I agree 100% - I have a hard time remembering when the metric for success was profitability, at least as far as internet startups are concerned.
Google comes to mind, but only because such a huge deal was made of their IPO. I think prior to that everyone considered them successful based on their popularity alone (figuring that Google was barely breaking even before their financials were released).
Google comes to mind, but only because such a huge deal was made of their IPO. I think prior to that everyone considered them successful based on their popularity alone (figuring that Google was barely breaking even before their financials were released).