Our series of brief looks at the IPOs of tech's biggest players have thus far included Amazon, which booked shocking growth and comparatively slim losses, and Google, which, before it sprouted a parent company, was merely a profitable juggernaut.
In the next decade, it won't be enough for a company to merely be profitable — customers, employees and investors will all demand that a company produce positive impact, as well.
We are, in other words, deep in TED territory here, where no innovation can ever be merely useful or profitable, and must always mark something like a turning point in human history.
But if Breuer could make Deutsche Bank merely half as profitable as its American competitor, Deutsche Bank would net around $5 billion, nearly triple its 1998 net income.
In the eyes of critics, Google is lying to itself about the desires of Chinese Internet users and collaborating with the Communist Party merely to secure a profitable market.
And does it advance the broader public good Two testsSuccessful managers usually do both at once, of course: merely by running a profitable company, they are likely to be advancing the public good as well.
But when AOL acquired Time Warner, it had grander things in mind than to merely continue as a profitable firm.
No, Reeves' job is merely to make Sony Europe profitable.
