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		ricardobeat on Jan 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ben Horowitz: We Like Dropouts, Insane Ideas, Tiny... The three companies cited as having 'figured it out' in Q3/2012: `Amazon -$274m Facebook -$59m Twitter ?? (private, supposed not profitable)` They make loads of money regardless, but it's interesting to look at.

krakensden on Jan 20, 2013 | [–]

Amazon is sort of an outlier- they could be profitable if they wanted to be, but they would rather eat the world.

cm2012 on Jan 21, 2013 | | [–]

That is some memorable phrasing.

blackjack160 on Jan 21, 2013 | [–]

Pretty sure Twitter is profitable, just not saying if officially.

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