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Facebook Ran Pre-REVENUE for 5-6 years ‼️ Meaning, for 5-6 years they didn't sell anything to their customers and made 0 sales. How ? Funding. But why? Because It was creating a category from scratch and was revolutionary back then. It was backed by many VCs having 100s of Millions. It had many funding rounds. In many rounds it was facing losses but now it's one of the most valuable companies and is profitable. This is how the system works. I guess same is going up with lenskart. Many similarities are there between them tho.
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