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But in a very, very different way than every other business that gets talked about here.

They were profitable first, became very profitable over time, and they took funding years later when their revenues must have been in the millions/year (while still being only a handful of people) - and the only reason they took it (they claimed) was to get access to Jeff Bezos, the investor.



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