>>"I simply can't come in at 9am, I'm a night owl!"
Do you take exception to that statement if it came from someone with Delayed sleep phase disorder? [1]
" According Cary Cooper, a psychologist and professor at Lancaster University Management School, when people who have DSPS wake up early for work, they become sleep deprived which causes them to be less efficient, innovative, and creative at the office. People with DSPS have trouble finding positions that allow them to work hours that let them get enough sleep. This also results in more stress, and can cause workplace accidents. " [2]
"However, Spotify recorded an operating loss of €165.1m (£119m) in 2014 compared to €91.2m (£65.7m) in 2013, while its net loss nearly trebled from €55.9m (£40.3m) in 2013 to €162.3m (£117m) in 2014."
I fail to see how these companies will ever turn a profit. I can't imagine their market growing exponentially bigger than it already is.
I'm an entrepreneur in the non tech domain, and profitability is the first thing we look for, not the last. Somehow, tech companies manage to survive for years without making any profits, which is weird t me
They only have 15m paying customers, so if it was a matter of scaling there is a long way to go. Of course they may not be profitable at any scale due to the pricing model of the labels, but thats a different matter.
> According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million, "has never gone into profit".
I would say a 630 calorie donut is pretty huge. After looking at the calorie info for a bunch of Tim Hortons donuts, the average seems to be around 250 calories.
Sugar (and now HFCS) in everything magnify this problem. I wonder how much calories food would have if manufacturers reduced the amount of sweeteners. Probably makes the food taste worse though.
Thanks for that, that's really interesting. It behaved differently in my experiments so I assumed it wasn't the same — but it must just be a different configuration.
Do you take exception to that statement if it came from someone with Delayed sleep phase disorder? [1]
" According Cary Cooper, a psychologist and professor at Lancaster University Management School, when people who have DSPS wake up early for work, they become sleep deprived which causes them to be less efficient, innovative, and creative at the office. People with DSPS have trouble finding positions that allow them to work hours that let them get enough sleep. This also results in more stress, and can cause workplace accidents. " [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder
[2] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/01/not-ever...