"If a restaurant served more food than everybody else but lost money on every diner, would it be successful? No. But on the Internet, for some reason, if you have more users than everyone else, you're successful. No, you're not."

That seems like an important business principle that is often forgotten in reporting on Internet-based companies. Keeping revenue in mind can have some powerful effects on a company's future. Especially, the example is good because it focuses on making revenue by pleasing customers who could take their business elsewhere.