Does a firm have to make a profit to be successful?

Friday, July 03, 2009
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An interesting question. Most firms main objective is to return a profit. Facebook however still have not made a profit even though they are the biggest social network. Does this make make it any less successful?

This interesting video sees Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook talk about revenue, privacy, and the future.


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