Tomasz Tunguz Blog · 2013-02-15 · 4857d

Three Steps to Building a Sustainable Startup Money Machine

Successful startups function as money machines by ingesting investment dollars and producing greater revenue returns. The article presents a three-step framework: building a product people want, convincing customers to buy it, and mechanizing both processes to reduce costs and increase profitability. Growth requires continuous reinvention and identifying which of these three steps is the limiting factor.

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