I think the fact that a suggestion that maybe, for some companies, being profitable is OK needs to be couched with "I don’t want to come off as a positive cash flow freak" is really demonstrative of just how extreme the focus on growth to the exception of all else is.

For most people unfamiliar with the VC world, the statement "Companies should try to be profitable" is nearly a tautology. In tech VC world, it's practically heresy.