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Most companies calling themselves mission-driven are only mission-hopeful; the real test is that you cannot profit except by achieving the mission.

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  1. Eric Ries

    Author of The Lean Startup and Incorruptible

    Companies that claim to be missiondriven, most of them are just mission hopeful. Okay? It's it's It's just a candy coating on top of an extractive engine. Sorry, I don't buy it. If you're serious about being missiondriven, you have to show me that you cannot profit except by achieving the mission.

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