This actually raises one of the issues I brought up in my post yesterday. Jason Fried:

So I guess what ultimately bothers me most about this New York Times piece, and many other pieces just like it (see TechCrunch daily), is the example that’s being set for the next generation of entrepreneurs. They’re seeing business success defined as “the projections say we’ll profitable later”. They’re constantly being exposed to excuses. They’re being taught that profits are these things that only happen one day far away. That’s just wrong.

Word. There are a few ideas that make sense to plan for profitability down the road a ways, but those are really few and far between.