How important is profitability in a startup?

Too Long; Didn't Read

Every day another high profile founder like the creator of Ruby on Rails (<a href="https://medium.com/@dhh" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="54bcbf647830" data-action-value="54bcbf647830" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">DHH</a>) writes an <a href="https://m.signalvnoise.com/reconsider-41adf356857f#.lkl8rz7zc" target="_blank">anti-disrupt-o-mania article</a>.