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>But if you are a founder that cares about anything - anything - the route that gets you there is founder control, patience, and a customer base that pays.

Most successful founders, from Edison to Gates and Bezos went in the business to make money, not to change the world. Changing the world for better or for worse is mostly a side effect.

The goal of a business is profit, not ideology.

>>DeathA+(OP)
You’re all over this thread but I think you need to read it a bit more carefully. There’s no reference to any belief system in the post you’re replying to, there’s an assertion about expected profit and control.

You can disagree with that assertion, and indeed have on another thread, but within the context of the assertion the poster is correct.

I think you’re wrong to even think this is about “ideology”, which is presumably a set of beliefs you are against. It applies as much to _variance_, which 100% is something a founder should care about.

>>moomin+91
The post I replied to, was talking about founders that care about anything. As opposed to founders that do not care and are in it just for the money.

That's how I read it and you have the right to disagree. That's why we are on a discussion forum. To share ideas and speak our minds freely, regardless if we agree or not.

I hope you have fun tracking and counting my posts and it represents a good spending of your time.

>>DeathA+(OP)
How much profit does Amazon make these days again?

>>danjac+4a
$26 billion (Q4 2022 through Q3 2023)

>>DeathA+U6
I read it as: this advice applies universally, as in any space you are passionate about.