{
  "id": 563983,
  "title": "The One Question I Ask Before Buying Any Company",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/the-one-question-i-ask-before-buying-any-company",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/roy-dekel/the-one-question-i-ask-before-buying-any-company/91387106"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It has nothing to do with revenue, profit, or valuation, and it tells me more than any financial statement ever could.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}