taking VC money; if they wanted you to grow sustainably, they'd tell you to get a loan from a bank. These days I treat "took VC funding" as a negative when evaluating whether to commit to using a service.