Growth vs. Profitability: How to Walk the Venture-Backed Tightrope
Channel: Slush
Date: 2018-12-07

Growth and profitability don’t necessarily rule each other out. Nevertheless, at one point or another, founders are forced to prioritize between the two. Having made this difficult decision himself, Oisin will tell about when Handy, the platform for booking household services, shifted focus from growth to profitability and how their success paid off for their clients too.

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In 2018, Slush brought together 20,000 attendees, including 3,100 startups, 1,800 investors and 650 journalists from over 130 countries. The cold and dark Helsinki welcomed these tech-heads to celebrate on Dec 3-5, 2018 with hundreds of side-events and activities around the city.

Slush 2018 in pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/slushmedia/albums
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Intro videos by:
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Slush is a non-profit event organized by a community of entrepreneurs, investors, students and festival organizers. Slush has grown from a 300-person event to become the leading event of its kind in the world. The philosophy behind it has remained the same: to help the next generation of great, world-conquering companies forward.