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What does it mean?
A profitable business generates the resources it needs to keep running.
In plain terms
Money made from business pays for the costs of keeping it going.
What can you take from it?
Ensure your income covers your operational costs to sustain growth.

Where it applies

  • startup funding
  • cash flow management
  • scaling operations

Putting it to work

  • budgeting
  • revenue planning
  • financial management

Questions to consider

  • Does your work fund itself?
  • How do you reinvest earnings?

Another view

Some ventures need outside capital before they become profitable.

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