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		austinheap on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft... I can’t speak for every corner store, of course. The two SF owners I know very well and have helped with their books aim for 300%. They routinely hit this. Edit: for context the one in Noe did 2m last year.

greedo on Jan 13, 2022 [–]

Markup is not profit.

austinheap on Jan 13, 2022 | [–]

Agreed! What came in the door for 1x was expected (and did) leave for 3x. So 200% in the pocket?

tick_tock_tick on Jan 13, 2022 | | [–]

I mean I guess if you cooked the books that's the kind of math I expect.

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