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Every Successful Business Has Two Financial Loops

Today: Not many people pay attention to a business’s financial model, but it reveals a lot about their fate.

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Nicolas Colin
Dec 18, 2020
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The Agenda 👇

  • The trading loop and the capitalist loop

  • You can find them in Vinci, McDonald’s, Amazon…

  • What if the two loops merge together?

  • Can you help me find The Family’s trading loop?

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