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onikolas7 39 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to earn a billion dollars

How to actually make a billion (the YC formula): 1. Work hard to build a great product. 2. Get VC money. 3. Offer great product for free by spending ridiculous amounts of VC money. 4. Switch to a paying model once you have starved any competition with your free offering.

askl 39 days ago [–]

Or

4. Do a "successful exit" and let some other fool figure out how to make the company profitable.

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