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[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

but I highly doubt there is some money box that pays for customer "freebies" that isn't somehow funded from customer revenue.

Marketing budgets funded by venture capitalists who made the wrong bet

[-] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, possibly. Not sure how often they are involved with funding Costco samples haha.

(And there are definitely no VC involved in the discussion I had with the person, as we were discussing small family owned businesses that only have one location)

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