alt Hacker NewsTheir growth was positive. The second derivative (growth of their growth) was likely negative, and that's what this article is about.
Their growth was positive. The second derivative (growth of their growth) was likely negative, and that's what this article is about.
Right, but a comparison is always one more implicit derivative. If you look at revenue itself, it's growing or shrinking, that's first derivative. So there's one more derivative here than usual?
I guess the interesting thing would be to look at actual company assets/value rather than revenue; revenue already in itself is a derivative. I.e., contrast their revenue against expenses. Last I heard those numbers are deep red, aren't they?