mircea_popescu: !#s bad revenue source

mircea_popescu: a bad source of revenue.

mircea_popescu: you familiar with the "there's nothing worse for a good startup than a bad revenue source early on" quip ?

mircea_popescu: bounce to rehash a limb of the previous discussion, you maybe heard that the best way to sink a good start-up is a bad revenue source early on. same thing with your thief : the opportunity cost of being a criminal is major in that you don't feel as much pressure to develop more useful traits.

mircea_popescu: decimation you familiar with the "the best way to sink a good start-up is a bad revenue source early on" quip ?

mircea_popescu: asciilifeform: jurov: smbx had perverse incentives (usg funding that appeared bottomless - until it died suddenly. reagan's 'star wars.') << best way to sink a good start-up is a bad revenue source early on. ☟︎