I'd rather own a startup doing $3M in revenue and $1M in profit than one doing $6M in revenue and losing $2M a year and I think a lot of buyers would agree. The $6M company probably gets more attention. Bigger revenue numbers and more employees. Maybe a fancy office and a bunch of investors. But that business needs another $2M just to survive the next 12 months. Meanwhile the founder doing $3M in revenue is putting $1M of profit into the business every year. They can hire when they want…