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But what if selling Product Y allows you to become ramen-profitable?



You can

* decide that you want to be an engineering consulting firm that charges only ramen, which will make your customer very happy

* become ramen-profitable on product Y without it taking all your time, build and market product X, then dump your customer and product Y (make sure you don't sign a contract saying that you have to keep supporting product Y)

* say no and find another way to become ramen-profitable


Then you have to make a decision then. Do you want to make revenue from the product, or make revenue via customisations? Problem with the customisation approach is there is limited leverage.




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