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Which e-commerce company famously ran at a loss for 14 straight years, betting on long-term growth over short-term profit despite investor skepticism?
Answer
Amazon
Amazon's leadership, especially Jeff Bezos, argued that reinvesting revenue into expansion would eventually create far greater value than early profitability could.
💡 Did you know?
Amazon operated at a loss for 14 consecutive years while expanding, prioritizing growth over profits in a strategy Wall Street initially rejected.
Other options people guess
- eBay
- Yahoo
- Netflix
Topics
- amazon
- e-commerce
- business-strategy
- corporate-history
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