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[-] IDatedSuccubi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

If I recall correctly, Tesla was actually cash-negavite for like half a decade after Musk bought it, surviving off investors and SpaceX's success, I remember it was very big news when it finaly went cash-positive and subs like WSB were all over r/all

[-] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago

SpaceX became profitable not all at once as well.

I think we should all remember that company's success is also a function of investors' money AND public trust. SpaceX for some people was a symbol of all things modern. Tesla as well to some extent.

With such amount of trust no wonder these finally became profitable.

Ah, also companies engineering vehicles and spacecraft are rather different from a company the whole purpose of which is matching people (readers to posters, advertisers to customers, so on).

[-] UnknownQuantity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Could you please point me to where I can find info on Spacex profitability? I've done a google search, but all I can find is revenue.

[-] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Almost all companies are "cash negative" in their first years.

[-] IDatedSuccubi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Of course, but many, many companies never leave that state in the age where the biggest investment strategy is dumping hella cash into a startup in hopes that it overtakes (monopolizes) the industry but may never be profitable. And many people thought that Tesla would never be profitable, it sure looked like it for a very long time.

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