Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kidd emphasized that the hiring schedule of not-for-profit firms is different than other businesses...
...Witt C. Jones '79, executive director of the Massachusetts Urban Reinvestment Advisory Group, said individuals of all academic backgrounds could get jobs in not-for-profit organizations...
...quarter of fiscal 1998. "There's a constant trade show going on," says Steve Karas, of New York, who auctions sports cards on the site. By taking a 1.25%-to-5% cut on each of those exchanges, eBay is one of the few Net start-ups to turn a profit--albeit a small one--on sales of $47 million last year. Since eBay acts as an intermediary with little or no overhead to cover, "consumer-to-consumer auctions can be like printing money," says Marc Johnson, senior analyst at Jupiter Communications. No wonder investors have valued the fledgling company...
...what happens? Bezos et al. are catching flak from the same quarters for not caring about profits! Hardly a day goes by that some pundit doesn't blast Net managers for spending recklessly or building without an eye toward making money. The now-stale-but-ever-prevalent knock against the e-companies goes like this: Sure, all well and good, but talk to me when they can make money, if ever. These businesses are worthless until they can make a profit...
This was the first year that HSA hasacknowledged non-profit organizations such asF.A.S.T. Ding described her organization as aninitiative created by teens for their peers...