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		ianferrel on Oct 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3 Amazon made their first quarterly profit 7 years after founding and their first annual profit 2 years later. That's longer than average, but it's also a lot shorter than 16 years.

omgwtfbyobbq on Oct 2, 2019 | [–]

Comparing pre-IPO Tesla to post-IPO Amazon is going to skew some things. I think it's better to compare post-IPO Amazon (1997) to post-IPO Tesla (2010).

xkjkls on Oct 2, 2019 | [–]

And they didn’t amass nearly as much debt to get there

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